treple13
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haha @ at this assumption.
1st is probably the cost and that too top 5/ lottery protected.
Lucic's 2019 production is already double what he scored all in 2018 so Oilers can tolerate him for a bit longer.
Also, Oilers 1st is not the same as a 1st+ that OTT will eventually get from a contender.
This is just fantasy talk.. OTT will end up with a late 1st + decent prospect + current NHLer with high'ish cap for Stone IMO.
I suspect it you polled every NHL team fanbase, I'll bet you wouldn't find that most teams would accept Lucic+1st+Yamamoto for 7th deal. The problem with a deal like that you have to assume that Lucic is going to get worse as the contract goes along rather than better. Current contending teams don't want that deal as they need the salary cap space. Current rebuilding teams don't want the deal as they likely want to be contenders during the course of the contract. Budget teams with tons of capspace don't want the contract as it's a lot of real $$$.
I also wouldn't expect the Oilers to offer that deal at this point either to be fair, since they don't currently need the space and can't really afford to give up a bunch of future assets.
Lucic is going to be an Oiler for the foreseeable future, and they'll hope that he plays more like his last few weeks than the last few years.