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Calgary4LIfe · 10-22-2023, 02:13 PM

Can't quote you Jiri..

I also would love for the Oilers to have those two leave. I get that. Would be funny, especially if they go on to win the cup shortly after joining their new respective teams.

I have just stopped worrying about it. The Oilers have won nothing of note with the both of them healthy and in their primes. Extending them as the #1 and #2 highest paid players in the NHL will provide satisfaction to me in knowing that it is going to be that much tougher for that inept organization to build around them well enough to win a cup, especially considering their contracts. Nurse @ 9.25 through 28-29 (who is 28 and turning 29 in Feb), Hyman @5.5 through 27-28 who is 32 already, and Bouchard being an RFA in 25-26. Their best D (Elkholm) is 33. RNH, who IMO, is on a good deal, is signed through 28-29 and is already 30. That's going to be a fairly old team with declining players - albeit superstars.

Again, I think it is unlikely that they stay barring some miracle run from the Oilers (and even then, why stay when you can go somewhere better?). However, in the unlikely event that they do stay, I will find satisfaction in knowing that Marcel Dionne and Joe Thornton will get some company eventually. I do think that it is likely that at least McDavid finishes as a top 15 point producer all-tiime, and perhaps even Draisaitl. As it stands now, Thornton and Dionne are the only 2 top 15 players all-time to have never won a cup.

With those two superstars, the Oilers have never even won the division. I don't mind further 8 year retirement deals for those two. Doubt it happens, but I do love how every year they are somehow regarded as a favourite, and every year, they don't get to a cup final.

10-22-2023, 02:13 PM	#8047
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	Can't quote you Jiri.. I also would love for the Oilers to have those two leave. I get that. Would be funny, especially if they go on to win the cup shortly after joining their new respective teams. I have just stopped worrying about it. The Oilers have won nothing of note with the both of them healthy and in their primes. Extending them as the #1 and #2 highest paid players in the NHL will provide satisfaction to me in knowing that it is going to be that much tougher for that inept organization to build around them well enough to win a cup, especially considering their contracts. Nurse @ 9.25 through 28-29 (who is 28 and turning 29 in Feb), Hyman @5.5 through 27-28 who is 32 already, and Bouchard being an RFA in 25-26. Their best D (Elkholm) is 33. RNH, who IMO, is on a good deal, is signed through 28-29 and is already 30. That's going to be a fairly old team with declining players - albeit superstars. Again, I think it is unlikely that they stay barring some miracle run from the Oilers (and even then, why stay when you can go somewhere better?). However, in the unlikely event that they do stay, I will find satisfaction in knowing that Marcel Dionne and Joe Thornton will get some company eventually. I do think that it is likely that at least McDavid finishes as a top 15 point producer all-tiime, and perhaps even Draisaitl. As it stands now, Thornton and Dionne are the only 2 top 15 players all-time to have never won a cup. With those two superstars, the Oilers have never even won the division. I don't mind further 8 year retirement deals for those two. Doubt it happens, but I do love how every year they are somehow regarded as a favourite, and every year, they don't get to a cup final.