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Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne
So what does Edmonton's offseason look like? Surely they don't blow things up quite yet and try to do one last dance with core, no?
I know Bouch needs an enormous extension, Drai needs the same, McDavid will need a historical one not long afterwards. Holloway and Broberg are RFA. Their FAs are Brown, Carrick, Foegele, Gagner, Henrique, Janmark, Perry, Desharnai, Stecher and Pickard.
Nuse is making $9.25 for many, many more years and Campbell at $5M for another 3 years.
This was their year where everything aligned perfectly and they fell short. Their bottom 6 is going to get gutted and all their huge guys need big raises. They are so screwed.
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They absolutely 100% cannot afford Bouchard, Drai, and McDavid Contracts. They can barely afford two of them.
And Bouchard and Drai come up first.
There is a smart thing to do this offseason, which they won't do. Trade Draisaitl.
Basically, they could attempt one more run at the cup next year (with a worse roster than this year - due to cap restraints), and then be absolutely terrible for a while, OR, they can shift gears a bit, maybe be decent most years, but never really good, for quite a while.
Those are the only two options.