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Fail4Nail

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Thread: Oilers Fix
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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 14, 2023 at 7:15 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fail4Nail</b></div><div>Blud are you really saying Drai is only decent???! I'm an Oilers fan, I get it might sound that I'm biased, but he is the 2nd best player in the league. Any argument saying that he's only good because he plays with McDavid is most likely coming from someone who doesn't watch the Oilers. Any GM in this league, if they had the opportunity to build a team around McAvoy or Drai, every one of them picks Drai.</div></div>

Yea I’m a sharks fan and I maybe don’t say top 2 player in the league but no doubt top 10 with a legit argument for top 5. My only reasoning to do this is both McDavid and Draisaitl are owed new contracts coming up here and I doubt those combined are under 26 mil. And with Nurse and all the other long term deals I don’t see how you build a competitive roster.

The way I see it in 26/27 the cap should be around 95/96 mil
McDavid will cost around 14 mil
Draisaitl 13.5 (estimate)
Nurse 9.25 (estimate)
Elkholm 6
Hyman 5.5
RNH 5.12
Bouchard 7.5 (estimate)

So for 8-10 Forwards 3-4 Defensmen and 2 Goalies you have 35.13 mil to fill out the roster, and your prospect pool isn’t stacked so depending on multiple ELC is dicey (especially if you keep trading picks and prospects for rentals)

Financially moving Draisaitl just makes more sense or all you’re going to have in the future is a handful of stars surrounded by replacement level players and be lucky to escape the 1st round of the playoffs.