The Edmonton Oilers stay optimistic that star ahead Connor McDavid will comply with a long-term contract extension, with basic supervisor Stan Bowman saying this week, “he needs nothing extra to win in Edmonton.”
McDavid is heading towards the ultimate season of an eight-year, $100 million contract that has paid him a median of $12.5 million per season, and formally $10 million within the 2025-26 season, tied for twenty fifth most within the league.
Oilers teammate Leon Draisaitl is ready to be the very best paid participant within the NHL this season at $16.5 million.
McDavid has completed greater than sufficient to earn a major elevate, incomes the Artwork Ross Trophy for main the league in factors 5 instances. He’s a four-time winner of the Ted Lindsay Award for league MVP as voted by the Skilled Hockey Writers’ Affiliation and has helped the Oilers into the playoffs for six consecutive seasons.
“I take him at his phrase,” Bowman mentioned when requested about McDavid signing at extension sooner or later. “He is going by means of his personal course of, and you need to perceive that and respect it, and I do. When he is prepared, he’ll be prepared.”
In 67 video games final season, McDavid scored 26 objectives with 74 assists to succeed in 100 factors for the fifth consecutive season and eighth time up to now 9 seasons. The previous No. 1 total draft choose by the Oilers in 2015 has led the workforce to the Stanley Cup Finals in every of the previous two seasons.
McDavid has 361 objectives and 721 assists (1,082 factors) in 10 profession seasons (712 video games).
“It is a kind of issues the place we have had a number of conversations, and he is been very in step with what he is been saying to the media in addition to to myself and we simply type of go (at it) from it from there,” Bowman mentioned.
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