That’s where it’s so great having Hughes and Hischier on their contracts. Imagine the Oilers with a legitimate bottom 6 they could roll out like ours? They’d be unstoppable.
It’s almost preferable to have two or more elite guys like us than the top 1-2-3 guys in the game ( in a cap world ) The Oilers needed to go all in when they were on their first contracts after their ELC or ??
Leafs and Oilers are prime example of being too top heavy .
But honestly … what do you do ? Can’t let McD walk or trade him … it would be career suicide . It would take massive balls to do that even if it was the best move for building a team .
It’s a very interesting topic . What do you do ? I think the Lightning had it right . Use assets to acquire guys like Coleman ( very good depth pieces , on bargain contracts . Even if you have to somewhat overpay , who cares ? It’s your best shot at a cup . They tried it several times , most recently with the Hagel and Paul acquisitions .
With us , the Bratt deal will be important. But having Nico , Hughes , Seigs , Marino all on pretty damn good deals helps . It will be key for us having very good prospects coming up we can use for depth that will be cheap fir a few years ( Zetterlund , Holtz , Bahl , Luke , Nemec , Okhotiuk etc) . We will need to get some forward replacements eventually when guys like Mercer , Shara need to get paid
