blackjackmulligan
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Flyers will offer a max $ and term just to show the fanbase they "tried". They have zero shot of acquiring him though being the gold standard of the NHL you never know!!!
Top 5 player that happens to be a known playoff producer, center never makes it to the open market, that’s why he will and should command a shit ton of money. I think there will be teams lining up to give him 15+, every playoff contender would pay to clear out cap if Drai is willing to sign.Almost every team in the league would make moves to clear cap space to sign him.
I’d imagine they’d wait on the chance McDavid wants to go thereLeafs. Tavares and Marner off the books. Leafs need a 2nd top6 C. Drai has a cottage in Muskoka where he lives in the summer. Guessing his Fiance will want to stay in the GTA.
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I think this thread would be smaller if you asked who wouldn't try to sign Drai. I can see the habs sign him, kind of like NYR did with Panarin. I dont think Drai would want to play in Mtl the way Panarin did in NYRThis isn't a knock on the Oilers and just something I wonder about "logistically" when a player who potentially is this expensive comes up at this point.
Especially as I'm in general really bad at reading and understanding potential trades.
Undoubtedly every team would love to have a guy like him, but which team would within this timeline actually be well suited, without throwing other parts of the team into chaos, say by sacrificing their top defensive line? And also have the money, or ability to move players to get that money?
I think this thread would be smaller if you asked who wouldn't try to sign Drai. I can see the habs sign him, kind of like NYR did with Panarin. I dont think Drai would want to play in Mtl the way Panarin did in NYR
I highly doubt Nashville would be in on him if he is going to be getting anywhere near a max contract. I don't see how they fit it under the cap.TBL, FLA, DAL, VGK, NSH.
I think this thread would be smaller if you asked who wouldn't try to sign Drai. I can see the habs sign him, kind of like NYR did with Panarin. I dont think Drai would want to play in Mtl the way Panarin did in NYR
Maybe Toronto should start focusing on reliable 2-way players this time?
This isn't a knock on the Oilers and just something I wonder about "logistically" when a player who potentially is this expensive comes up at this point.
Especially as I'm in general really bad at reading and understanding potential trades.
Undoubtedly every team would love to have a guy like him, but which team would within this timeline actually be well suited, without throwing other parts of the team into chaos, say by sacrificing their top defensive line? And also have the money, or ability to move players to get that money?
hey , you could be right. What do i know? lolGiven how expensive I think everyone expects him to be, and that McDavid is potentially on the horizon as well, I sort of expected the list to be on the shorter side.
I assumed that already the price would have put a lot of teams in a situation where they wouldn't exchange contracts with anyone, and also didn't have an interest in completely rebuilding their lines.
Utah is team that probably could use a 1st center but if he left he probably go to team that's competing for cups. If Oilers end up losing him won't look good on them at all.Utah?
If Toronto senses Draisaitl is going to walk, I am guessing they are going to wait a year and offer that money to Connor as there is no chance Connor is staying if Draisaitl is gone
The right guy hasn’t come along yet. Canes need a C to push Staal down to 3rd line. Leon D is a better player than Aho, so paying him appropriately wouldn’t cause internal issues.when has dundon ever paid a top 5 league salary? would he? no. never.
Canes aren't going to outbid anyone. Is that a better way to phrase it?The right guy hasn’t come along yet. Canes need a C to push Staal down to 3rd line. Leon D is a better player than Aho, so paying him appropriately wouldn’t cause internal issues.
The Canes will likely make a very competitive offer. Another team might get him with mass overpay though.
The Oilers insider has been hinting at Draisaitls contract being 13.25 x 8 so if we say 13.5 x 8 that’s a total value of 108M.
I’m sure Leon has a list of preferred destinations if he’s signing somewhere long term but is he willing to make considerably less to do so? A 14 x 7 which would be a higher AAV then Oilers at 13.5 would still only result in a total value of 98M. Is Leon willing to leave 10M on the table? If a team wants to match Oilers contract they’d have to be at 15.5M and a team that might not be on his preferred destination list is probably having to go over 16 just to get his consideration.
Oilers have a substantial advantage in the combination of money and team competitiveness that they can offer.