NHL insider shared updates on Connor McDavid's contract talks with Edmonton Oilers (Credits: IMAGN)
Connor McDavid’s future with the Edmonton Oilers remains a big topic in the NHL. The Oilers’ captain is in the seventh year of an eight-year, $100 million contract. His deal, signed in July 2017, carries a cap hit of $12.5 million per season and ends after the 2025-26 season. Starting July 1, 2025, McDavid can sign an extension with Edmonton, but no talks have started yet.
According to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, Oilers CEO Jeff Jackson said there’s no urgency to start negotiations. So, while talking to TSN's Gino Reda, LeBrun compared it to Leon Draisaitl’s situation last year.
"It’s similar to the path, I think, we saw with Leon Draisaitl last year in which Draisaitl wanted to focus on hockey and the season before getting into it after the year," LeBrun said. "That’s the sense we get now with Connor McDavid. There’s no hurry to get into this."
