Issues are undoubtedly attention-grabbing between the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid
B/R Open Ice: Frank Seravalli speaking concerning the Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid, and the place issues could go.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“McDavid has talked about that he needs to play it slowly. However past that, I believe Connor McDavid is, to the very best of my understanding, considering long run right here.
Sure, having gone to 2 straight Stanley Cup Finals, getting as shut as any workforce might with out successful a Stanley Cup, the Edmonton Oilers are able to roll this yr. They’re able to have one other shot, significantly with an injection of youth, youth from Matt Savoie and Ike Howard into their lineup.
However what’s the following iteration? And we talked just a little bit about that on final week’s NHL Insider Pocket book right here on the BR app, in addition to streaming on YouTube, about that concept of what do the long run iterations of the Edmonton Oilers appear like? He needs to have the very best long-term likelihood to win, and you may argue that with a little bit of an ageing core to this Edmonton workforce, that perhaps that in Edmonton isn’t the spot.
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So he’s going to undergo this discernment course of, and perhaps on the opposite finish of it, he indicators a 3 or a 4 yr deal, or perhaps he will get to the top of this upcoming season and says, ‘Hey, we simply bought to a different Cup Remaining, or we simply received the Stanley Cup, or no matter it may be, I believe the very best likelihood to win long run continues to be with this core, with the one different place on planet earth that I can play with Leon Draisaitl. I wish to do it in Edmonton, and perhaps I’m truly going to signal for eight years.’
So, there’s this push and pull. However I believe the attention-grabbing half is, there’s nothing that Edmonton can present on their very own finish except Ike Howard and Matt Savoie are cemented within the high six, or even perhaps center six this season and have monster years which can be in all probability going to place a few of these issues, query marks or fears at bay for Conor McDavid to reply and get to the basis of a few of these questions.
So, actually attention-grabbing state of affairs creating in Edmonton, definitely one which we’re going to proceed to look at. And as talked about, this isn’t simply an enormous story within the NHL after a very quiet summer season. However when you’ve got a participant of this magnitude doubtlessly attending to free company or getting, inching nearer to it, there’s going to be a much bigger story throughout the all 4 main sports activities right here in the US.
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