Don’t Count on Leon Draisaitl To Lengthen Proper Away with the Oilers
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger joined TSN Radio in Toronto and was requested about Leon Draisaitl and the opportunity of him signing an extension when July 1 rolls round.
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Jeff O’Neill: Edmonton’s rolling by way of city on Saturday night time, and I feel Draisaitl can begin negotiating on July 1. Is that right?
Darren Dreger: Yeah, that’s proper.
O’Neill: What the hell is that man gonna like, is he simply gonna be capable of write a quantity on a bit of paper so far as what which may appear like? As a result of, and I’m not gonna get into McDavid and Draisaitl, look elsewhere, however that man can write a quantity down on a bit of paper. Can’t he?
Dreger: Agreed? Sure. And look traditionally. You already know, I feel when Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews prolonged again within the day with the Chicago Blackhawks, these mammoth $10 million per 12 months offers. If reminiscence serves, I feel that was 14% of the group wage cap every participant obtained proper?
Nicely, begin doing the mathematics on $87 and $90 plus million and what the proportion seems to be like for Leon Draisaitl. If he needs 14, 15, or 16% of the wage cap. These are large, large, beefy numbers. Is he value that? He’s to me. Completely is value that.
Can the Oilers afford to pay him? No. It’s going to be most likely the highest speaking level within the Nationwide Hockey League on July 1 and after July 1 till he indicators an extension, if he indicators an extension. I feel the possibilities of him signing in Edmonton subsequent summer season or this coming summer season are… I simply don’t assume it’s gonna occur that shortly.
The Oilers may have the urge for food for it. I simply I don’t see Draisaitl doing it. I don’t know why he would do it. So I feel this could possibly be fascinating to see how this performs out and the way drags on.
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Bryan Hayes: “Yeah, properly, that’s precisely what it is going to be if it drags on. You already know, it’s gonna get actually loud and naturally in in Edmonton, I feel they’re delicate to it. I feel most Canadian markets are. He’s not a Canadian, not from Edmonton, and he’s an amazing participant.
And we’ll see what occurs within the playoffs once more. Finally, playoff success or failure can issue into all of this, together with how followers may really feel about one thing breaking out or what the numbers could possibly be, or what have you ever. However I’m with you want if he reveals up on the camp subsequent 12 months, and I’d say I’m planning this out. That’s gonna be extremely loud, and I’m positive he’s conscious of that, or somebody higher inform him as a result of that’s all over the place he goes, he’s gonna be requested about it.”
Dreger: “He’s a assured and ornery dude, although, Brian. He’s not going to be afraid of the query. At one level, most likely quickly, if that’s the way it performs out, he simply drops the hammer and says, I’m not answering that query anymore. You possibly can ask it, I perceive, I’m simply not answering anymore.
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I imply, once more, we’ll be speaking about this within the subsequent large story, and I most likely obtained to go right here, so I received’t drag it out. However we talked in regards to the thought of wage cap within the postseason, and there’s going to be extra dialogue on that among the many NHL common managers within the close to future right here.
However the subsequent greatest story, if not larger than that story, is the tax implications. And all of the organizations within the States which have that benefit, and that issues in an enormous, large approach that issues. So Draisaitl probably put himself able to contemplate a type of markets, and who wouldn’t take him? They’ll discover a approach.”