So from what I gather in this thread:
1. Draisaitl is greedy
2. Draisaitl hasn't proven anything
3. Draisaitl might not be better than RNH
4. Draisaitl is a product of McDavid
5. Draisaitl is not worth 4 1st round picks (even if they are #30)
I hope you guys are willing to eat crow over the next 2-3 years when he proves you all wrong. I know I want to physically dominant center on my side when I got to war in the playoffs. You guys enjoy your Gaudreau's/RNH's/MacKinnon's of the world.
If the expected salary is 9 million dollars 1 is true.
2. has always been true and statistically proven. He has not shown he can drive offense by himself. Sorry if it hurts your feelings, but look up the numbers. 13 games in the playoffs with a PDO through the roof does not count,sorry.
3. I don't think anyone has said that. They have said Mcdavid/RNH/Insert D man from Drai trade may be better than Mcdavid/Drai/Nuge
4. Draisaitl statistically last year dropped off when not playing with Mcdavid. So this part MAY be true, we haven't seen the opposite be proven yet.
5. A team that has the picks and cap space to offer Drai 10 million plus is not going to be the Pens,Caps Blackhawks or Wild of the world. It's going to be a bottom feeder or middling back team. And at that point you'd better think long and hard about four first round picks yup.
Jesus guys give your head a shake. Draisaitl has in no way shape or form proven he is a number one centre yet, and we are comfortable paying him like one. Look what happened when Horcoff produced first line center numbers. The moronic old boys club handed him the money and it was undoubtedly one of the biggest burdens they faced for years. I remember the fact they actually traded that contract was a small miracle.