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Originally Posted by McG
Here’s something fun. Allegedly the oilers were in on rantanen. It doesn’t matter if they were close. Knowing what it took from Dallas, and knowing the oilers draft picks and prospects, the offer had to be heavy on active players.
Assuming no Mavi or pissy, that means it’s the b players. So the tenderness, maybe nurse, maybe boo boo, maybe Hyman? Likely at least 2 of that group.
It affected marner. What happens when these players find out that they were being shopped?
Also to add, I don’t think 2 of these players gets the trade for rantanen done.
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Seriously, Nurse with his contract isn't a big piece anymore, Nor is RNH, . Maybe Hyman but it looks like the game is catching up to him. To say nice things he plays hard, and that wears down players.
None of those would be a starting piece for a guy like Rantanan, and the Oilers have next to no prospects that are high end trade bait and forget about draft picks.
Even with McDavid and Draisaitl, the Oilers look like a badly constructed and poorly managed team, that is probably going to exit the McDavid and Draisaitl era without winning a single cup. And then go through a decade of hell that makes the last decade of hell look like a walk in the park.
If their window slams shut next year, they don't have the assets to really improve their team. Not a lot of money for free agents, no draft picks or prospects to improve their lineup.
And now in a year when they were supposed to finally climb that mountain, they're falling down the mountain like a drunk mountain goat, while the other contenders got super serious and improved on already being good clubs.