Good luck with that. Hyman has been the only person to play with mcdavid to actually put up points not named RNH or Draisaitl. You wouldn’t get anything with mcdavid as your centre.
Hold on, why do you figure there was that option?
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The fact that there’s only been 1 winger that has in McDavid’s 9year career tells me probably not mate.
First time having a deep playoff run and then losing a ton of depth players that helped them defensively will do that to ya. Especially being the oldest team in the league.
there was, I believe if I remember correctly Edmonton wanted to sign him 8x but didnt offer the pick Dubas thought was worth it. so he rejected and Edmonton only got him for 7.Hold on, why do you figure there was that option?
Hyman won't be returning to Maple Leafs, GM says | NHL.com
Forward can become an unrestricted free agent July 28
Seemed like they were trying to sign him as an UFA and couldn’t get it done and he went to Edmonton, why would they trade him for picks that into the Free agency period (which I think that year because of the covid stuff, started July 12th).
In any case, his production on the Leafs for how he fit there wasn’t what he is in Edmonton so to compare either version is pointless. They ended up adding Bunting who produced better than Hyman did with Toronto for less of a cap hit. Also out produced him in his 1st year in Toronto vs Hyman’s first year in Edmonton.
To get that production out of a player making 950k, pretty decent.
well the info on his 7x contract was well known prior to FAF opening up so I dunno.... maybe look harder
He signed 4 days after the Leafs couldn't negotiate any deal with him. So it seemed like the entire goal was to sign him and they tried a week and a half or so past the free agency opening up and it looked like he had already made up his mind with Edmonton. So it's odd there's this narrative that he was never in the plans or whatever.
Ah ok, so he didn't take the pick because he didn't want to give the Oilers cap help.In Maple Leafs' talks with Oilers about Hyman, Dubas isn't bending the knee
If the Oilers come around to Kyle Dubas' way of viewing the situation, a sign-and-trade for Zach Hyman could still happen. But there doesn’t appear to be a compromise. Right now, the Maple Leafs' GM isn’t bending the knee for anyone.www.sportsnet.ca
Oilers wanted to pay a 6th round pick to save $400-500k a year on the cap for many, many years. It was a ridiculous lowball considering the value of cap space during the flat cap era but people here thought he should’ve just done them a huge favour for a minimal return.
