The Oilers have only one card to play with Draisaitl and that's to convince him he can make more there because of the 8 year deal versus 7 everywhere else. But they will have to overpay because of taxes in a lot of other places, so the one year difference might not be as big as they think. And Draisaitl might overvalue himself in the market (I'd love to see him overestimate like Gaudreau, and settle for a smaller contract in the east.
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