Oilers get warning on Leon Draisaitl trade
Could there be more than McDavid worries at play?
Oilers get warning on Leon Draisaitl trade originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . All the focus with the Edmonton Oilers is on Connor McDavid.
Could the captain leave town with a trade in the next two years? Or will he jump ship once he reaches free agency after two more seasons? That may be ignoring Leon Draisaitl, though.
The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun wrote on X on Saturday to point out that Draisaitl, too, could eventually be fed up with what's happening in Edmonton. "It’s interesting that our only focus seems to be on what 97 will decide to do, whether that’s this summer or next or whenever," LeBrun wrote. "And it’s obviously because he only has a 2-year deal.
But I mean, nothing is stopping Leon Draisaitl from asking out one day if that’s what he wanted. Not saying he will nor do I have any feeling he will. But just because he signed an 8-year deal doesn’t mean he will necessarily play it out all in Edmonton.