Speculation: Leon Draisaitl maybe the highest paid NHL player

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[Captain97]

And water may be wet?

 

[Shane Diesel]

Get every penny, Leon. Break the bank.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Love to see it. The Oilers will have almost 40% of their cap tied up in three players once top five Drai and Norris Trophy pretender Bouchard get paid.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

well ofcourse he will be

Its gonna be up to him to set the new high so then that starts a chain reaction for everyone to make more money all the way down to 13th forward and 7th dmen

 

[Sasha Orlov]

As he should be

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Not a surprise.

 

[Robtom18]

Get every penny, Leon. Break the bank.

But but he should take a team friendly deal so they can win cup.... right edm fans

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Well yeah... he's better than the direct comparable he's gonna use for contract negotiation. He can pretty much ask for whatever

 

[Frank Drebin]

Love to see it. The Oilers will have almost 40% of their cap tied up in three players once top five Drai and Norris Trophy pretender Bouchard get paid.

The trio that had 105 points this playoffs

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

But but he should take a team friendly deal so they can win cup.... right edm fans

Swayman put it best when he said taking less, lessons the bag for the next goalie up.
It's one thing to take a discount when you're 35 and it won't be used as a comparable but an entirely different animal when signing your biggest contract. Especially one that sets the bar after a reset due to the end of the flat cap.

Add in the fact that Nurse is likely the worst contract in hockey and is the reason things are so complicated.

 

[nerevarine]

As long as draisaitl and mcdavid are on the oilers they will be cup favourites irregardless of their cap hits.

Pay the man

 

[Some Other Flame]

Love to see it. The Oilers will have almost 40% of their cap tied up in three players once top five Drai and Norris Trophy pretender Bouchard get paid.

McDavid 16M
Draisaitl 14M
Bouchard 10M
Nurse 9.25M

Potentially 49.25M for their top four players

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

The trio that had 105 points this playoffs

Sure but Bouchards were almost entirely useless and came off the backs of the other two.
I give credit when it's due and Mcdrai are insanely good, Bouchard and his 10 million future cap hit along with Nurse will stifle the oilers from ever winning it all

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Swayman put it best when he said taking less, lessons the bag for the next goalie up.
It's one thing to take a discount when you're 35 and it won't be used as a comparable but an entirely different animal when signing your biggest contract. Especially one that sets the bar after a reset due to the end of the flat cap.

Add in the fact that Nurse is likely the worst contract in hockey and is the reason things are so complicated.

Swayman must be brainwashed here. The CBA splits the dollars between players and owners clearly. Unless he only cares about his goalie peers and dont want money to go to the skaters.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Can’t remember who said it but I heard on TSN last week someone say they were hearing Drai would come in at 13 something. I.e. take a slight discount

 

[Bounces R Way]

Well he's been pretty underpaid on that last deal so makes sense he'll be overpaid for this one. Draisaitl holds all the leverage here because if he leaves so does Connor.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Sure but Bouchards were almost entirely useless and came off the backs of the other two.
I give credit when it's due and Mcdrai are insanely good, Bouchard and his 10 million future cap hit along with Nurse will stifle the oilers from ever winning it all

Useless? I remember him having some timely goals in the Vancouver series, and he certainly outplayed Hughes.

How much do you think he’s worth?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Sure but Bouchards were almost entirely useless and came off the backs of the other two.
I give credit when it's due and Mcdrai are insanely good, Bouchard and his 10 million future cap hit along with Nurse will stifle the oilers from ever winning it all

“Almost entirely useless”

Have a great day bud

 

[Danarqhy]

Sure but Bouchards were almost entirely useless and came off the backs of the other two.
I give credit when it's due and Mcdrai are insanely good, Bouchard and his 10 million future cap hit along with Nurse will stifle the oilers from ever winning it all

Bouchard was on a historic run, but sure he was almost entirely useless.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

He's worth it.

 

[JPT]

I think it's fair to say this isn't speculation. Everyone knows he will.

 

[Robtom18]

Swayman put it best when he said taking less, lessons the bag for the next goalie up.
It's one thing to take a discount when you're 35 and it won't be used as a comparable but an entirely different animal when signing your biggest contract. Especially one that sets the bar after a reset due to the end of the flat cap.

Add in the fact that Nurse is likely the worst contract in hockey and is the reason things are so complicated.

I made that reference to edm fans going off on broberg and holloway for getting paid.

 

[Killer Orcas]

Well he deserves it so not surprising feel bad though with Nurse and Bouchard eventually they will be cap strapped barring having 3-5 solid players on ELC deals.

 

[Sniper99]

But but he should take a team friendly deal so they can win cup.... right edm fans

No one said that. Lol other team fans overreacting. Shocking