Proposal: Connor McDavid to the Stars

[M Ace]

Start with;
Harley
Oettinger
Robertson
2 1st rounders

McDavid
S. Skinner

 

[roryjones]

Dallas could fairly easily turn around and trade Kane / Arvidsson / Dumba + Stuart Skinner + pick/prospect to a team for a goalie (Kochetkov carolina, Merzlikins columbus, Ingram utah, Gibson anaheim, Grubauer seattle, Demko vancouver). Even if they need to retain money on Kane / Arvidsson / Dumba to get that deal done, they could do that, because all of those guys have only 1 year left on their deals.

The hard part is getting McDavid. The easier part by comparison is making other trades to fix the roster after you've acquired McDavid.

EDIT - "a top 5 goalie, you need that to win" -> this isn't how the NHL works

So if it was so easy why has Edmonton not done all you said? You have McDavid. The hard part as you say. My point is don’t pass on your problems to Dallas. It’s always a flawed thinking when people say you can flip guys once you get them as a selling point. If they could be flipped your team would have done that.

McDavid is the best player on the planet. But at some point the price is too much to acquire him. Not worth gutting your team just to get him. I do think Dallas will need to move Robertson this offseason but a top 4 RHD is the priority.

 

[lanceuppercut75]

So if it was so easy why has Edmonton not done all you said? You have McDavid. The hard part as you say. My point is don’t pass on your problems to Dallas. It’s always a flawed thinking when people say you can flip guys once you get them as a selling point. If they could be flipped your team would have done that.

"Having McDavid is a cap problem" is not Edmonton's problem. Overpaying overpaying Nurse and a bunch of cap locked up with non-core guys like Kane, Arvidsson, Henrique, Campbell's buyout, AND they're trying to pay McDavid AND Draisaitl is Edmonton's problem. Another team wouldn't inherit all of those problems when they trade for McDavid. Edmonton's ability to be creative and make some moves to add a goalie is also not inherited by another team when they trade for McDavid.

 

[elmaco]

If im Dallas i'm flying Robo to EDM in a private plane.

 

[roryjones]

"Having McDavid is a cap problem" is not Edmonton's problem. Overpaying overpaying Nurse and a bunch of cap locked up with non-core guys like Kane, Arvidsson, Henrique, Campbell's buyout, AND they're trying to pay McDavid AND Draisaitl is Edmonton's problem. Another team wouldn't inherit all of those problems when they trade for McDavid. Edmonton's ability to be creative and make some moves to add a goalie is also not inherited by another team when they trade for McDavid.

What? Your original proposal added a ton of dead weight to McDavid. Which you then say Dallas can just flip and get other pieces. Kane, Arvidsson and skinner are dead weight. You have to pay to move those guys. On top of that you want several high end players from Dallas.

Wyatt Johnston
Jason Robertson
Oscar Back
Jake Oettinger

Even if you took out the dead weight contracts you added I would not make this trade of those 4 for McDavid.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Hes wife just opened a bar in downtown Edmonton and his best friend extended for 8 years you dont think he would of told Drai if he had any intentions of leaving no chance Leon extends if he wasnt sure Connor was staying

The whole management will get fired before McDavid goes anywhere

Not that I think he leaves but his wife opening a bar really means nothing.

One of the cheapest cost of entry businesses, and they have like unlimited $$$ to start another one

 

[Crazy8oooo]

Little over valuing your guy there. No GM would move oettinger, Johnston and Robertson. Not even for McDavid.

So you call out the guy who wants a good return for the best player in hockey, yet say nothing about the bad offer to bring McDavid to your team?

 

[TheLegend27]

Only way is McDavid requesting a trade or leaving, and in that case, why wouldn’t he go to Toronto or the Avs?. Avs playstyle is closer to how McDavid prefers to play, and I believe their core is better.

 

[roryjones]

So you call out the guy who wants a good return for the best player in hockey, yet say nothing about the bad offer to bring McDavid to your team?

Nope. If you are referring to the original offer I ignored it cause clearly was not well thought out. Offering picks Dallas does not have shows the guy has no idea what he is talking about. Not worth commenting on trash offers.

 

[VaporTrail]

Buffalo steps in and offers Tage Thompson (easy cap hit), Tuch or Power (easy cap hit), and three 1sts in the next three rounds.