Speculation: Come up with an offer Edmonton would actually accept for McDavid

[bobholly39]

I know we've had those discussions for fun before, and usually they're started out with "just for fun - what would be fair value knowing Edmonton is never actually trading McDavid".

This is different. You're hired as GM of your team, and your job is to land McDavid, no matter the cost. You have to somehow come up with an offer Edmonton *will* accept, in reality.

Can you do it?

Don't worry about overpaying - remember the goal is to do whatever it takes to ensure Edmonton says yes.

Which teams are able to land McDavid under this premise, and which teams fall short?

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[A91]

As an Oiler fan if I had to trade him Florida would be who I went to first.

Barkov + Ekblad + Huberdeau + Tippet + 2 1sts for McDavid + Lucic

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

They wont accept anything realistically , + cap makes it tough. But i feel like it would cost

Lindholm(maybe larsson + montour if they prefer) - a #1 dmen, or the package of 2 top 4 guys

Rakell- top line lw, 30+ goal guy

Steel- potential top 6 c, to play behind drai/RNH

2019 1st- just caus3

Comtois- big skilled winger

 

[JoemAvs]

MacKinnon + Rantanen + Makar+ Girard+ Jost + Timmins+ Kaut+ Zadorov+ OTT 1st + COL 1st for McDavid + Lucic

EDM saves about 7 M in capspace and probably wins atleast 5 cups in the next decade. What do I win?


If the only aim of the game is to land McDavid regardless of the cost, I think atleast 15-20 teams could easily make it happen. Maybe even more.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

As an Oiler fan if I had to trade him Florida would be who I went to first.

Barkov + Ekblad + Huberdeau + Tippet + 2 1sts for McDavid + Lucic

I laughed.

 

[cowboy82nd]

As an Oiler fan if I had to trade him Florida would be who I went to first.

Barkov + Ekblad + Huberdeau + Tippet + 2 1sts for McDavid + Lucic

The OP said McDavid ... nothing about Lucic going with him.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Then again

Larsson = hall, so
Lindholm+ 1st = mcdavid.. come on chia you know you want too

 

[Montecristo]

Pastrnak+mcavoy+1st+frederic

That should do it

 

[A91]

I laughed.

Happy to hear! I wouldnt trade McDavid for anything just playing the game.

 

[flooredaccord]

Extended Matthews and tavares both retained 50 percent

 

[Rafafouille]

19-20-21-22 first round picks
Carey Price
Max Pacioretty


Pretty please Oilers?

 

[Captain Holt]

Not saying the Sabres would or should...

But Eichel and Dahlin would get it done, no?

 

[analytics]

Steel Getzlaf Lindholm.

 

[jonlin]

I`d guess that Florida would be the best tradingpartner here. Something along this would probably be ok for Oilers:

Edmonton get:

Barkov
Ekblad
Borgström
Tippett

Florida get:

McDavid

Edmonton get 1C, 1D and two top-prospects. Borgström will be a 1-2C in NHL and Tippett a top-6 forward. Both costcontrolled for years. Barkov is on a beautiful contract with 5,9M/yr.

I dont think that Florida would do this trade though.

 

[bobholly39]

Not saying the Sabres would or should...

But Eichel and Dahlin would get it done, no?

That was the easiest one I think. I think higher value from Buffalo, not 100% sure Edm says yes, but that's the easy one and possibly only 2 for 1 Edm considers.

 

[bobholly39]

The OP said McDavid ... nothing about Lucic going with him.

I don't mind adding Lucic or other cap dumps to make the trade more interesting.

Also - try not to worry too much about cap. You can worry about it some or add cap dumps - but just expect that Edm may make further moves to make room on cap/or team A retains some cap.

 

[miscs75]

Is Chiarelli the GM in this situation? If so, some prospect who peaked in juniors, an overpaid vet who didn't produce anywhere near his contract value and a lottery-protected 1st should do it.

 

[LeapOnOver]

NYI:
A signed elsewhere John Tr91tor
Brian Bellows
2020 1st (not lottery protected)

In all seriousness for purpose of the thread:

Matt Barzal
K. Bellows
Ilya Sorokin

 

[Brock Radunske]

Any team trading for McDavid is going to lose that trade as it will gut their team and he's only one guy....and you can see how that plays out in Edmonton.

 

[analytics]

Is Chiarelli the GM in this situation? If so, some prospect who peaked in juniors, an overpaid vet who didn't produce anywhere near his contract value and a lottery-protected 1st should do it.

I then offer Ritchie, Perry, and a 1st.

 

[miscs75]

I then offer Ritchie, Perry, and a 1st.

Considering he traded Eberle and a 2015 1st (Barzal) for Strome and G. Reinhart as well as Tyler Seguin (plus some minor guys) for Loui Eriksson (plus some minor guys) this may actually be overkill.

 

[agent082]

BUF: Eichel, Dahlin, 2019 1st OA

 

[McSuper]

I know we've had those discussions for fun before, and usually they're started out with "just for fun - what would be fair value knowing Edmonton is never actually trading McDavid".

This is different. You're hired as GM of your team, and your job is to land McDavid, no matter the cost. You have to somehow come up with an offer Edmonton *will* accept, in reality.

Can you do it?

Don't worry about overpaying - remember the goal is to do whatever it takes to ensure Edmonton says yes.

Which teams are able to land McDavid under this premise, and which teams fall short?

Pretty dumb thread . Most teams could offer enough to get Edmonton to say yes . The question is would those teams be willing to gut their teams to have a one man show ? Teams are probably closer to competing with out making a trade for McDavid . See the Avs offer above , See Florida offer . Those team would be garbage after making those trades . I love McDavid but if any of the 2 team offer those packages I would drive from Halifax to Edmonton and pick him up and deliver him myself .

McDavid is almost impossible to trade in a cap era . His cap hit of 12.5 , he the best player in the NHL and the heart of soul of long suffering fans in Edmonton . Teams would have to pay a kings ransom to acquire him . They would also need the cap space and have to have enough young assets to make Edmonton a contender for years to come . In other words it is not happening

 

[Laus723]

As an Oiler fan if I had to trade him Florida would be who I went to first.

Barkov + Ekblad + Huberdeau + Tippet + 2 1sts for McDavid + Lucic

Lmao, I wouldn’t send that for him. He’s an amazing player and MAY (I don’t actually think he is) be worth that, but wtf would be the point?

Not a chance.

 

[Laus723]

I`d guess that Florida would be the best tradingpartner here. Something along this would probably be ok for Oilers:

Edmonton get:

Barkov
Ekblad
Borgström
Tippett

Florida get:

McDavid

Edmonton get 1C, 1D and two top-prospects. Borgström will be a 1-2C in NHL and Tippett a top-6 forward. Both costcontrolled for years. Barkov is on a beautiful contract with 5,9M/yr.

I dont think that Florida would do this trade though.

No. No point, imo.