[SuperMatt18]

If you're McDavid you probably question if the Oilers can actually build a winner around you and I think that's the real determining factor.

They've had 10 years of Draisaitl and McDavid now and you realistically can't expect more from the two of them.

They have combined for 2029 pts and 758 goals in ~735 regular season games, which is easily 1st and 2nd in league scoring in that time. (2.76 points per game combined)

They have combined for 291 pts & 96 goals in 96 playoff games. (3.0 points per game combined)

Yet they have a .577 points percentage in the regular season (15th in the NHL in those 10 seasons), have never won a regular season division or conference title, and have never won a cup.

If you're McDavid and Draisaitl you have to be sitting there at this point and genuinely questioning if you have any more to give, and questioning how the team can actually get better with the cap, prospect, and asset limitations they have.

No cap space
No prospects
No draft picks

And really you can't expect any of their stars to perform better. This isn't a team like Toronto where you feel like there is more to give because the stars have underperformed, you know with Edmonton that 97 and 29 have given it all they have.