«That year, there were conversations - and I've had this confirmed - there were conversations between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Edmonton Oilers and the two primaries changing were Nikita Kucherov for Leon Draisatil. That was the conversation I'm not sure how close they got. I think Edmonton may have also wanted
Anthony Cirelli and that's when things kinda 'Mehhh well that's not going to happen.' It's not as if they didn't consider massive change, because that was the conversation between those two teams.
As a hockey fan, forget being an Oilers fan Just imagine Kucherov playing with McDavid for a second. Draisaitl is an incredible player. I think Tampa was thinking 'We go up the gut with Stamkos and Draisaitl, yeah that looks pretty nice thank you very much.' But the thought of about Kucherov playing beside
Connor McDavid, that's juicy.»
- Jeff Marek