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Originally Posted by stemit14
Also funny to think what the oilers can/will do if they end up as sellers at the trade deadline this year. The only pieces I would say that they have of any value are McDavid and Draisaitl. Everyone else is paid too much and teams know any production numbers they have is due to playing with McDavid/Draisaitl.
However, we could honestly be 1-2 months away from a Draisaitl trade request. He hates dealing with the Canadian sports media… 1-2 more months of answering to them while losing this badly and I think he will be done. Don’t know what that trade for the oilers would look like. It likely has to be done in the offseason because the oilers only hope for keeping McDavid after trading Draisaitl is if they bring in high quality, NHL-ready players that can help carry the load. No playoff team is looking to offload guys like that during the season.
Waiting could also be a mistake though too… McDavid and Draisaitl are not looking as good this year. May hurt the return if Draisaitl posts a sub-point per game season… which he likely will if they put McDavid on LTIR once their season becomes a wash in January.
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As an excuse maybe...he is playing 25 mins a night he isn't injured