What Will Draisaitl's Next Deal Look Like? + Will The Oilers Be Able To Get back To The SCF? | SDP 

*player not players

Every team has some great players. Vegas could say you can play with Eichel and you don’t have to pay taxes or deal with winter.

LOL

Bullshit Edmonton homer.

they're screwed no matter which way you slice it. suppose he takes 8million for 8 years. they'll give Mcdavid 18 million and Bouchard 12 million. roughly 50% of their cap will be tied up in four players. it's too much. this is Draisaitl's ONLY chance to lock up a value contract for himself, as once it kicks in he's turning 30. only downhill from there. it's unreasonable to ask him to accept anything less than 14million, not when passengers like Nurse are robbing them of an undeserved 4.25 million every year. and then you have the 'goalie' selling games like it's an everyday fire sale. they should trade Draisaitl to an eastern team for one of their elite goaltenders. can't give him a contract he deserves and ice a competitive roster also.

I think you can compare them

@@SpiderofDreamslol, not really. McDavid and Drai look like they want to play together for the long term and that possibility isn’t available with the Leafs as they literally just locked up Matthews and Nylander long term at big money both with NMC. Not to mention Toronto looks like they’re going to sign Marner after this season is up

@@barstar888What are you talking about bro, The leafs are making every move to get rid of marner, No idea why people are parroting marners agent as if he is anyone to trust.

The Leafs are like the Oilers but with a better roster construction. The key difference is that the Oilers also play in a far, far weaker division without elite defensive playoff teams like Boston, Florida, and Tampa.

Nah, the key difference is that the Oilers won three rounds.

2 goals. You don't win by tying.

@@exturkconner Yup. Remember game 6 where people thought for sure the Oilers would win simply because they scored a lot of goals in one game, just to lose the most critical game 2-1. It's not how many goals you score, it's how many games you win.

There are many situations out there that are way better than Edmonton. Almost all of the US has better tax and/or financial situations. More than a third of the league actually has a reasonably good starting goaltender with consistent track records. Every other team in the league doesn't have a boat anchor of a cap hit on defense. And from an outside perspective, it's better for Draisaitl to not play on a team with McDavid as both players make Cup winner money without actually winning the Cup, which is very unhealthy for a team's cap who wants to contend for the Cup. You look at Crosby and Malkin, the best comp in the cap era and both took less money to compete.

@@Rorschachqp They literally were just in game seven in the SCF. Better situations? The Oilers can match any contract offer made by any other team. There are no better financial situations. Taxes? All players have good accountants. Your arguments don't make any sense.

@@exturkconner True. A one goal game. Close.

😆😆😆 he's best friends with David pastrnak and the Bruins have a boat load of cash - well see

@@Echo121.the.spacelord I wouldn’t rule out Boston. Or LA if he were to leave, but I’m pretty sure him and McDavid are best friends. They even own summer homes in Ontario beside each other. Now, maybe that strains the relationship also. Like you said, we’ll see but I think it’s a less than 1% chance he goes anywhere

Yeah but that's not interesting to talk about because we all know that. Those guys have to decide whats important to them. If they want to stick around and take less to do it to try and take another swing at it they can, but otherwise they are gone. Florida can't afford to resign them. Draistl's situation has a lot more complexity. Does he want to continue being the second best player on McDavids team and make less for the pleasure of that. Or does he want to go and be the best player on any other team in the entire league and make a max contract? Does he believe he can win on this team or does he believe they'll never get over the hump? Is he okay riding shotgun or does he want to be the man? The face of a franchise?

Montour is 1000% gone. I dont even think its a question at this point.

The bigger debate is how it impacts McDavid's future. 2 years left on his deal. If Draisaitl leaves, does that mean McDavid leaves Edmonton in 2026? That is the fear that Oilers fans don't want to think about. I know it's a different situation, but Pronger got traded out of town after the 2006 Finals. Ryan Smyth was out of Edmonton by the 2007 Trade Deadline. That team took years to recover from that - basically until they drafted Connor in 2015. What led to Tavares leaving Long Island in 2018 was all the years of trying to make the team better around Tavares, but not making his job easier. Does McDavid's job become easier if Leon is gone? And if they can't get the right pieces in place, does that further inflame things? E-Kane, Campbell, and Nurse are making close to $20 million combined (AAV). That's a lot of money. And all 3 guys have at least 2-3 years left on those deals. Nurse is easily another 5 years. How are you going to make significant changes with all that cash going to 3 guys that are coming off of rough campaigns?

@@stephenellsworth964 I mean that's not really a debate at all. They can't force Leon to stay. If he decides he wants to go he'll go. The Oilers don't really have any control over that. The most they can do to entice him if offer a max term and cap deal. But if he decides he doesn't want to be in that situation an extra couple million isn't likely to resolve it. And you'd have a year to use the cap saving of not having Draistl to try and prove to McDavid you can make it work.

Gotta suck Canadian team's D. Surprised Toronto wasn't brought up.

And by the time McDavid’s contract kicks in the cap will be almost $100 million

That’s what happens when you have best players in the world.

That's why they can't win the cup.

@@G_Ellis606 yet they were one goal away 🤔

He's due for a massive raise. It's gonna be tough on ownership to pay him what he wants/deserves.

Who said so? His agent? Leon, who is being told what to say by his agent? They always say whatever the potential signer wants to hear.

Higher than 90%

​@@adriannanayaOilers fans tend to be delusional: wouldn't trust gossip in Edmonton

Seravalli has heard that both are looking to stay for the long run.

Leon already made reference to "next year" with this team.

Why would anyone take the Nurse contract? How many barely in the first round draft choices do the Oilers have to give up for another team to take that contract?

@Taranaki66 I know it's going to be next to impossible, but maybe the only way is with some cap retention for the oilers, but if it's possible to avoid wasting 9.2mil on a 3rd line defenceman (at best) that would help immensely

Send them to the Sharks for future considerations

@@chuckmaloney1298 hey! That's not a bad idea

@@TheKisj What is the point of salary retention if you need cap space? You have to give away your future for the present. Chicago and LA did it but they won 5 cups before the pain kicked in.

@exhellification I’m well aware of that. And McDavid had an abdominal injury that up until yesterday was thought to be requiring suregery since Vancouver and had more points in games 4 and 5 than Draisitl had in his last 13 games combined. But if you’re healthy enough to play, you can’t fall back on excuses when you play poorly

What's a team-friendly deal?

It sure wasn't. The guy was already producing at just behind a ppg pace in the regular season. Over a ppg pace in the playoffs and had outstanding underlying numbers. 8.5 was what he earned it just wasn't taking into account any potential growth. And of course just 2 years later he won 2 of them being the league MVP's.

You realize you would have to give way more for drais the just Marner and a pick lol

"Marner and a Draft Pick." lol Geez man every team in the league beats that offer.

Fine... Marner and... Drumroll please... 2 first round draft picks! (2024 and 2025). Only because I'm being generous.

@@kaydim5921 Hahahaha

Throw in a lifetime supply of Boston Pizza and we're talking.

My guy said hella injured. Wrap it up

Get the thug from NY

Would not be so certain Yes he will stay for another season But after that really it depends

@@goenzoy712 I really don't think so. The bond between McDavid and Drai was the bedrock for the incredible bond that the whole team had this year. I think they would all stay if they could but we know that's not happening. But I do think more will stay than everyone is thinking.

not good enough to take a team to the stanley cup finals, having a better gaa and save % than bob in the finals and keeping game 7 to 2 goals? weak taaaaakeee

@Danglebot tell me how he does with high danger shots.....I'll wait. Only reason they made it there is because Dallas, and Florida for 3 games, allowed the oilers to keep them to the outside. The moment the puck went in between the dots super skinner changed into Swiss cheese. He's a big boy so the puck hits him a lot. But you got in because draisaitl, mcdavid and Hyman all torched the other goalies. They made it inspite of him. The team stood by him why? Yeah, because, who else was going to tend the net for them? Pickard who's played on 6 different teams? Or Campbell who made the Bakersfield condors question demoting him at one point?

@@daanyd13 you're real emotional for not actually using facts. You mean when teams play good defense their goalie has good numbers? shocker. He's not top 5 in the league, he isnt shesh or vasa, but no other goalies are. He's a number 1 goalie who is very good. You don't go 10-1 in Games 4-7. with a .935Sv% and a 1.5 gaa by fluke. He also had the exact same danger unblocked shot attempt save % as bob at .825 wich was top end for the playoffs. He earned his starts, earned his numbers and he's 24 years old in his SECOND full year in the nhl.

Good enough to take the team all the way to game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals.

@Danglebot, I'm not being emotional. He's not as good as you think he is. But I'm happy to admit if I'm wrong come next year. I just feel bad for oilers fans pinning their hopes on a dude who barely looks like a 1b in my eyes. Was never expecting top 5. For oilers fans sakes he needs to be good enough to qualify for top 20....and I think he's more like top 35....good enough to be in the league, but not enough to be "the guy". Unless the team's d core improves more, they'll need a whole lot more from their goalie...and sorry....he ain't it. If you'd like more I'll be happy to discuss further

They're gonna have to get Tonya Harding to do a number on Nurse...maybe Kane and Ekholm too, just to be safe.

Every star player from every team the Panthers faced choked, that's what a suffocating D and goaltending does.

@@Conker-nr4pd The truly great players play their best when the lights shine the brightest, He and hockey jesus disappeared in the high pressure gsmes

Thats what we can do and stay competative

Personally, I clicked the link hoping for Steve's review of the latest episode of The Acolyte.

@@quercusquercus532 xD would be fun for sure seeing him ranting about it lol

I would say the exact same thing from Thachuk and Bennett so we’re even

Barkov kept slashing at his hands knowing he had a hand injury as we saw them splinted up prior to the series. That dirty hit didn't fall from the sky my friend.

@@bretthollingshead7810 Not really even we won the cup, so we are superior, but back to the original task, does he hand himself in or get picked up? Our guys are busy swimming with the cup in the Ocean and can't be bothered at the moment! 👍

You are right. You are definitely not an expert.

​@MB-xq9hu relax.. almost blowing a 3-0 series lead is nothing to be proud of.. are all floridiana so soft regarding hockey plays. Sure drai shouldn't have done what he did, but you need to chill my dude, it's playoff hockey, people do emotional stupid plays. Is ekblad going to jail for trying to choke our Bouchard? See how boring this is

To make things fair, they should abolish income taxes in the rest of the US and Canada. The money is just used for wars anyway.

There's also no public social services in Florida. Believe it or not, this is a turn-off for some people. I would imagine this might be a bigger factor for many European players.

Might wanna run that past the IRS and CRA.

Might wanna check the tax laws for nhl players

This is not how taxes work lol

Look up the jock tax

@rootbeerdumdum Calgary and Edmonton are tied for having the lowest tax rates - 38.5%. The American teams with no state income tax aren’t far behind. The Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lighting, Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators all have a tax rate of 40.5%

RNH is no longer a C. He’s a winger now. Can’t drive his own line very well.

He’ll get more than that….closer to 13 per

Or…. Ya know….. stop making excuses and get better