Yes

i think you gotta do it

I am not sure anyone would pay a price this high. Dubois has been projecting towards being a capable #1 centre. Not a super elite by any stretch but a very good player. Anderson just scored 30 goals and Jones is a future Norris winner, plus a 1st round pick?!?!?! That is such a high price and as Edmonton has shown us, gutting your depth doesn't work even with the best player in the world. I think Edmonton would have to very much limit their expectations when trading McDavid.

Even if the sum of those players is greater than MCD alone, they still don't do it. Some players are just invaluable.

Better yet, does this make EDM a better team?

Have to think they would if they like going with the top end talent > several great players approach. They would still have a solid team:
Nyquist - McDavid - Atkinson
Texier - Wennberg - Bjorkstrand
Foligno - Jenner - Bemstrom
Hannikainen - Dubinsky - Nash

Werenski - Savard
Murray - Nuttivara
Gavrikov/Kukan/Harrington (assuming one can play off hand side)

If I'm the Oilers I think you'd need one more piece that's NHL ready (instead of the 1st) to try to sell it to your fan base that you're still trying to make the playoffs.
Werenski / Jones
Dubois
Anderson
Bemstrom / Texier
The most embarrassing part is that the Oilers would still be missing good bottom 6 players and quality goaltending.

100% it does. You lose scoring in the mcdavid dubois swap for sure, probily atleast 30 points on a good year for dubois. But you're gonna get atleast 20 goals from anderson, 40 points to make up the spread and then jones is a number 1 dman. the 1st is just icing on the cake. This makes edm all around better and not just a one line team.

Edmonton ( and me ) would love that return ... 2 RFA top six forwards and a number one dman ..plus the pick might be flipping huge ..not sure Columbus takes the bait ..kinda guts a team that players are running from already

I don't think the Jackets go for it. That's the sort of return McDavid deserves, but not the sort we'd want to pay. And it doesn't really solve this team's problems.

CBJ isn't even looking that bad. They need another RD i think so EDM might have to give benning or a younger RD but this gives them a new face of the franchise after everyone left. Replaces the scoring from duchene & panarin. They have a lot of young players coming up to replace andersons scoring.

I was wondering what someone would think from the other side. CBJ might be able to attract a couple big free agents if they landed Mcdavid to help out in other areas. Until some of the young guys prove themselves upfront i don't see any main FA heading there

Atkinson might even score 60 !! And on paper they look good with mcjesus ...big questions in goal just like etown lol

Well, we did just get one of the nicer wingers on the market at a pretty fair deal already - and free agency isn't exactly the best way to go shopping for core stars in any case, so that element doesn't really amount to much. It still leaves us with a huge question mark at #2C this year, and opens up a giant-size hole on RD.

Yeah nyquist with dubois probily not making it over 60 points, nyquist with mcdavid probily hitting over 70. You gotta give something to get something, i had mentioned in a comment higher EDM would probily have to add a RD benning or a younger player to help with the blow to the defence but you're getting arguably the best player in the game. You might be able to land more than just a nice player from FA with him as well.
Not like i'm the gm of CBJ but this would be time for a makeover of the team after losing so many top players. Odds are they aren't making playoffs this year so trading that pick might not be in their best interest.

This is just moronic

This is terrible logic

care to expand?

I think Edmonton loses big time, Draisaitl has already shown he cannot drive a line on his own at an elite level. He is essentially a winger for life unless he can figure it out, which at this point I'm doubtful. So you'd end up with Dubois and Nuge as your top 2 and will both are/will be good they are not the top offence driver in the NHL. The defence gets a clear upgrade, however this trade is a quality for quantity trade and they almost never work out for the quantity side. All three players on the CBJ side are good/great but are all far more replaceable than McJesus and EDM is finally moving in the right direction in drafting and developing players and will get the help he needs soon