It's like throwing Glavine and Maddux on top of Smoltz to get Alexander. Why do we need Draisaitl if we don't have Raymond and Edvinsson, that team is going to suck anyway?
Not even close to that. See this is where Red Wings fan actually value their own players more than they're actually worth. Edvinsson plus Raymond actually are not better than having Draisaitl. (IMO).
How good/bad do you think Leon Draisaitl is? I think he's easy top 5 player so... yeah.
The team would be stalled out the same way it would for one year anyways(this year) and you'd have money, etc to build with a legitimate core of Draisaitl/Larkin/DeBrincat/Seider/Compher/Danielson/Kasper/Cossa. What I don't know is how much "extra" money Red Wings would have to sign a another F. Depending on how much they have they can offer a middle six veteran a 1 year or sign a tough guy or bring up a rookie.
Alex DeBrincat – (C) Dylan Larkin – J.T. Compher
Robby Fabbri –
Leon Draisaitl(trade) –
Nate Danielson(Rookie)
Michael Rasmussen – (A) Andrew Copp –
Jonatan Berggren(RFA)
Christian Fischer(Min) –
Joe Veleno(RFA) –
????(UFA/Rookie)
*
Austin Czarnik(Min)
Jake Walman –
Mortiz Seider(Extension)
(A) Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson(Rookie) – Ollie Maata
* Justin Holl
Alex Lyon
Sebastian Cossa(Rookie)
Ville Husso
Clear case of sticker shock but adding Draisaitl for that price would easily set the Red Wings up better. They'd have legit runs within 1 or 2 years and could attract veteran free agents. (Similiar to Kane). Kind of have to wait for Fabbri/Petry/Maata/Husso to clear spots out after this next up coming season to target major upgrades.
Oilers themselves almost for sure don't even accept that trade.