We knew at some point the Edmonton Oilers were going to have to get something done with one of their two superstars. Leon Draisaitl was going to beat Connor McDavid to unrestricted free agency by one year — and the clock started ticking on an extension on July 1.
Well, on Tuesday morning the Oilers announced his extension and…
My reaction:
With his new $14M AAV, Draisaitl ꦓjust set the market. Auston Matthews had the highest cap hit in the league at $13.25M until today (well, next year when this contract begins).
Which brings me to the next question: if Draisaitl is worth $14M per… what the heck are they going to give McDavid next summer?
Oh, and classic StanBow: full no-move clause and it’s front-loaded. We’ve seen these before…