Issues are positively fascinating between the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid
B/R Open Ice: Frank Seravalli speaking in regards to the Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid, and the place issues might go.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“McDavid has talked about that he needs to play it slowly. However past that, I believe Connor McDavid is, to one of the best of my understanding, considering long run right here.
Sure, having gone to 2 straight Stanley Cup Finals, getting as shut as any crew might with out profitable a Stanley Cup, the Edmonton Oilers are able to roll this 12 months. They’re able to have one other shot, notably with an injection of youth, youth from Matt Savoie and Ike Howard into their lineup.
However what’s the following iteration? And we talked a little bit 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 one of the best long-term probability to win, and you may argue that with a little bit of an growing old core to this Edmonton crew, 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 12 months deal, or perhaps he will get to the top of this upcoming season and says, ‘Hey, we simply received to a different Cup Last, or we simply gained the Stanley Cup, or no matter it could be, I believe one of the best probability to win long run remains 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 really going to signal for eight years.’
So, there’s this push and pull. However I believe the fascinating 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 maybe even center six this season and have monster years which can be most likely going to place a few of these issues, query marks or fears at bay for Conor McDavid to reply and get to the foundation of a few of these questions.
So, actually fascinating state of affairs creating in Edmonton, actually 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 extremely quiet summer season. However when you could have a participant of this magnitude probably 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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