Connor McDavid isn’t anxious if a contract extension isn’t accomplished by the beginning of the season
Ryan Rishaug: Connor McDavid on if it is going to be a distraction if he doesn’t have a contract extension in place earlier than the beginning of the season: “On the finish of the day, it’s not as massive a fear for me as I feel folks would possibly assume. We’re all skilled hockey gamers we’re all adults, this can be a mature group.”
NHL Rumour Report: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Ideas on McDavid: “There’s been hypothesis he’s not gonna signal earlier than the season, I consider that now greater than I ever have earlier than.”
NHL Rumour Report: Friedman: “What this all comes right down to, is that he thinks this staff can win now, however he’s not satisfied that if he indicators for any type of time period, 3-5 years from now, that he believes the staff has the endurance.”
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Mattias Ekholm wouldn’t thoughts getting an extension accomplished with the Edmonton Oilers
The Fourth Period: 35-year-old defenseman Mattias Ekholm is getting into the ultimate yr of his contract and mentioned on Friday that he wouldn’t thoughts staying in Edmonton. He’s assured there can be talks.
“Clearly, it’s a contract yr, however I’m additionally getting up there the place I do know what I convey on the ice and it’s not an enormous deal (to attend),” he mentioned. “I even have a household, so I clearly need to be certain we now have safety of some kind.”
Ekholm added:
“Do I need to keep in Edmonton? Completely, and I’m positive there can be discussions about it.”
He’s within the remaining yr of a four-year take care of a $6.5 million cap hit. It’s not recognized what sort of contract he’ll be in search of subsequent.
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It’s down to 2 groups for Evgeny Kuznetsov
Sammi Silber of The Hockey News: Evgeny Kuznetsov’s agent, Shumi Babayev, informed Mikhail Nyukhin of SportsDaily that the 33-year-old ahead is getting nearer to creating a call as he’s narrowed down potential groups. Groups wish to make the wage work.
“No information but… there’s an expectation of signing,” Babayev mentioned, per a DeepL translation. “We’ve selected the golf equipment. Two groups are actually resolving points with their price range.”
Babayev added that they don’t seem to be speaking to groups a few league minimal wage.
Kuznetsov had signed a four-year take care of SKA St. Petersburg, however after one yr of not at all times being on the identical web page as the pinnacle coach, the perimeters mutually terminated the contract. He had put up 37 factors in 39 video games with SKA final season.
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