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Don't Overpay Leon Draisaitl

06/29/2017 at 9:06am EDT

from David Staples of the Edmonton Journal,

This in from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug, talking to Jason Gregor of TSN1260 about Leon Draisaitl’s contract negotiations: “It doesn’t surprise me that Draisaitl’s camp is going to play some hardball here. How hard a ball, I’m not sure. I suggested the ask was going to be north of $9 million. (TSN’s Darren) Dreger speculated it could potentially be double digits ,up round $10 million. A $10 million or $9.5 million ask for Leon Draisaitl on an eight year extension is big, big, big money. And in my opinion it’s a bit of a reach by his camp. But that’s what you do when you play hard ball. You play hard ball.”

1. Leon Draisaitl is a strong player, valuable to the Edmonton Oilers and he should be well-paid. But he must not be over-paid. I don’t see Draisaitl’s ask for $9 or $10 million per as bit of a reach. I see it as a massive reach. Draisaitl is (reportedly) asking for an unprecedented amount of money for an NHL player at his level on a second contract.

2. For the Oilers to compete, every player on the team can be well paid, but no one can be massively overpaid.

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