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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
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I'm pretty sure as with all Oilers media realeases that this was coordinated with the Oilers and Stauffer. This is the organization's way of easing the angst of fans and putting some narrative out there to maybe other teams or media that the Oilers will get him signed. The player has his own side but I highly doubt Draisaitl even knows who Staples is, let alone reads his basement blogging. The Oilers badly want to put it out there that they will have no issues keeping Draisaitl and McDavid to fan the flames of other markets discussing them as trade or UFA targets. I'm sure Katz and everyone in that building has recurring nightmares of going through what the Flames did with Gaudreau and Tkachuk.