This dude is trolling. Make no mistake
Keeps saying Drai is a product of McDavid. Keeps mentioning Hall,
Ignores that when McDavid was out for a season that the Draisait/Hall line almost single handily dragged this team to the playoffs. That team was paper thin on talent and if not for a late Klefbom injury, they could have made the playoffs
Years later Drai did that again with RNH and Yamo who were the best line in the NHL for months while McDavid was in the pressbox
Trolling? Ok.
I mentioned Hall because he won an MVP like Drai did. As someone was posting about Drai's trophies/points and what one player gets paid vs the other.
There's no points for second best as we saw last June and almost isn't good enough. You guys think I'm trying to lessen Drai's impact/value. This is not the case. He is a superstar and like other superstars making quite a bit less, they would get a bump playing with McD too. The line of Drai/Nuge/Yammo had a great stint, no doubt but was tried again and the results were poor.
Drai is getting older, not younger by the time he signs his deal. This and playing with his buddy McD for life and having a competitive team for life, then you take a bit less to make that happen. He gets endorsements, etc so this is not the only form of income and it can be made to work. Plenty of buddies play together but due to business reasons go elsewhere or get traded.
Both Mcd/Drai will have great wingers this upcoming season, hopefully Ard and Skinner stay healthy and we should be the cream of the crop. This is before all these expensive deals come in.