Are Connor McDavid & Leon Draisaitl LEAVING EDMONTON? Frank Seravalli Update (Oilers News & Rumours)

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Let's go over Frank Seravalli's recent update on the DFO Rundown Podcast as to whether or not Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will stick around long term with the Edmonton Oilers.
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This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Connor McDavid was the top NHL prospect at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st - Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd - Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th - Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th - Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th - New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th - Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th - San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th - Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th - Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th - Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th - Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th - Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th - Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th - New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th - Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th - Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th - Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th - Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st - Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd - Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd - Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th - Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th - Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic
26th - Montreal Canadiens, Noah Juulsen
27th - Anaheim Ducks, Jacob Larsson
28th - New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Anthony Beauvillier
29th - Columbus Blue Jackets (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs), Gabriel Carlsson
30th - Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago Blackhawks), Nick Merkley
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[@B.Launders]

The entire city of Edmonton is gonna burn down in a riot if one or both of these guys leave the Oilers.

[@lebronshairline3062]

Not a matter of “if” but rather “when” because it looks like they’re making strides but take keep taking steps back especially in the post season.

[@reignofrock]

@@lebronshairline3062 Can't wait for Treliving to lose more players. Dubas spoiled that franchise.

[@Tripp_777]

Ya, But we're(edmonton). gonna have to give these guys a stanley cup, or pony up a hell of a lot more money(where is that going to come from?)

[@exhellification]

@@lebronshairline3062 wtf are you talking about? Avalanche went on to win the cup, so did Vegas. We were goalied in both series we lost, geriatric smith (jokingly), and a rookie in skinner and I think if there was more juggling and we saw more campbell (he did help oilers win 2 of those games) we may have even beat Vegas, don't get me wrong Smith did more than his job, and so did Skinner, they played like hell, but it wasn't enough and Kuemper and Adan Hill both had breakout seasons with .90 and .93 respectively!! Smith had .876 and skinner had .883, it was closer than your comment lets on.

[@lebronshairline3062]

@@exhellification Either way they’re not going to win the cup, without a legit goalie. They should make a play for Carter Hart or John Gibson, they have 3.5 million of cap space left. They should really think of a package around Broberg, picks, and a good roster player for one of those goalies.

[@owenposer6720]

This is jsut Clickbait

[@yelling3874]

I don't think the question is "do they stay," I think it's "how much will it cost?"

[@ryans413]

Not saying they won’t get paid but I think they will take discounts Connor might just resign at 13-14 and Leon will get a raise at probably the same 13-14 because Leon is like the same as Connor it’s scary. I can’t see any of them making 20 million that’s insane. If they both sign at 15 million 8 years that’s only 30 million on Edmontons books but it’s a fair deal for what they get in return.

[@ryans413]

This may sound super bias but I follow the oilers very close and what I can see out of those two 97 29 is they seem very happy in Edmonton. They feel good about the team and management. This is probably the happiest I’ve seen Connor he looked miserable when PC was running things. They have a good coach a good manager and now a good president of operations. They are seeing successes and players are begging to play here Kane , Hyman are two players that decided to play here Kane took a discount. All I can say is 97 and 29 are like stuck together if Connor goes Leon will probably follow if one stays the other will as well. I don’t know why every year we have this conversation but it’s getting old.

[@macfurry3214]

You can see blockades and check points on all roads and airport if one or either of these 2 decide to leave Edmonton.

[@wainber1]

McDavid and Draisaitl have restrictions on the ability of the Oilers to trade them: the former, a full-blown no-move clause (the same one AM34, Marner and Tavares have with the Leafs); the latter, a modified no-trade clause. Whether either will sign an extension with the Oilers remains still TBD. Just in the past few months there's been talk of: - Connor Hellebuyck wanting to leave the Jets after his contract expires next June - ditto for various Flames' players whose contracts expire during the same month as Hellebuyck's with the Jets (with a recent Locked On Sharks' episode titled "State of the Franchise: The Calgary Flames. Is It A Reload Or A Rebuild?")

[@maxpower4909]

You are going to witness Draisaitl pulling a NOWITZKI and stays forever with a big discount.

[@aliisbetter2627]

If they leave it’s just worse for them rn they have the biggest chances to win in their career

[@travischarlet5731]

Its officially mcdavid teams with the jeff Jackson hiring

[@robdieselgaming2805]

Seems like Canada is losing a lot of players though if the oilers have some bad seasons I can't see anyone wanting to live in Edmonton over more scenic or nicer climate places

[@paulmartin6209]

Also Canada taxes the hell out of these players.

[@rossmartens]

Oil for life

[@AceMatthew25414]

Not any time soon...Stupid speculation not worth discussing, and I'm not a Oilers fan.

[@WinterWoolies]

Click desperation. He is Probably a virgin as well.

[@rickyaz8640]

This is going to be a topic for the next 2 years? Sheesh

[@Hellboydrw]

Draisaitl will Go to the Red Wings. He wants to play with Mo Seider

[@generalimlerith8356]

Famous last words tho right lol

[@SpunkyGo0se]

Little too clickbait-y

[@TradingIsLife420]

I give it 50/50 he leaves.🤷‍♂️

[@joeya8721]

They're going to the KHL

[@jordankenney6943]

You were joking, right

[@joeya8721]

@jordankenney6943 KHL too good for them? Yeah, you're right. They're ECHL bound.

[@ryans413]

Why

[@TradingIsLife420]

He could sign in Philadelphia next to Michkov and Gauthier and they'd be immediately contending for cups. 🤷‍♂️🤣 Why would he stay? 🤷‍♂️

[@TradingIsLife420]

Hard Truth. If they stay, McDavid becomes one of the best to never win a cup. When you were speaking about 2030 I could actually picture it too. 😂

[@grandcrowdadforde6127]

1)) Buddy there cd sell them both to L A for PILEs ! of $$$$$ 2)) Noat Mr Mc Saviour it took that great Russian # 8 (( whats his name? Ovenchicken ? took Alex OV thirteen years }}} 13 ! years to get his one and only cup... 2)) Mc S and Mc D have only been playing NHL for 8 years.........this is the window ! boys!

[@nadaduo1765]

mcdavid is leaving in a year if they lose early in the playoffs

[@WinterWoolies]

Keep our name out your mouth and we will try not to destroy the Canucks to bad this year.

[@bp341]

I hate the oilers, I hate their fans and I hate the city and as a winnipegger, that's saying something. That being said #97 will 100% stay, guys like him are wired to stay and try to win a cup with the team that drafted them to cement their legacy in said city. Leon is 100% going to a team that will make him the face of the franchise. FFS, imagine being as good as he is and your referred to as McDrai when he can just be Drai in another city and cement his own legacy.

[@KyleMacSkill]

People said the same thing about Malkin

[@WinterWoolies]

You forgot to tell us you hate yourself

[@attilasundu7114]

If they aren't close to the finals come their contract extensions, it'd be dumb to stay

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

they’re leaving, gone, byebye, bye now, outta there, sayonara, see ya, adios, ciao, aloha, au revoir, good ridance they say to edmonton, never going back, farewell, goodnight irene