Oilers sign Draisaitl to eight-year, $112M extension
September 3, 2024
Oilers sign Draisaitl to eight-year, $112M extension
48 comments
He deserves every penny of it
14m AAV
Holy hell
Good for Leon to get his bag. Idk how well it’s going to go for the Oilers. Hefty price for a long time and he’s 28. Most players are getting out of their prime time by that age and older. Time will tell
So we’re stuck playing against him and McDavid for a while, aren’t we?
This really hurts Leon’s chances of becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer
Good God that contract is massive
I remember Oilers fans telling me he’d take a discount to stay hah.
“12.5, maybe less, they want to win”
Holy fook
14 million AAV… wild. He deserves it though and hopefully this will continue pushing the cap up
With Bouchard up next, Oilers will be scavenging the bargain bin to fill out the roster for years to come.
Was really starting to wonder if he was going to have a new home next summer. The dynamic duo remains.
woah mama
This strategy worked well for the Leafs, so why not
Drai got his bag.
Actively choosing to stay in Canada (high taxes), in Edmonton (on a lot of NTCs), and with his buddy McDavid. I expected him to chase his bag elsewhere, so this is a pleasant surprise.
60+ mill for 7 guys is ridiculous
“it’s a bold strategy cotton, Let’s see if it pays off for them.”
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Good luck with all that
I wonder what the AAV would be in a tax free state
Hopefully, ill get a 1-2% raise this year
He deserves it.
Does this shrink the window down to 2 years?
Unless McDavid takes a generous home town discount, he’ll likely earn more when his contract is up. 15 million a year maybe? 29 million for 2 players. Then you got the Nurse contract. Bouchard has earned his pay….
Gotta hope the salary cap rises significant in the next few years.
That being said… if I’m Leon, I’m gonna get what I’m worth. 14 million seems reasonable
He got a great salary for him. He will be living great now.
I’m calling it, he’s going to be injured, free up all that cap space and they will grab some defence etc. with that cap space and make a run.
Gotta stick to the current winning model!
They had to make it big so he could pay the tax man.
Does anyone think Draisaitl will be worth 14 million when he’s 36 years old?
Taking a page out of Toronto’s playbook? Pay a few guys a ridiculous amount of money then surround them with below average players and hope a miracle happens?
Yikes that’s a big contract. If he’s 14 AAV what’s McDavid going to be when his contract comes due? 16? That’s A LOT of cap wrapped up in two guys.
They’re the new Leafs 4 but worse
When bouchard gets around 10 next summer they’ll be a bit over 45M for 4 players
Then almost 40M on the books as it stands for most of the rest of the roster
That’s already over a full cap with only 19/23 players signed
👀
Was there a bump for his awesome flopping and acting skills in the last 60 seconds of a must win playoff game?
Deserving for sure.
Drai 14
Mcdavid ~16
Bouchard ~10
Nurse 9.25
4 player Total of ~50mill (half the cap of estimated 100M)
Who needs depth?
Stan you do realize that the Oilers are one injury to him or McDavid from being a lottery team now, right?
Oh right he probably doesn’t
NHL salaries sound so tiny when you follow the NFL more.
Gunna be Hysterical when McDavid doesn’t re-sign.
Oilers gonna need to suit up Draisaitl, McNuggets, and a bunch of arena workers for the foreseeable future
A well deserved contract for him.
Jesus H Christ that’s a lot of money.
I can’t wait to see how well this ages.
Sports leagues are killing themselves off with all these escalating salaries. The Oilers just pushed off their chance to win the Cup because they are going to need to cut payroll somewhere. I used to have season tickets but it got out of the price point I was willing to spend and a number of people I know have done the same thing. I hardly even watch hockey anymore! Pretty much just the SC Finals.
B…b…b…but Drai is supposed to go to Boston/LA/NY !!!
MUAHAHAHA !! Eat it !
Not like he doesn’t deserve it, guys a monster on the ice. But what happened to the big guys in Edmonton taking team friendly deals?
Also, if Draisaitl is taking 14 mil a year I would be very scared what McDavid is gonna take
I don’t understand how the Oilers can look to the Maple Leafs and say, “Hey, we can make the same mistake but we will be different.”
No offense to Draisaitl. He’s a great player. But you can’t win when you’re giving a small number of players so much money.
How much does this translate to post taxes compared to a Florida tax bracket salary..
Good luck staying competitive after the McDavid extension
I really feel like Draisaitl knew his team couldn’t him go and he milked the organization for everything he could.
In my opinion, signing a contract of this size given all the circumstances was a very selfish thing to do, and shows he cares far more about money than he does his team.
There’s not enough money left to give McDavid a similarly sized contract while keeping a decent team in tact and he knows it.
Imagine being a critical employee in a company and demanding the company pays you so much to keep you, that they are going to have to cut everyone else’s salaries in order to afford you. That’s basically what he did to his teammates.
How much does he take after tax?
You pay the greatest playoff performer of this generation what he wants. That’s it. No other fan base gets that.
More than likely, at some point in the future Nurse gets bought out or agrees to move with no salary retained at the expense of multiple 1st round Edmonton picks.
48 comments
He deserves every penny of it
14m AAV
Holy hell
Good for Leon to get his bag. Idk how well it’s going to go for the Oilers. Hefty price for a long time and he’s 28. Most players are getting out of their prime time by that age and older. Time will tell
So we’re stuck playing against him and McDavid for a while, aren’t we?
This really hurts Leon’s chances of becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer
Good God that contract is massive
I remember Oilers fans telling me he’d take a discount to stay hah.
“12.5, maybe less, they want to win”
Holy fook
14 million AAV… wild. He deserves it though and hopefully this will continue pushing the cap up
With Bouchard up next, Oilers will be scavenging the bargain bin to fill out the roster for years to come.
Was really starting to wonder if he was going to have a new home next summer. The dynamic duo remains.
woah mama
This strategy worked well for the Leafs, so why not
Drai got his bag.
Actively choosing to stay in Canada (high taxes), in Edmonton (on a lot of NTCs), and with his buddy McDavid. I expected him to chase his bag elsewhere, so this is a pleasant surprise.
60+ mill for 7 guys is ridiculous
“it’s a bold strategy cotton, Let’s see if it pays off for them.”
[deleted]
Good luck with all that
I wonder what the AAV would be in a tax free state
Hopefully, ill get a 1-2% raise this year
He deserves it.
Does this shrink the window down to 2 years?
Unless McDavid takes a generous home town discount, he’ll likely earn more when his contract is up. 15 million a year maybe?
29 million for 2 players.
Then you got the Nurse contract.
Bouchard has earned his pay….
Gotta hope the salary cap rises significant in the next few years.
That being said… if I’m Leon, I’m gonna get what I’m worth. 14 million seems reasonable
He got a great salary for him. He will be living great now.
I’m calling it, he’s going to be injured, free up all that cap space and they will grab some defence etc. with that cap space and make a run.
Gotta stick to the current winning model!
They had to make it big so he could pay the tax man.
Does anyone think Draisaitl will be worth 14 million when he’s 36 years old?
Taking a page out of Toronto’s playbook? Pay a few guys a ridiculous amount of money then surround them with below average players and hope a miracle happens?
Yikes that’s a big contract. If he’s 14 AAV what’s McDavid going to be when his contract comes due? 16? That’s A LOT of cap wrapped up in two guys.
They’re the new Leafs 4 but worse
When bouchard gets around 10 next summer they’ll be a bit over 45M for 4 players
Then almost 40M on the books as it stands for most of the rest of the roster
That’s already over a full cap with only 19/23 players signed
👀
Was there a bump for his awesome flopping and acting skills in the last 60 seconds of a must win playoff game?
Deserving for sure.
Drai 14
Mcdavid ~16
Bouchard ~10
Nurse 9.25
4 player Total of ~50mill (half the cap of estimated 100M)
Who needs depth?
Stan you do realize that the Oilers are one injury to him or McDavid from being a lottery team now, right?
Oh right he probably doesn’t
NHL salaries sound so tiny when you follow the NFL more.
Gunna be Hysterical when McDavid doesn’t re-sign.
Oilers gonna need to suit up Draisaitl, McNuggets, and a bunch of arena workers for the foreseeable future
A well deserved contract for him.
Jesus H Christ that’s a lot of money.
I can’t wait to see how well this ages.
Sports leagues are killing themselves off with all these escalating salaries. The Oilers just pushed off their chance to win the Cup because they are going to need to cut payroll somewhere. I used to have season tickets but it got out of the price point I was willing to spend and a number of people I know have done the same thing. I hardly even watch hockey anymore! Pretty much just the SC Finals.
B…b…b…but Drai is supposed to go to Boston/LA/NY !!!
MUAHAHAHA !! Eat it !
Not like he doesn’t deserve it, guys a monster on the ice. But what happened to the big guys in Edmonton taking team friendly deals?
Also, if Draisaitl is taking 14 mil a year I would be very scared what McDavid is gonna take
I don’t understand how the Oilers can look to the Maple Leafs and say, “Hey, we can make the same mistake but we will be different.”
No offense to Draisaitl. He’s a great player. But you can’t win when you’re giving a small number of players so much money.
How much does this translate to post taxes compared to a Florida tax bracket salary..
Good luck staying competitive after the McDavid extension
I really feel like Draisaitl knew his team couldn’t him go and he milked the organization for everything he could.
In my opinion, signing a contract of this size given all the circumstances was a very selfish thing to do, and shows he cares far more about money than he does his team.
There’s not enough money left to give McDavid a similarly sized contract while keeping a decent team in tact and he knows it.
Imagine being a critical employee in a company and demanding the company pays you so much to keep you, that they are going to have to cut everyone else’s salaries in order to afford you. That’s basically what he did to his teammates.
How much does he take after tax?
You pay the greatest playoff performer of this generation what he wants. That’s it. No other fan base gets that.
More than likely, at some point in the future Nurse gets bought out or agrees to move with no salary retained at the expense of multiple 1st round Edmonton picks.
One of the worst contracts in NHL history.