Another guy who wants to sign a check and hand it to Leon, " fill in any amount you want Leon"
What's your max amount yo pay him then?
Settled in your own mind. He won the Hart when McDavid was recovering from his knee injury, prior to him getting hurt against Vancouver he had more playoff points than McDavid. This is a guy that when the games matter shows up in a big way. This isn't a Matthews or Marner type player. Yes he'll likely be overpaid the last 2-3 years of an 8 year deal. If we win cups because the AAV stayed down and he retired here I think we can live with that.
I have an amount I'd like to see Draisaitl receive but I have no control over that. What the f*** difference does it make what I say the max amount would be?
I don't want to trade him but if his ask is more than 14.5, I don't think he wants to stay anyway. It is unrealistic number.
I'm thinking they will end up with 13.5-13.8 personally. I'm hoping for 13.5, but I wouldn't begrudge him the latter either. He wants to win, and he wants to win here. He knows that to have that opportunity for as many possible years to come, that he just can't go past a certain point (even if he's worth it, or would get it on the open market). Him and Connor both know how this needs to work, and they know their value. The team knows this too, and I'm confident that yes they could just give an open cheque (and they would). Connor, Drai and the team are on the same page though, and know that it will take team friendly deals in order to win. A bunch of supportive players have now done this over FA, and before that with Nuge and Kane's deals. This team is committed to winning with this window. Players are coming here on team friendly deals for the culture and opportunity, and I can't see the leadership not doing the same.
Where did that get Calgary and Tkachuk isn't half the player Draisaitl is.
Just to add, he’s been underpaid a few years at 8.5 if he’s overpaid the last few years on his new contract it all evens out anyway.
You do you. The decade of darkness will be here soon enough either way.
Most posters here like to have a small bit of credibility. How are you so cocksure to say it’s the number and “book it”?Yes , you are welcome
I think you would be hard pressed to find a trade we would win in trading Drai. It would be complicated, messy and I can almost promise you we would be disappointed by the return.
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Not one of my best posts, was getting chippy. Drai is a star. Some more news as others have posted even though it is a rumor for now. Asking for 14.5 then setting for the 13's isn't a discount though. Being the highest paid player isn't a discount. Already explained why I HOPE Drai signs for less, it's wishful thinking but one can dream. Kuch signed his deal a couple of years ago and he is a star player, every year at the top of the leaders and he makes 9.5 mil. His contract ends in the early 30's. Kuch had a huge friendly contract before that. To me this is a safer bet.
Oilers so hard done by having a great team featuring the two best players in the league that went to game 7 of the finals and got notably better in the offseason.
Kucherov signed that deal 6 years ago as an RFA in the summer of 2018 after breaking 100 points for the first time. Draisailt was making $8.5M for the whole of that deal. That contract is almost irrelevant in discussing Draisaitl's extension. But if you want to use it it is actually far more in support of Draisaitl's rumoured contract than in opposition.
Made some suggestions and we discussed the % of the cap for teams that have won. Think this is the 2nd time I'm being told I'm trolling. It looks like we will have 4 players over 50% of the cap in 2 years.
You're right, he did not sign a couple years ago. Already mentioned Reinhart, plenty of other guys like Panarin, Schiefele, Larkin, Pasta, etc. All recent signings. That's fine most fans think Drai is better than those guys, but the gap is huge if the projected numbers are correct.
This makes no sense whatsoever.
