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Originally Posted by GGG
You’re missing the point here. The question isn’t Should you pay for 14 million per season for the decline years of Drai. It’s is there a better alternative than paying 14 million for 8 years of Drai that increase there Stanley cup odds over the next 4 years.
As I asked and you neglected to answer. Who are you replacing Draisaitl with the year after? What is the trade you are making. If the oilers had a rookie coming off of an ELC that they had to choose between then you would have a choice to make. The Oilers didn’t have a choice to make.
You yourself argued he is worth the money for years 1-3. If he is worth the money for those years the last 4 years of the contract don’t matter. McDavids prime is your window.
They are not having a better chance than last year to win the cup. There odds will continue to decline over the next few years. They also maximized their odds
Still waiting for the UFAs and trade you would make or what you would pay Drai in years 1-3 that would make the oilers better.
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McDavid's prime is almost over if it isn't already. They had arguably the two best players in the league and failed.
I'd have a really tough time thinking about whether or not to let Draisaitl play it out in a contract year and go for it one last time, or just reboot it now. When are you ever going to have the opportunity to get a fortune of premium picks and prospects like this ever again? But I must admit they have a legitimate look at it this year, so that'd be the decision. They won the Cup after they traded Gretzky which was supposed to be the apocalypse.
Buying their 30s is a non-starter for me. It's a sucker's bet.
The idea is to get players like this (and Nugent-Hopkins, who I was quite impressed with these last playoffs) and give them 3, 4, 5, 6 chances together. They did that and it didn't work for a ton of reasons, primarily their failure to build a good defense. So reboot it.