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Originally Posted by Groot
Sure, Ekblad and Forsling at a combined $11.85M AAV is nice and all, but how about a Nurse-Bouchard combo at a mere $20M?
I love that McDavid has to look at this Florida core locked up for his prime years remaining. He sees Barkov, Tkachuk, Bennett, Reinhart, Verhaege, Lundell, Ekblad, Jones and Forsling locked up as that core until 2030.
Then he looks down the desolate future that is an Oilers core of Draisatl, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman, Frederic, Bouchard and Nurse until 2030.
If Bowman can convince McDavid there is a path to winning in Edmonton he's the greatest salesmen of all-time combined with McDavid having the foresight of a newborn baby
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The rest of your post aside...potential dynasty. Likely to compete every year until 2030.
Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
X-Bennett-Tkachuk
X-Lundell-X
???
Forsling-Ekblad
X-Jones
???
Really solid down the middle and on defense. Some elite wingers.
Only problem is goalies. Bob is going into his final year and is 36. They traded Knight away for Jones, and there's nobody in the pipeline. That's the one reason I hated that trade because Knight was the obvious succession plan, but clearly they plan to fill that need through free agency or trade.