TSN: Pierre LeBrun and Jay Onrait talk about Connor McDavid’s future in Edmonton.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Onrait: “Let’s discuss Connor McDavid. He’s already stated he doesn’t need to discuss a possible contract extension after this season. However you had an opportunity to speak to the Oilers crew President Jeff Jackson, who’s in such a singular state of affairs.
He’s Conor McDavid’s former agent, so he negotiated Connor’s final deal on behalf of Connor, and now he must negotiate Connor’s subsequent deal on behalf of the crew. So what did Jeff need to say concerning the McDavid extension?
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LeBrun: “Yeah, a deal, by the way in which, that you could be keep 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 crew 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 considered one of them is that, hear, clearly they’re assured they’ve a shot at extending him this summer season. Connor McDavid can signal one yr out as of July 1st, a very powerful contract negotiation your complete NHL.
However one factor Jeff Jackson tried to warning is that simply as Leon Draisaitl, finally signed this summer season, late in the summertime, you understand, simply, you understand, if McDavid doesn’t signal on July 1st, folks mustn’t panic. Shouldn’t learn into that. That it is a course of, and so they’re going to work via 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 believed that was attention-grabbing, as a result of he simply did it with Draisaitl. So you bought to imagine 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 crew 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.
