Serious question: why do they need RT McDavid and Draisaitl? Aren't they a bit redundant?
Center depth tends to win championships?
Every year Holland has been chipping away at this roster. This year was obviously the best, but over the summer there are some good things happening:
1) Sekera dead cap will be gone
2) Buyout of Campbell will save us $3.9M
3) Foegele's $2.75M will be gone
4) Ceci could be traded
5) Only Broberg, Holloway, and Desharnais require resigning with a raise
6) Other playoff contributors (Brown, Janmark) are old enough, and had poor enough regular seasons, that they can be resigned ~$1 to 1.5 each
Point is, Draisaitl is a huge luxury/cheat code for McDavid, but there is no reason not to essentially run it back. Obviously they need to get him signed, but even if they don't, I could see them taking their chances and being all-in for next year. This wasn't true in years past, but it would be overkill to trade Draisaitl to reinforce their weaknesses... which include: 1B goalie, 2RD and a top-6 winger (if they aren't convinced yet on Holloway). The gap they would create at 2C and on their power play would be much bigger than the improvements they would make to the above in trade.