If Rantanen signs for eight years at $100 million, he’d be at $12.5 million. Which both, gets him a higher total contract value, and keeps him below MacKinnon’s cap hit.

The idea itself sounds incredible and far-fetched. Rantanen to the Oilers, along with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, would give the Oilers as close a dynasty trio and superteam as any team in ...