'Connor McDavid… and why not with the Canadiens?'

It’s going to be expensive, several teams, including the Leafs, will be in the running, the Oilers are doing well and finally, if Montreal went after him via trade, the club would be sacrificing a lot of key pieces.

That’s the answer to the question.

If Kent Hughes really wanted to go after McDavid, I’d wait until July 1 to offer him a contract extension. He’d cost so much on the trade market that I don’t think any team would go that route to acquire him.

Then again, if Wayne Gretzky was traded, anyone can be traded.

I don’t think McDavid will leave the Oilers, though. He and his team are doing well and, for the past two seasons, they’ve been in the Stanley Cup finals. The atmosphere is good in Edmonton and I can’t believe Stan Bowman wouldn’t do everything in his power to extend the contract of the league’s best player and possibly the best of all time, especially with a Stanley Cup.

But if he’s available, JiC begs Kent Hughes to take a trip to Edmonton and ask Oilers management what it would take to get his hands on 97.

No, it wouldn’t take the two first-round picks in 2025, Logan Mailloux and Kirby Dach. It would take, at the very least , three first-round picks, Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.

I wouldn’t be surprised if demand were even greater. Let’s not sacrifice the future either…

Overtime

– Who’s got the edge?

– It’s crazy.

– It starts well.

– We wish him the best of luck.