This means that he's going to sign a team friendly 8 year extension with an AAV of 15m.
He was pretty obviously injured. That being said,a lot of teams will think twice about bringing someone with Draisaitl's character issues into their room.Well, I still say he will leave at a 99% chance rate.
The only chance for him to stay is that other teams are not willing to pay him anymore, after seeing the abolsute shitsow he put up in the last 2 rounds of the playoff.
On the other hand, the Oilers must have realized in those two rounds that keeping him at a high price tag would absolutely be insane.
He will either accept a salary below market value and join Boston, or he will go to some desperate irrelevant team that his willing to throw money at him to get a big name.
Sounds like he wants to play in San Jose and not play with anyone and being managed by Grier"Figure out what I want"
Would be a lot simpler for him to just say "I want to be in Edmonton" wouldn't it?
Reads to me like yeah I'll stay for 15m AAV or I'll go to Boston or San Jose and get that money.
'Holy hell, McDavid and Draisaitl together make $21 million starting in 18-19. That's flat out obscene' (meant in a negative way)Oh man... the takes in that thread..
If he's smart, he'll see where they are at mid-season. If they are able to put a solid team together that's not McDavid being a one-man show, then resign. If it's bumpy, I'd wait.
When i Said shit Show, i Not only meant his poor play, but his poor antics. When the going gets tough, he still turns into a 15 year old school girl. IT IS what IT is.He was pretty obviously injured. That being said,a lot of teams will think twice about bringing someone with Draisaitl's character issues into their room.
To be fair the cap was $79.5mil. Two guys making 25% of the cap is a lot. No different than two guys getting $11mil deals today. Or rather maybe a $13mil and a $9mil.'Holy hell, McDavid and Draisaitl together make $21 million starting in 18-19. That's flat out obscene'
Yes.resign? or re-sign?
That's been the case over his entire career though. He's never been capable of acting like a man on or off the ice.When i Said shit Show, i Not only meant his poor play, but his poor antics. When the going gets tough, he still turns into a 15 year old school girl. IT IS what IT is.
You would be the expert in lacking the capability to act like a manThat's been the case over his entire career though. He's never been capable of acting like a man on or off the ice.
I see this said a lot and it's some serious hindsight. The Oilers actually gave him above market value at the time projecting that he would keep improving so his contract was certainly not team friendly at the time. I remember all the usual naysayers around here very clearly yelling at clouds about what a joke his contract was etc. etc. so, yeah, definitely hindsight.I think he's staying but they're gonna have to bring out the Brinks truck. He already did them a favor on the last contract.
He was already a 70 point player when this contract was signed so this is silly.
If he's smart, he'll see where they are at mid-season. If they are able to put a solid team together that's not McDavid being a one-man show, then resign. If it's bumpy, I'd wait.
Exactly he didn't do them any favor. The number back then for those kind of contracts were in the 6M-6.5M range. Draisaitl was the one who set the new bar, just because he outplayed his contract doesn't mean it was a discount at the time.Huh???
Folks here thought he was OVERPAID in that contract. I'm sure half of you were screaming at the stupidity of Chia for signing him to such an outrageous contract.
A fair number of Oil fans (and a couple neutrals) said that at the time but people still proclaimed it to be a bad contract. People are just that crazy sometimes.He was already a 70 point player when this contract was signed so this is silly.
He was pretty obviously injured. That being said,a lot of teams will think twice about bringing someone with Draisaitl's character issues into their room.
That's been the case over his entire career though. He's never been capable of acting like a man on or off the ice.