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Originally Posted by activeStick
Wouldn't it help the Oilers if just as they need to re-sign the big 2, they get a big boost to the dollars available to them on their cap?
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Not really. At some point the Oilers are going to realize they will not be able to ice a team with 2 players making a combined 30m (16m and 14m is my guess) and 1 9.25m player that is a #3/4 on a lot of teams. That’s 40m amongst 3 players, assuming they sign McDavid and Draisaitl to what I assume they’ll receive. They’re lucky McDavid was kind enough to only get 100m over 8 years and getting lucky banking on Draisaitl improving year after year and taking 8.5m (which at the time was an overpayment).
This just makes MacKinnon’s contract even better.