If Draisaitl refuses to sign an extension this summer, Should the Oilers trade him or ride it out and go All IN one more time.

[GordonGraham]

Ride him till the end unless you get great players that can help you win right now, draft pick/prospects are worthless for a guy like that

 

[habsterr]

If he doesn't want to sign, make a hockey trade. Similar to Huberdeau/Tkachuk

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Trade him for a d-man.

Which dman ? Idk

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Trade him for a d-man.

Which dman ? Idk

Denis Savard was once traded for Chris Chelios and a 2nd.
If the Oilers can find a deal like that, they should jump on it.

Who is the modern Chelios? There isn't one.

 

[Voight]

That’s just straight up cope but have a good weekend man

Its weapons grade copium

 

[Bgav]

Buy out Nurse and go all in next year

His contract is buy out proof. They are stuck with him

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Draiasaitl needs to sign with Florida. Ekblad, Reinhart, Draisaitl and Bennet.

 

[dirtydanglez]

100 % trade him. you can't let a player that valuable walk for nothing.

 

[Craft Beer Lover]

Denis Savard was once traded for Chris Chelios and a 2nd.
If the Oilers can find a deal like that, they should jump on it.

Who is the modern Chelios? There isn't one.

He’s not Chelios, but Charlie McAvoy for Draisaitl?

 

[hurdemz]

Depends on the return. Oilers are in an awkward situation. I think they need to try and dump Nurse + Campbell asap, you don't just try and move on from Drai. If they can't dump them, then unfortunately I think they gotta trade Drai, if he doesn't sign an extension.

That Nurse contract is really killing them, it's so bad you gotta add like multiple firsts to get rid of it. Like you trade Drai, and risk McDavid wanting out if the team isn't competitive.

The thing with Drai is, his contract makes him insanely valuable. So they could potentially get an absolute haul from him. Or maybe package Nurse with him.

Maybe something with Boston ? Draisaitl + Nurse for McAvoy + Ullmark, maybe a Draisaitl sign and trade or if it's as a pending UFA Edmonton has to add a bit to make up for that Nurse contract.

Edmonton loses offence but adds a legitimate top pairing D + 1G

I like this prop for edmonton. Maybe not great for boston? This would fill 2 huge holes that the oilers have

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Draiasaitl needs to sign with Florida. Ekblad, Reinhart, Draisaitl and Bennet.

Pretty sure they’d beat him with pillowcases filled with bars of soap like in Full Metal Jacket

 

[Bond]

His contract is buy out proof. They are stuck with him

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[Three On Zero]

You trade him to whatever poor sucker that would likely overpay

 

[BLNY]

Make every effort to sign him, but do your due diligence.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

You trade him to whatever poor sucker that would likely overpay

God I hope isn’t Montreal isnt the sucker that gets this top 3 player in the NHL, that would be sooo awful

 

[Three On Zero]

God I hope isn’t Montreal isnt the sucker that gets this top 3 player in the NHL, that would be sooo awful

Buyers remorse will come out for whatever team takes him away from McDavid. There is a reason he doesn’t produce to the same level while away from him.

 

[Rob]

If the Oilers keep him they won't be able to improve the team because of limited cap space. Unless they want to mortgage the future.

 

[TT1]

trade him and start a new rebuild for when McDavid hits 40, that's the next window

 

[KevinRedkey]

Buyers remorse will come out for whatever team takes him away from McDavid. There is a reason he doesn’t produce to the same level while away from him.

Say it as many times as you wish, but it doesn't make it true. It's been disproven many times over.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I hope he leaves Edmonton. You don't wanna spend your entire career in St.McDavid's shadow. It'd be one thing if they were cleaning up and winning the Cup every year, but obviously that's not the case.

 

[Three On Zero]

Say it as many times as you wish, but it doesn't make it true. It's been disproven many times over.

It’s never been disproven. In fact it’s constantly proven

 

[KevinRedkey]

It’s never been disproven. In fact it’s constantly proven

I kind of inferred something you didn't say, which is on me.

It's been disproven that he's some 'shadow of himself' away from McDavid. His stats go down, but it's not significant and he's still a top-10 forward in the NHL away from McDavid. Anyone's stats would go down away from McDavid, so it's kind of a meaningless thing to say.

To suggest there'd be buyers remorse is a stretch at best.

Either way - I was still wrong for assuming you said something you didn't. I'll take the L.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It’s never been disproven. In fact it’s constantly proven

Not a serious opinion

 

[Three On Zero]

Not a serious opinion

You’re right, its not a serious opinion because its factually true

 

[CupofOil]

In a vacuum, yes. However, McDavid is up in two years. How do you think he feels about taking back a step because of "asset management"?

Nobody is above the team, not even McDavid. If Draisaitl is unhappy then there's no room for him on the team anymore, no need to drag it out over the season with that big elephant in the room looming over the team plus the best move for the TEAM would be to extract some value from the asset rather than lose him for nothing. If McDavid is unhappy with those events then he should start by wondering why his friend wants out.
Calgary got good value for Tkachuk, don't see why the Oilers couldn't do the same for Draisaitl.