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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.
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No team is trading these players without an extension in place. Cross off Buffalo and probably Carolina too.
Edmonton wants to keep McDavid, you trade Leon for Byfield and Clarke, that's a great trade IMO but that's not making them better next year. Huge risk it doesn't make them better for the next 2 years. McDavid is less likely to stay, you blew your chance at a cup.
If you trade Leon, you might as well trade both. If you have McDavid, why would you even entertain trading him if he is willing to stay??
The Oilers mess is not due to these guys, it's more due to millions of wasted cap on players not even on the team. I get that issue isn't going away, but they could rebuild and never replace McDavid.