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Originally Posted by indes
Kinda dumb to get traded instead of just signing somewhere. Any team he goes to will be gutted. His stats will nosedive as well if he stops getting spoon fed 26mins a night. He's better off riding it out in Edmonton and then signing for max.
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He wants to win a cup though. He probably knows it’s not going to happen in Edmonton. I think the 2 year deal was just a favour to them as they have done a lot of things for him. Only 2 years though so if his suspicions held true he could bail.
Problem he’s going to probably face is that if he goes to a contender they are probably going to be close to the cap already. He’ll have to take a less than market value deal or they are going to have to dump a bunch of good players to make it work. Essentially becoming the Oilers. The good players might end up going to the Oilers increasing their depth and most likely making them a better team.
He’s backed himself into a corner. Quite the catch 22.