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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

It's impossible to guess what might be on the table in a hypothetical Draisaitl trade, but it would eclipse the Tkachuk / Eichel values for sure.

If I had to guess what potential pieces could have been available in a trade I could have seen something like.

New York: Chytil, Kakko, Lafreniere, K.Miller, Schneider

Carolina: Jarvis, Necas, Kotkaniemi, Nikishin

New Jersey: Mercer, Nemec, Hischier

Buffalo: Power, Byram, Benson, Peterka,

Los Angeles: Byfield, Clarke, Lafferiere, Kaliyev,

Could you have gotten 2 of those "win now" pieces and additional picks/prospects from these teams...I could see it.

While those hypotheticals may improve the Oilers - and I think they probably would. We have no idea if that is even close to what they could/would get. There is no guarantee this improves the team. It is a rare GM who would have the balls to make this kind of move - pulling the trigger on that kind of trade, right after you came within one game of winning the cup is a pretty tough sell... I doubt there is a single owner who would give the OK to a deal like that.