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Originally Posted by bluejays
Losing faith in Oilers management is a two way mirror. He and Draisaitl signed huge ass contracts contributing to their cap nightmare. Don't get me wrong, they're worth every penny, but it forces to fill out the team with shills for pennies on the dollar. Going to Toronto would be a better situation but he'd also put them in a rough situation too.
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They have been full value for those contracts and McDavid could have walked himself to UFA 2 seasons ago already if he had really squeezed the Oilers.
If not for COVID and the stagnant cap the Oilers likely would have had a lot more room to build around them, so that was a good consequence of the flat cap.