Value of: Your Team's Best Offer For McDavid

[NVious]

Obviously he's not getting traded, but just a lighthearted fun thread. If you are an Oilers fan tell us what you think is the best offer.

From the Leafs if they somehow manage to get eliminated again from the 1st round I'd straight up offer Marner and Matthews

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[Hunter368]

A light hearted thread about the best player in the world on HFB main boards?

this might be short lived thread.

 

[Three On Zero]

You can’t accurately gauge this kind of trade, his value to the franchise just for namesake is worth too much to think about it.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Obviously he's not getting traded, but just a lighthearted fun thread. If you are an Oilers fan tell us what you think is the best offer.

From the Leafs if they somehow manage to get eliminated again from the 1st round I'd straight up offer Marner and Matthews

Here's the biggest problem you're going to run into (aside from Oilers fans don't love threads about trading McDavid, lighthearted or otherwise)

Take an offer like Marner and Matthews. Is it a good offer? Sure. Is Edmonton better on the ice short term after it? Yeah, probably. Where's the cap space coming for 23 million dollars worth of Leafs? Why would Edmonton do this knowing Matthews is a UFA after next year and it's probably Toronto or somewhere in the States for him?

 

[Soundgarden]

Whatever they want + a 1st

Just for fun and not factoring cap:
Saros
Josi
Forsberg
Evangelista
Tomasino
Kemell
3 1sts

 

[zar]

You can’t accurately gauge this kind of trade, his value to the franchise just for namesake is worth too much to think about it.

Exactly. This is not a hockey trade.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I don't think you'll find many Oiler fans willing consider trading McDavid, lighthearted or not.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Robertson + Heiskanen would be my offer in terms of actual trade value, but it's not really practical.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Don't like it. the cost would be so much from Toronto, the team would be a complete mess after Edmonton picked Toronto clean.
I dont even know where to begin for an offer.
also any offer I would make would get laughed at

 

[DomBarr]

7x17.5M in the Summer of 2026 assuming he goes to UFA

he has a full NMC he won't take a trade to Calgary

 

[General Fanager]

Habs offer

Caufield , Suzuki, Both 1st rounders this year

Yes I am aware that wouldn't be enough and would likely be beat by other teams.....

 

[Hockeyholic]

Whatever they want + a 1st

Just for fun and not factoring cap:
Saros
Josi
Forsberg
Evangelista
Tomasino
Kemell
3 1sts

This offer would definitely keep Edmonton on the phone.

My guess is Holland does not have free reign to trade either one of McDrai. The owner would probably decide.

 

[PettersonHughes]

Pettersson (both of them), frankly any top-6 forward (one of Miller/ Kuzmenko/ Mikheyev/ Boeser), Dakota Joshua (tough, cheap winger that can play up the lineup), Ethan Bear (young, cost controlled, defensive fringe top-4 RHD with upside), any prospect (Podkolzin/ Hoglander/ Lekkerimaki/ McDonough/ Klimovich/ Hirose/ McWard) => not offering Demko since Skinner and Campbell at different times have been better, and their platoon has worked well; also hesitant to offer Hronek since our RHD is really quite bare, and I would rather keep him to pair with Ekman Larsson so that the defense isn't an absolute tire fire.

 

[ole ole]

I don't think you'll find many Oiler fans willing consider trading McDavid, lighthearted or not.

Especially straight up for Matthews.

 

[crowi]

Gotta say it's a bad start to say "if they get eliminated I'd offer Matthews and Marner". That + more is what you'd have to pay with a good extension to Matthews included to get McDavid. Let's not kid around here, he is BY FAR the best player in the league.

As Ducks fan, if we won the 1st overall this year, I'd offer that (Bedard) + Zegras/McTavish + Drysdale/Mintyukov + more picks. Then we'd likely have to take Campbell or some other dump as well to help EDM. Yeah, McDavid is worth that.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Gotta say it's a bad start to say "if they get eliminated I'd offer Matthews and Marner". That + more is what you'd have to pay with a good extension to Matthews included to get McDavid. Let's not kid around here, he is BY FAR the best player in the league.

As Ducks fan, if we won the 1st overall this year, I'd offer that (Bedard) + Zegras/McTavish + Drysdale/Mintyukov + more picks. Then we'd likely have to take Campbell or some other dump as well to help EDM. Yeah, McDavid is worth that.

Edmonton would be crazy not to consider this offer.

Best one I've ever seen in any McDavid trade proposals.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Nobody yet?

Halak + Ryder and a 2nd

 

[SML2]

About 3 years ago I think the Rangers could have done it.
Zibenajad
Lafreniere
Kakko
Miller
Shesterkin.

Laf and KK haven't made the noise most 1/2 OA picks have, but right after the draft last year's #2 and that years #1 would have been a haul.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Pasta and Lindholm

 

[Draiskull]

Gotta say it's a bad start to say "if they get eliminated I'd offer Matthews and Marner". That + more is what you'd have to pay with a good extension to Matthews included to get McDavid. Let's not kid around here, he is BY FAR the best player in the league.

As Ducks fan, if we won the 1st overall this year, I'd offer that (Bedard) + Zegras/McTavish + Drysdale/Mintyukov + more picks. Then we'd likely have to take Campbell or some other dump as well to help EDM. Yeah, McDavid is worth that.

Just for posting that I hope you guys win the Bedard lotto... Once you get him you would not want to trade him even for McDavid but a good post indeed.

Oilers are in a win now mode and need McDavid more than any other contender.

 

[AndreRoy]

Let's not kid around here, he is BY FAR the best player in the league.

In the regular season, sure. He has yet to claim that status in the games that really matter.

 

[Draiskull]

Whatever they want + a 1st

Just for fun and not factoring cap:
Saros
Josi
Forsberg
Evangelista
Tomasino
Kemell
3 1sts

and now factor in cap and positional need. Josi, Nurse, Ekholm would be an overkill at LD. 1st do nothing unless EDM is rebuilding.

McDavid for #1C + #1RD + top 6 RW + starting goalie would be the ask and they would need to fit within cap.

 

[Draiskull]

In the regular season, sure. He has yet to claim that status in the games that really matter.

regular season success matters in making the playoffs. Oilers certainly dont make the playoffs without McDavid despite all other additions. He is also top 5 in playoffs scoring despite only getting 1 pt in first 2 games and getting shadowed regularly by a trapping team.

 

[AndreRoy]

regular season success matters in making the playoffs. Oilers certainly dont make the playoffs without McDavid despite all other additions. He is also top 5 in playoffs scoring despite only getting 1 pt in first 2 games and getting shadowed regularly by a trapping team.

Regular season success does matter in making the playoffs, but it ultimately means nothing unless you do something once you’re there. To be fair McDavid is still reasonably young and has been trending in the right direction since last year’s playoffs, so if he keeps this up he will likely get there, but at this point he still has yet to solidify himself among the game’s top postseason performers on a consistent basis. Here are a couple guys who have:

 

[GhostfaceWu]

This offer would definitely keep Edmonton on the phone.

My guess is Holland does not have free reign to trade either one of McDrai. The owner would probably decide.

No it wouldnt you just offered a bunch of older players closer to their downturn than their prime.

In the regular season, sure. He has yet to claim that status in the games that really matter.

He put up more points playing three rounds than anyone that made it to the finals. Givenyour head a shake.