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Originally Posted by The Cobra
You wouldn't be in the business long then. You forget hockey is a business and letting your best players leave would be bad for business.
Although you are likely right.
You don't think GM's understand that 8 year contracts for a 30 year old is going to stink down the road?
Of course they do, but they plug their noses and drive on because they are in a contention window.
Unless you believe that the Oilers are a serious SC contender during the next few years, the best bet long term is to trade the twins while they can and rebuild. But its suicide from a business prospective.
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Baseball is also a business. How come they figured it out and hockey is still learning? Good ol' boys doing business the way the good ol' boys have always done it would be my hypothesis.
Yes, if I was in charge of the Oilers (and actually wanted them to be successful in the long term) I would be trading both of them and reloading. There is no other possible way to get the haul those two would provide during this summer. I mean they had what, 7 cracks at it and it didn't work? You'd have some GMs over a barrel about what they'd offer up, NMCs notwithstanding.
If I was in charge of the Oilers as an undercover Flames fan, I would have offered up this deal.