Fourier
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The point is that there is no one route to a win. Everyone here would be thrilled if Leon and McDavid ended up taking major haircuts to stay. (I actually suspect McDavid may just do that since he could easily get $16-17M if he left because his value to a team extends far beyond winning and losing). But the numbers you have suggested are just not realistic relative to their stature.All good points by you and Supreme. We would not have gone as far without our secondary scoring and depth though.
Still think cap should be more spread out. Which has been the debate lately. Think we were the oldest team in the league last year, and after losing Clouder/Holly/Broberg there is no doubt about it. We are getting older fast. Bouch is 25, McD if you can believe it is our 2nd youngest player at 27. All this $ will go to aging guys.
Can't deny what the Cats did, get rid of players getting older (closer to 30), pay the younger guy the big money and it worked out for them. I like this better. No I don't want to rid of Drai/McD, just need to make room and leave meat on the bone for others.
You are debating with someone here who has followed this sort of thing religiously since the day the CBA came into play. That does not mean I can't be wrong, but my position is not from lack of understanding. As I have repeatedly stated, the issue is not simply your top X players but the team as a whole. The fact that Nuge, Hyman and Ekholm are all on fantastic contracts lets the Oilers have depth while still paying their best players appropriately. In fact, aside from Nurse who is probably overpaid by no more than $2-2.5M , the Oilers have no bad contracts. As their dead cap space disappears their cap situation with everyone signed long term actually looks quite good.
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