Fair enough. So taking your point into consideration:
Drai puts up similar points as Marner while playing the majority of his shifts with the best player in the NHL, is two years older, and will probably make around 2M more than Marner after his extension.
BUT he's better at faceoffs than Marner.
I fully expect Chiarelli to get fired and the Oilers to eventually fix their garbage team, and at that point Drai will likely be more valuable than Marner.
However I think it's pretty clear who is more valuable RIGHT NOW.
You’re right, I think it’s pretty clear - it’s the guy that takes faceoffs, plays the PK, plays C, is trusted in key situations both offensive and defensive, on top of putting up the ‘same’ amount of points.
The people that people make the mistake of making is pretending that playing with McDavid is the be-all end-all. ‘Well Draisaitl plays with McDavid soooo’
1) not all the time. The split happened more frequently this season.
2) Draisaitl benefits from playing with Connor, but Connor benefits from playing with Drai, too.
3) Marner isn’t playing with nobodies. JVR/Kadri/Marleau/Brown are very good players in their own right. The same is not true of Lucic/Slepyshev/Caggiula/whoever. Supporting cast matters and when Drai isn’t with Connor - about half the time - his linemates are black holes.