TSN: Pierre LeBrun and Jay Onrait focus on Connor McDavid’s future in Edmonton.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Onrait: “Let’s discuss Connor McDavid. He’s already stated he doesn’t wish to discuss a possible contract extension after this season. However you had an opportunity to speak to the Oilers group President Jeff Jackson, who’s in such a novel scenario.
He’s Conor McDavid’s former agent, so he negotiated Connor’s final deal on behalf of Connor, and now he should negotiate Connor’s subsequent deal on behalf of the group. So what did Jeff should say concerning the McDavid extension?
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LeBrun: “Yeah, a deal, by the way in which, that you could be bear in mind Jay on the time, Connor McDavid on the final second, stated, let’s take a bit lower than what we agreed to, to assist out the group below the cap. We’ll see if that occurs once more this time round.
What Jeff, Jeff Jackson stated a pair issues to me after I bumped into him with the Board of Governors, and one among them is that, pay attention, clearly they’re assured they’ve a shot at extending him this summer season. Connor McDavid can signal one 12 months out as of July 1st, a very powerful contract negotiation the whole NHL.
However one factor Jeff Jackson tried to warning is that simply as Leon Draisaitl, ultimately signed this summer season, late in the summertime, you recognize, simply, you recognize, if McDavid doesn’t signal on July 1st, individuals mustn’t panic. Shouldn’t learn into that. That this can be a course of, they usually’re going to work by way of it as they do. They’ve nice communication with their captain and franchise participant. But when it doesn’t occur July 1, everybody in Oiler nation ought to take a deep breath. And I assumed that was attention-grabbing, as a result of he simply did it with Draisaitl. So you bought to consider that Jeff Jackson understands how this may occasionally play out.
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And he’s assured that as a result of the Oilers are a group which are within the combine that went to the ultimate, that our contender once more, that that’s a very powerful factor to Conor McDavid, and when it’s time to speak this summer season, he feels fairly good about their possibilities.
