MadLuke
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There's one example of something similar to this in history: the Lindros trade. It made Qc better, though the benefits were made in Colorado.
Lindros never played a game with Qc any return made them better in a trivial way, it cannot be used we do not know what the Nordiques would have looked like if they iced a Sundin-Lindros-Nolan line with Sakic on the second one, they would have been good. That move like Gretzky was for a lot of money, something that we could not see now.
If Forsberg does not pan out and become one of the great of that era:
Steve Duchesne
Peter Forsberg
Ron Hextall
Kerry Huffman
Mike Ricci
$15M cash
1993 1st round pick (#10-Jocelyn Thibault)
future considerations (Chris Simon 1994 1st round pick (#10-Nolan Baumgartner))
For Lindros, would not look particularly good.
In the cap era and a team that would need to get good right away (the trade cannot be build around draft picks, they need to start to make the playoff soon) it is hard to imagine a McDavid trade working, he represent so much value at a good price. I imagine the Oilers would consider it if it involve some of the great contract coming their way (Mackinnon, Marchand, Mohannan type), some good contract and let them get rid of 1-2 bad contract at the same time. But I am not sure if it can work for the receiving team math wise.
Maybe the new expansion team would make it possible, they can put their hand on an impressive list of good contract and have room to move.
PS The Nordiques missed the playoff in 93-94 with a terrible season