Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] Oilers sign Connor McDavid (8 years, $12.5M AAV)

[Flameshomer]

This CAN'T be right!!!


All the oilfans were telling me it was gonna be 9.7

Love how 750k less per year all of a sudden makes this contract a deal!

They still won't be able to pay Drai.

 

[chicago oiler]

This Oiler fan is very pleased.

Hopefully Leon is taking notes based on Connor's classy handling of these negotiations.

 

[pitcher]

Would you take CONNOR MCDAVID, only ONE player, or for the same price TOMAS PLEKANC, JEFF PETRI and ALEXANDRE HENSKY, THREE players?

 

[mintmint]

This CAN'T be right!!!


All the oilfans were telling me it was gonna be 9.7

It's extra salty with this one.

 

[JFHockey]

$750k only buys you an AHL tweener, but as good of a deal as they could have gotten.

 

[llamateizer]

Crosby at 8.7 just keeps looking better and better

he signed for 12 years 4 years ago where the cap was lower.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Good on Davey to take a Mil less. Team first guy, prolly finishes high in the Byng next year

 

[Beerfish]

Not bad for the Oilers and for sure an essential for the team to lock him up. good for him.

Having said that most pro athletes in the big sports are grossly over paid.

 

[OVO16]

Mcdavid is Worth it. The next great one

 

[raydizzle]

I've never seen someone looking this unhappy signing this big of a contract..

 

[thefutures]

Great deal, anything less than a max is a bargain

 

[Unspecified]

Annnnnd slump.

 

[JaegerDice]

His name is Crosby. Pretty good argument for Karlsson too.

Crosby has a back-diving deal that is no longer possible. Without the 3mil years at the end, his AAV is 11 or 12mil under the current rules.

I dont expect Karlson to get much less than 12, personally.

 

[Lemieuxs]

So they leak too high a number and now they can sell the story of the player insisting on taking less. Smart move.

This ^

 

[branch]

Can we get more Matthews talk in here pls

 

[llamateizer]

Would you take CONNOR MCDAVID, only ONE player, or for the same price TOMAS PLEKANC, JEFF PETRI and ALEXANDRE HENSKY, THREE players?

damn son, at least you got McDavid correctly

 

[BlueBaron]

But I thought Matthews was better then McDavid, he should get at least 13 if not 14

Amusing you were convinced by the 3 guys who think that. I guess you believe the earth is flat too?

 

[DomBarr]

Would you take CONNOR MCDAVID, only ONE player, or for the same price TOMAS PLEKANC, JEFF PETRI and ALEXANDRE HENSKY, THREE players?

those 3 specific players I take McDavid anyday...a different group of 3 players might make me think about it.

 

[Shockmaster]

he signed for 12 years 4 years ago where the cap was lower.

He also very easily could have asked for over $10 million at the time.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

are you aware that some teams won it all with Gaborik & Brown holding over $11m in cap space?

replace those two with McDavid, right?

fill up your team nicely and you should be fine

it's ludicrous to think that signing a franchise player to $100m shuts your window

if anything it opens the window

nevermind my info is wrong here lol

but id still do this deal 10 times out of 10 and you cans till contend for the cup w/ McDavid

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

Edmonton's skipping the winning stage and going straight to the cap hell part.

 

[SotasicA]

Congrats to McDavid, now the largest contract in NHL history (I think)!

Didn't Sakic get $16M? But that was before the cap era.

Crosby's contract had more overall dollars. 105m?

 

[Evergreen]

I think this I should a pretty good deal for the Oilers.

 

[Highmarker]

Would you take CONNOR MCDAVID, only ONE player, or for the same price TOMAS PLEKANC, JEFF PETRI and ALEXANDRE HENSKY, THREE players?

lmao

 

[The Grim Reaper]

This CAN'T be right!!!


All the oilfans were telling me it was gonna be 9.7

Uh huh...