McDavid requests a trade

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Created by: Joxu

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2022

Published: May 12, 2022

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Team Explanation

Here's the scenario: Edmonton loses in the first round again and McDavid is done, he requests a trade. Edmonton chooses to use Draisaitl as their 1C and tries to fill the holes in their lineup with the trade.

The conditions for the trade are as follows:
Has to be a team in a different division, plus if in the other conference
Team agrees to take on Zack Kassians contract (optional but decided to add it in the trades for balance)
Young Top 4 Defenseman, preferably RHD
Young Top 6 Player
Starting Goaltender, preferably under 28 years old
(Middle tier 1st round pick and a 3rd, negotiable)

This is an example line up so it doesn't include possible extra trades Edmonton would make, the Oilers in LTIR are players that would be traded or would stay there for retirement (Keith, Klefblom)

Did my best to come up with teams with a need for the best player in the world and the correct pieces. Please give me your mock trades and roast the value of mine.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Puljujärvi, Jesse	3	$2,750,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	3	$2,750,000
McLeod, Ryan	2	$975,000
Boqvist, Adam	5	$5,000,000
Dobson, Noah	5	$5,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Evander		3	$5,500,000
Kulak, Brett		3	$2,250,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Young Top 6, player	5	$5,000,000
Starting, Goalie	5	$5,000,000
Young Top 6, Defenseman	5	$5,000,000

Trades

EDM

Hart, Carter
Farabee, Joel
Sanheim, Travis
2024 1st round pick (FLA)
2023 3rd round pick (NYR)

PHI

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Hellebuyck, Connor
Ehlers, Nikolaj
Pionk, Neal
2022 1st round pick (WPG)
2022 3rd round pick (CBJ)

WPG

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Vejmelka, Karel
Keller, Clayton
Chychrun, Jakob
2022 1st round pick (COL)
2022 3rd round pick (ARI)

ARI

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Merzlikins, Elvis
Bjorkstrand, Oliver
Boqvist, Adam [RFA Rights]
2023 1st round pick (CBJ)
2022 3rd round pick (TBL)

CBJ

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Nedeljkovic, Alex
Vrána, Jakub
Hronek, Filip
2022 1st round pick (DET)
2022 3rd round pick (DET)

DET

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Guentzel, Jake
Marino, John
Jarry, Tristan
2022 1st round pick (PIT)
2024 3rd round pick (PIT)

PIT

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Gibson, John
Terry, Troy
Drysdale, Jamie
2022 1st round pick (BOS)
2023 3rd round pick (MIN)

ANA

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Swayman, Jeremy
Carlo, Brandon
DeBrusk, Jake
Lysell, Fabian
2023 1st round pick (BOS)
2022 3rd round pick (CGY)

BOS

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

EDM

Sorokin, Ilya
Dobson, Noah [RFA Rights]
Beauvillier, Anthony
2022 1st round pick (NYI)
2022 3rd round pick (NYI)

NYI

McDavid, Connor
Kassian, Zack

Buyouts

James Neal: $1,916,667
Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (13%)

DRAFT YEAR	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5	ROUND 6	ROUND 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$77,301,833	$896,000	$2,200,000	$5,198,167

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Young Top 6, player $5,000,000	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000 C, LW NMC NTC UFA - 3	Kane, Evander $5,500,000 LW, RW UFA
Hyman, Zach $5,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 6	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	Puljujärvi, Jesse $2,750,000 RW RFA
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Holloway, Dylan $925,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 2	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,750,000 RW, C RFA
Shore, Devin $850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $975,000 C RFA	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Young Top 6, Defenseman $5,000,000	Starting, Goalie $5,000,000
Broberg, Philip $863,333 LD RFA - 2	Bouchard, Evan $863,333 RD RFA - 1	Smith, Mike $2,200,000 G UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $2,250,000 LD/RD UFA	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Griffith, Seth $762,500 RW, C UFA - 2		Hart, Carter $3,979,000 G RFA - 2
Koekkoek, Slater $925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Farabee, Joel $5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 6
		Sanheim, Travis $4,675,000 LD UFA - 1
		Hellebuyck, Connor $6,166,666 G UFA - 2
		Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 3
		Pionk, Neal $5,875,000 RD UFA - 3
		Vejmelka, Karel $2,725,000 G UFA - 3
		Keller, Clayton $7,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
		Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3
		Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000 G NTC UFA - 5
		Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4
		Boqvist, Adam $5,000,000 RD RFA
		Nedeljkovic, Alex $3,000,000 G UFA - 1
		Vrána, Jakub $5,250,000 LW UFA - 2
		Hronek, Filip $4,400,000 RD RFA - 2
		Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000 G UFA - 1
		Guentzel, Jake $6,000,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 2
		Marino, John $4,400,000 RD UFA - 5
		Gibson, John $6,400,000 G NTC UFA - 5
		Terry, Troy $1,450,000 RW, C RFA - 1
		Drysdale, Jamie $925,000 RD RFA - 1
		Swayman, Jeremy $925,000 G RFA - 1
		DeBrusk, Jake $4,000,000 LW UFA - 2
		Lysell, Fabian $894,167 RW RFA - 3
		Carlo, Brandon $4,100,000 RD UFA - 5
		Sorokin, Ilya $4,000,000 G UFA - 2
		Beauvillier, Anthony $4,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Dobson, Noah $5,000,000 RD RFA
		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000 LD NTC UFA - 1
		Barrie, Tyson $4,500,000 RD UFA - 2
		Keith, Duncan $5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 1

May 12 at 9:24 a.m.

Windjammer

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None of the deals are realistic.

May 12 at 9:25 a.m.

BJ_Lover

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Bye bye Bjorky I'll miss you so much

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May 12 at 9:28 a.m.

Joxu

Thread Starter

FLA

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Quoting: Windjammer

None of the deals are realistic.

What would you consider realistic in this situation? Do give me your best shot at a mock trade. When making a trade for the best player in the world the opinions tend to vary quite a bit.

May 12 at 9:36 a.m.

Billy12Bob

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Detroit declines. We're not out of a rebuild yet and this trade would only prolong the pain.

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May 12 at 9:39 a.m.

Windjammer

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Edited May 12 at 11:14 a.m.

Quoting: Joxu

What would you consider realistic in this situation? Do give me your best shot at a mock trade. When making a trade for the best player in the world the opinions tend to vary quite a bit.

Almost every trade has a team giving up 2 or 3 key players and a 1st. All that happens to a team if they do that, is that they become Edmonton. They have McDavid and maybe one other good player left, if they are lucky and aren't any further ahead. So, why do it?

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May 12 at 9:46 a.m.

Lancebmx

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Quoting: Billy12Bob

Detroit declines. We're not out of a rebuild yet and this trade would only prolong the pain.

A mcdavid trade where we don't give up Raymond, Seider, Edvinsson or Cossa would be pretty good. That said we would still have too many holes

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May 12 at 9:59 a.m.

HeadHighSauce

Chart Boi

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2nd Overall
Ty Smith
Mackenzie Blackwood
Nico Hischier
pick 37

May 12 at 10:04 a.m.

ReelBigFan

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Philly accepts

Opens up space for youth to take over and makes people want to watch the Flyers again.

May 12 at 10:18 a.m.

arab05

ARAB05

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Oilers decline all of these trades.

May 12 at 10:20 a.m.

#10

littlejerryseinfeld

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These are brutal trade offers

May 12 at 10:20 a.m.

#11

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: HeadHighSauce

2nd Overall
Ty Smith
Mackenzie Blackwood
Nico Hischier
pick 37

This is much better than what is being proposed

May 12 at 10:21 a.m.

#12

littlejerryseinfeld

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Quoting: Billy12Bob

Detroit declines. We're not out of a rebuild yet and this trade would only prolong the pain.

What?!?!?!?! This would be the steal of the century

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May 12 at 10:28 a.m.

#13

HeadHighSauce

Chart Boi

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

This is much better than what is being proposed

and the Devils would do it without thinking, too.

May 12 at 10:36 a.m.

#14

dtd_tank

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Quoting: Lancebmx

A mcdavid trade where we don't give up Raymond, Seider, Edvinsson or Cossa would be pretty good. That said we would still have too many holes

This would be good bait to acquire Forsberg as a FA!

May 12 at 10:45 a.m.

#15

Joxu

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FLA

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Quoting: HeadHighSauce

2nd Overall
Ty Smith
Mackenzie Blackwood
Nico Hischier
pick 37

I like that offer for the Oilers, if they drafted Nemec they could have a future d-core of:
Nurse-Nemec
Smith-Bouchard
Broberg-x

Hischier would also be great, Blackwood is kind of a gamble though

May 12 at 10:47 a.m.

#16

BatVader

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Ehlers is who we’d want McDavid to play with so I wouldn’t want him included
This leaves the Jets with no goaltender of worth
Pionk is our only top 4 RHD… why would a team already hurting for RHD trade away their only top 4 one
This would just give McDavid a different team to suffer with.

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May 12 at 10:49 a.m.

#17

Sabres923

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The only team that can make a Mcdavid trade is probably Buffalo. Cozens, Krebs, Quinn, Peterka, Power, Dahlin etc.
Assuming EDM would only want young players and prospects.

May 12 at 10:52 a.m.

#18

crankshaft

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Problem with a McD trade is that whatever team is paying the massive bounty for him they are going to end up just like Edmonton. A top-heavy team that doesn't have a quality supporting cast to win a cup. That's where Edmonton will be for years to come.

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May 12 at 10:53 a.m.

#19

rednwhite

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If I were Detroit I would take that trade in a second, I am not sure Edmonton would without one or two of Seider, Edvinsson or Raymond though.

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May 12 at 11:03 a.m.

#20

Lancebmx

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Quoting: dtd_tank

This would be good bait to acquire Forsberg as a FA!

Imagine a top 6 of
Zadina McDavid Berggren
Bertuzzi Larkin Raymond

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May 12 at 11:05 a.m.

#21

BatVader

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Maybe LA if they’re willing to give up some young kids for a kick at the can now

May 12 at 11:06 a.m.

#22

Mr_Canoehead

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If McDavid were to ask for a trade, it would be better for him to ask once the calendar ticks over to the 22-23 season so that his full NMC is in effect. So does that mean it is July 1st like most NHL contracts or was something tweaked due to the later start?

May 12 at 11:11 a.m.

#23

dtd_tank

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Quoting: Lancebmx

Imagine a top 6 of
Zadina McDavid Berggren
Bertuzzi Larkin Raymond

Honestly, I might put Bert or Ras with McDavid to provide some protection for him.

May 12 at 11:26 a.m.

#24

Lancebmx

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Quoting: dtd_tank

Honestly, I might put Bert or Ras with McDavid to provide some protection for him.

Not awful at all

May 12 at 11:47 a.m.

#25

Hammerwise

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Problem is, if any of those deals were accepted, the team acquiring McDavid has just been gutted. And why would McDavid want to go to a worse team.

He'd have to pull an Eichel and so force Edmonton's hand into accepting a lesser package.

Take for instance PHI: 3 players 25 yrs or younger, two top 6 forwards and their starting goalie gone AND a top 4 defenseman under 28 yrs old, coming off his best season AND a 1st and 3rd. PHI has just lost their goalie and 2 scoring forwards, getting McDavid for that package results in a bad team.

Sanheim
2022 1st (5th OV)
Koneckny
bluechip prospect like Bobby Brink or Foerster

might be closer to a realistic offer that PHI could part with and McDavid wouldn;t be playing with a team of scrubs

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