Maybe you fail to see just how much negative value Lucic has.
If MacK is being added then so is Draisaitl.
It’s embarrassing you think the difference between McDavid and MacKinnon is Makar + potentially Hughes or Kaako. Bouchard is nowhere near Makar.
Ever heard of Corsi mac is plus 200 Leon is minus 40.... Mac drives the play and controls the pick in a way few players can I would think a fanbase that watch's mcjesus every night would understand the difference between a guy who dominates the play and a player who is very good but is mostly just finishing at a high rate... Shooting % is one hell of a drugDrai’s the better goal scorer, plays with significantly worse linemates when not with McDavid, and only ever gets one good linemates at a time whereas MacKinnon gets a steady diet of Landeskog and Rantanen, not to mention Barrie headmanning the puck.
Your proposal may be god awful but you are absolutely right when saying this.Drai just isn't in that same tier as Mack. Not saying he's bad by any measure. He's just not better than MacK.
Ever heard of Corsi mac is plus 200 Leon is minus 40.... Mac drives the play and controls the pick in a way few players can I would think a fanbase that watch's mcjesus every night would understand the difference between a guy who dominates the play and a player who is very good but is mostly just finishing at a high rate... Shooting % is one hell of a drug
With both of those guys in place the Oilers could have a lot of free cap space as early as the 2020-2021 season with no one other than Nurse of consequence left to sign. Add a 6M winger and a $4M 3rd line center. Re-sign Nurse for $6.5M. Add a $2M back up. $2M or so left with only a #14 forward to sign. And that is with both Russell and Sekera.It's hard to see the Oilers competing in the next 3 years with 10.5m locked up in Lucic and Koskinen. If McDavid is upset now, he's going to be a lot more upset in after missing the playoffs a couple more times. Makar and the Sens pick are massive pieces. All that being said I know it would never happen.
lol good point actuallyYou're offering a bunch of magic beans to an org that has well documented issues with drafting and developing...
Cool man I hope he shoots 20 plus percent for the rest of his career very confident he willWho gives a damn about Corsi Drai has emerged as an elite player in his own right and a high level scorer and frankly he’s better than McDavid some nights.
If MacKinnon was playing with Toby Rieder and Alex Chiasson as his wingers when he was at centre you’d get some idea of what Draisaitl is capable of to put up the numbers he has when 40% of the time he’s with complete slugs.
Cool man I hope he shoots 20 plus percent for the rest of his career very confident he will
Like how does OP not realize that? Think before you throw something stupid up on the main boards lollol good point actually
I will post all the stupid things I wantLike how do you not realize that? Think before you throw something stupid up on the main boards lol
Says evey fan base who has a player shooting a career high percentage get back to me next year when he's still a very good player who both not as good as mac and not shooting over 20%He altered his game because our wingers are **** and McDavid needed a finisher. Lucky for us he’s an elite passer too.
I was talking about OP not about you lolI will post all the stupid things I want
Says evey fan base who has a player shooting a career high percentage get back to me next year when he's still a very good player who both not as good as mac and not shooting over 20%
In theory maybe, but seems tough to ice a good team with 10.5m in essentially nothing.With both of those guys in place the Oilers could have a lot of free cap space as early as the 2020-2021 season with no one other than Nurse of consequence left to sign. Add a 6M winger and a $4M 3rd line center. Re-sign Nurse for $6.5M. Add a $2M back up. $2M or so left with only a #14 forward to sign. And that is with both Russell and Sekera.
By July 2, 2020 Lucic has three years left with only $10M in salary. The Oilers could eat $2M and have a second team eat $2M in cap space and the final team would only be on the hook for $2.5M in real dollars over three years. Replace Lucic with a guy making $1M on the fourth line and take back contracts you can bury and you just bought yourself another $3M+.
Cap space is not the issue for the Oilers. Finding someone clever enough to use it wisely is the problem.