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It'd be worse than with Gretzky, IMO. by Rick Sanchez

At least they had four Cups with Gretzky and a fifth after he was traded. Edmonton hasn't won anything with McDavid and they'd be in for at least another five years of lottery finishes without him - and that's assuming they have a Rangers-esque rebuild. How often does that happen? Holland wouldn't be able to show his face in public in Edmonton.

I tried looking through a few rosters to see if a viable trade for McDavid to a contender is even out there and it's pretty much impossible due to all the NMCs in the league. Every contender would have to shed a lot of salary to get him and those high salary guys pretty much universally have some form of NMC or NTC. I doubt any would waive to go to a McDavid-less Edmonton.

Yeah the Trotz firing was dumb, especially if Lou legitimately did not talk to anyone about it. Oh well, they're one of the oldest teams in the league and are unlikely to get better next season.