NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers – Will Trade, Leon Draisaitl, and Connor McDavid

Potential Oilers trade, along with Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid's long-term future in Edmonton

Sportsnet: Mike Futa on the Jeff Marek Show and Mike Marchese on the Edmonton Oilers and Leon Draisaitl's need to sign him to a contract extension. Marchese talks about a few Oilers that could be traded.

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Marchese: “The boy who seems to stand out to you, you know, they also brought back Adam Henrique, I forgot to mention him there. The guy who seems the easiest to move at this point is probably Ryan McLeod. I would think he is the guy on the way out.

Evander Kane, I mean, the no-movement clause makes that very difficult. I think it all depends on what injury problems you have.

They have yet to sign Dylan Holloway, who I thought was the best play-offs for them. He showed a really physical side, which I don't think a lot of people thought he had in him, but he was beautiful. And they still have to meet Philip Broberg again. So there is some work to be done there.

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But the biggest question surrounding the Oilers is, what does Leon Draisaitl do with the extension? Will he extend to Edmonton and if he decides not to do it, what is the course here because you don't want to send them to free agency but at the same time, you don't want to lose Leon Draisaitl there, if you are within one goal, of sending the Stanley Cup Final game seven to overtime.

Like, how do you think the Oilers handle this Leon Draisaitl thing, and do you think he ends up staying there? Because to me, that's the biggest question of the offseason. It doesn't matter which team, it's all over the league, what is Leon Draisailt doing and how does that affect what Connor McDavid does next season?

Futa: “Just me, it was always there, there is, I think it will stay.” I think a lot has been done if you know, he's coming up because he's obviously been on a friendly contract with the club as well, and you're obviously looking at him as one of the best players in the league, and that's going to come. on the big payday.

But I think with the cap going up, and especially, the numbers that they keep some of these players out of have been pretty good. I mean, I know people talk like last year Connor Brown had a $3 million bonus I believe or something that came in if you played a certain amount of games. So suddenly he became silent and he knew, he was much bigger than it seemed in $1 million.

But this time, there are good team deals out there and I think you know, every little bit of money saved, I mean, buying Jack Campbell saves money. I just think when the time is right to make a deal, a deal will be made with Draisaitl and they will put it to bed.

And I think Connor McDavid will stay there again. It's a, it's a special, special hockey market. Also, there is unfinished business. Again, as you have to remember Gretzky already had, you know, when Gretzky was moved to Los Angeles, I believe he already had four Stanley Cup rings anyway. Much has been accomplished.

I think there's a lot of pride in the truth, when you're talking about Sidney Crosby being a Pittsburgh Penguin for the rest of his life. And again, I mean, I could say the same thing about Steven Stamkos being a Tampa Bay Lightning for life, but I think those two players are going to be long-term Edmonton Oilers.

And, the passion, you know, when you talk about the pros and cons of certain markets and certain climates, the passion to be an Oiler for life in that, in that city, that's just hockey crazy. I think that's just a thing and they're going to be good, of course, and they're going to be good too.

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So I think they're going to stick around for a long time and continue to build again, and once they get that first one, there's a chance that team gets a chance to be a little bit of a dynasty for a while. They are just beautiful like that. And when you get close to that, I think, I think there are some special things that are going to happen in the next few years. “