Stutzle for Drai would be my ask from Edmonton, they are definitely worried about his next contract.

Tkachuk or Stutzle would have to be a starter in my opinion

Tkachuk or Stutzle is going to be asked for in a Drai trade. Maybe Batherson and Norris together if you don’t want to give those guys up.

A bottom pairing RD, A guy under criminal investigation a 3C and 2 1st doesn't get you Leon Draisaitl. Either Brady Tkachuk or Tim Stutzle need to be added for Draisaitl not a bunch of lame pieces.

You've gotta put Stutzle in there most likely, which is an easy trade for Ottawa if that's accepted.

Same thing I was thinking

There’s no point in me adding anything it’s all been said.

Lmao keep dreaming.

Oilers aren’t trading Draisaitl no matter the package that would make McDavid leave when he’s FA

Such an embarrassing offer

Edmonton wouldn't be trading Draisaitl to Ottawa without Stutzle + + coming to them.

Oilers fans are going to be
Oilers pass.

"Oh hey, here's this interesting guy Alex Formenton we're gonna throw in for no reason whatsoever"

Source of this rumor?

He heard it at the dinner table from his mom.

Worried about his next contract? The cap should go up around 7-8 million by the time they need to sign him.

MacDavid is the year after, it's hard to tie up 25-30M in two players, even if they are the two best producers.

Not really. $25M on a $90M cap is 27.8%. When they signed their current contracts they were a combined 28% of the cap. They currently take up 25.2% of Edmonton's limit.

And with Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman and Kane on massive value deals, Edmonton can well afford spending $25M on McDavid and Draisaitl.

As good as Draisaitl is, this is not a move the Sens need to do. It goes again against the whole rebuild that started in January 2018

Plus this is very risky and expensive for a player that might just leave in 2 years.

Trading 2 more firsts, Ottawa just traded 2 in a row and completely flopped their 2021 selection... That would basically mean FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A FIRST

Formenton doesn't even "exist" right now. He shouldn't be in any proposal. He would need to get his name cleared and then offered a NHL contract first, which might never happen.

Pinto is also very hard to give up, he will be cost controlled for several years and will be a key 2-way center for a decade. Having Stutzle, Norris and Pinto down the middle is perfect, why change it?

Ottawa just can't afford to do that. And this is not even what they need. Their PP is totally fine. The problem is preventing goals against at Even Strength, which is far from Draisaitl forte.

Only way I'd make the trade is IF I know I could sell him for more to another team but that doesn't work like that in the reality. Edmonton would just trade him directly


Why would Ottawa do this? They would have the same worry as Edmonton... no?

And no, call me as crazy as you want but I wouldn't trade Stutzle for Draisaitl

- 21 y/o at 8.35 AAV x 8 years vs 28 y/o at 8.5 AAV x 2 years
- Even if Stutzle doesn't match LD numbers, he will be much better defensively
- How much more pts would Stutzle put in his prime playing with McDavid?


No way I am doing this for the reasons above. Why do people absolutely want to FORCE sitautions like this when the Duchene and DeBrincat situations already blew up in Dorion's face?

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