Similar to what others have mentioned about our own UFA's, while Drai is a high-end offensive forward I still don't think they'd get anything truly insane as a return if he's traded next year. I'm going off memory at the moment but I don't recall any absolutely franchise altering deals coming back for a player that could be acquired in free agency a few months later. An extension in place could obviously bump the return up a bit but by enough to make their team any better? Unlikely imo.
The pressure would be on the Oilers to take whatever is the best deal prior to the deadline or possibly lose him for nothing. For them to substantially overpay to keep both would be hilarious, but so would seeing them lose one after the other for nothing or pennies on the dollar if they refuse to be proactive in trading them.
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