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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think McDavid knows that his career will be judged based on Stanley Cup rings and I do think he was probably considering a team friendly short term deal with the Oilers to prove to everyone that it's all about winning a cup for him. However the optics of signing for less than Kaprizov is terrible for him, his agent, and the NHLPA.
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He can have his cake and eat it too - Connor will get traded to a better run organization (probably in the East) and will get his cup. Then he will sign a monster extension.
Oilers will still be a PITA with Drai and whatever grab bag of goodies they get in return for McD. But it does bring them down closer to us and everyone else in the West.