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McDavid and Draisaitl are untradeable.
Any realistic trade that a team would be willing to give up would result in Ken Holland getting the Peter Pocklington treatment. He'd have his Canadian citizenship revoked and have to live out his life in exile in Palm Springs, receiving death threats half a century later.
Any trade that wouldn't get Holland fired would completely destroy the franchise that was trading for him. They'd have absolutely no players, prospect pipeline or high round picks left, and as has been demonstrated in Edmonton, one (or even two) superstar player(s) isn't enough to build a Stanley Cup winner.
McDavid and Draisaitl will either play in Edmonton their entire careers, or they will walk for nothing a la John Tavares when their contracts are up.