[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

The league knows the absolute meltdown that would happen in Edmonton if they miss the playoffs this year. I think it's safe to say at least one or both of McDavid and Draisaitl would demand a trade and the Oilers would again head into the doldrums as the worst team in the league (by a mile) and the league again would have to deal with them winning the lottery for the next decade. May even result in the team moving as Katz would probably offload the team since his princesses and Oilers team of the 80s would be gone

Yep
Unfortunately the oilers generate way too much revenue for the league to have to be compliant