What would it take for you to move McDavid?

[JustinCider]

I don't want to trade Connor, to me it would take a boatload, but as good as he looks, he is still a junior hockey player who is unproven as a PRO. If the right deal came along, what would it take it take for you to move him. These are the ones I'd seriously consider...

MON - Subban and Price.

or

OTT - Karlsson, Lazar, and Turris.

or

NSH - Weber and Josi/Jones.

or

LA - Doughty, Toffoli, and Jones.

or

FLA - Barkov, Bjukstad, and Ekblad.

or

BUF - Eichel, Reinhart, and Risto.

or

WAS - Backstrom, Wilson, and Carlson.

or

STL - Tarensko, Pietrangelo, and Allan.

or

DAL - Seguin, Benn, and Klingberg.

or

COL - Mackinnon, Barrie, and E. Johnson.

or

ARZ - OEL, Hanifan, Domi, and Duclare.


These are the deals that would make me consider trading Connor, some seem like no brainers, some are still a little iffy. One thing is for sure, not many teams, if any, would be willing to pay the asking price to acquire him.

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[McPuritania]

A brain aneurysm.

 

[Panda Bear]

Yes
FLA - Barkov, Bjugstad, and Ekblad. (Would rather Huberdeau over Barkov or Bjugstad, though.)
DAL - Seguin, Benn, and Klingberg.

Maybe
COL - Mackinnon, Barrie, and E. Johnson.
BUF - Eichel, Reinhart, and Risto.
STL - Tarasenko, Pietrangelo, and Allen.

No
MON - Subban and Price.
OTT - Karlsson, Lazar, and Turris.
NSH - Weber and Josi/Jones.
LA - Doughty, Toffoli, and Jones.
WAS - Backstrom, Wilson, and Carlson.
ARZ - OEL, Hanifin, Domi, and Duclair.

 

[McBdayz15]

Toews, Seabrook and Saad would definitely get me thinking.

 

[Nuge93]

You could make a case for any of those teams.

 

[GRadio]

No one. The problem with a trade in the cap world is that we have to take a lot of salary back which would destroy our team. If we took Crosby or Ovy, we'd be taking $10 million with him. Toews, Seabrook and Saad? $20 million.

There is no one as good as mcdavid for as cheap as we are going to have him. He's invaluable.

 

[AM]

No one. The problem with a trade in the cap world is that we have to take a lot of salary back which would destroy our team. If we took Crosby or Ovy, we'd be taking $10 million with him. Toews, Seabrook and Saad? $20 million.

There is no one as good as mcdavid for as cheap as we are going to have him. He's invaluable.

Bingo.

 

[Aceboogie]

Kopitar, doughty, quick

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

I really hope that no one makes us an offer we can't refuse. I'm really looking forward to watching McDavid for the next 10 years or so.

 

[JustinCider]

Toews, Seabrook and Saad would definitely get me thinking.

not me, one year of Seabrook before he hits UFA, Toews at 10.5 million per and Saad? Not even close.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

In a Cap-less league, there's plenty in there that would make my eyebrow raise. McDavid isn't untradeable. If we get a crazy offer, like what you're seeing in many of these examples, you do it.

I think.

I don't know. I don't want the backlash of the Gretzky trade again. Too much bad karma (manifesting itself in the form of Kevin Lowe).

 

[JustinCider]

It'd take a lot of balls to pull the trigger on any trade, even a true overpayment.

 

[McOvechking]

Eh, on the one hand there are a lot of deals here that the Oilers win hands down. On the other hand, the marketability of McDavid and the instant optimism he brings to the struggling franchise is irreplaceable. In terms of player value, he's actually not worth that much. In terms of value to the Oilers franchise, he's worth more than any other player or combination of players in the league.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

It'd take a lot of balls to pull the trigger on any trade, even a true overpayment.

Isn't that crazy. One, 18 year old kid who hasn't stepped one foot on NHL ice to play a single second of NHL hockey has enough pull to make even the smartest hockey minds sweat when considering a trade.

Crazy.

 

[DrDrai]

A brain aneurysm.

yes sir that sums it up perfectly

 

[Chef de Cuisine]

everything you said, plus their 1st rounds for the next 2 years..mcda<3vi<3d

 

[Psychoil]

yes to subban price

 

[rboomercat90]

A brain aneurysm.

...or a gun to my head. I wouldn't consider it any other way.

 

[La Bamba]

Kopitar, doughty, quick

To be completely honest, I still wouldn't make that deal. Even if they throw Carter on top of that, I wouldn't do it. Maybe I'm just crazy.

 

[CaptainSexyPants]

No one. The problem with a trade in the cap world is that we have to take a lot of salary back which would destroy our team. If we took Crosby or Ovy, we'd be taking $10 million with him. Toews, Seabrook and Saad? $20 million.

There is no one as good as mcdavid for as cheap as we are going to have him. He's invaluable.

This is really the main factor.

But aside from that, we've been without a truly dominant guy for so long that I think people forget how big of a deal it really is. Hall and Nuge are great, but they aren't controlling the game every time they hit the ice the way Pronger did. Pronger wasn't just a #1 D, he was (arguably) the best in the league at his position. Guys like that are pretty tough to quantify with these on-paper debates.

 

[The Nuge]

Doughty and Kopitar, Crosby and Letang, or Toews and Keith

 

[The Human Torch]

No one. The problem with a trade in the cap world is that we have to take a lot of salary back which would destroy our team. If we took Crosby or Ovy, we'd be taking $10 million with him. Toews, Seabrook and Saad? $20 million.

There is no one as good as mcdavid for as cheap as we are going to have him. He's invaluable.

This, a million times over.

Plus, with McDavid on the team, if the team improves as it should (Babcock? McLellan?) the next few offseasons will very likely see a larger influx of free agents coming here and other players taking Edmonton off their no-trade lists so we could end up with some of the above players or their ilk anyways.

 

[redgrant]

Hes unmoveable as hes a generational player that is better than Crosby.

Honestly the only team with the correct pieces are the Habs and hypothetically lets say its

Subban, Price, Pacoreitty, Galchenyuk and 3 first rounders + 15 million cash I wouldnt do it.

Habs cant even make the finals with this "best in a generation" Habs team.

Oilers in 06 were able to do it with a bunch of plugs and Pronger.

 

[redgrant]

Doughty and Kopitar, Crosby and Letang, or Toews and Keith

In case you didnt hear Letang sucks and Crosby is invisible last 4 years in playoffs.

 

[Why]

After watching the erie/soo playoffs series there's no way I trade him. Just so much fun to watch. Besides what I would even consider we couldn't afford. I think he's gonna kick Hall up another notch too and that will be a pretty crazy line to watch. Pretty pumped for next year