The world has been patiently waiting in anticipation to see what happens with the Oilers’ Connor McDavid. The best player in hockey is due a new deal, with varying opinions across the media landscape of what that deal will look like.
The 28 year old Ontario native is coming off yet another 100 point season in Edmonton, the 8th in his decade long career thus far. He also reached the 30 point barrier in the playoffs for the 3rd time as his Oilers came up short to Florida in the finals once again.
Oilers nation seems confident their franchise player will have an extension agreed upon soon as McDavid loves playing there, but there are question marks when it comes to where the term/value will land at. An NHL analyst has provided an interesting twist in regards to what a McDavid contract extension will look like that most fans would not expect…
What could the McDavid contract look like?
Via John Shannon on “Oilers Now,” he expects the McDavid contract to be a shorter term deal, approximately around a 3-4 year deal. He also anticipates the value of that deal to be of lesser value than expected. What that amount will be is a question mark. Insiders such as Frank Seravalli have previously speculated that a McDavid extension will land around a valuation around $16-17.5 million, but this update appears to suggest something less.
McDavid will almost certainly be the richest player in hockey when his new deal is announced, but perhaps by not as much as one would think. We’ll have to continue to wait and see what happens with respects to McDavid’s future, whatever decision is made will alter the landscape of the NHL market drastically as Connor is the benchmark all players seek to reach.
