Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos when requested about Edmonton Oilers ahead Leon Draisaitl, who’s eligible for a contract extension on July 1st.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Martine Gaillard: “Now Kipper the Stanley Cup handed out 24 hours in the past however the offseason hypothesis has already begun. Leon Draisaitl is eligible to signal a contract extension on Monday. Protected to imagine the quantity received’t be $8.5 mil once more, what do you count on it to be?
Kypreos: “Effectively, it’s secure to say you’re proper right here however, you understand, so far as the place it’s going to go, it’s in all probability going to be north of $14 or $15 million. I imply, that is we’re speaking about among the best gamers within the league and sadly, you understand, he had some accidents throughout the last and the numbers weren’t nice for him, however it shouldn’t have an effect on the place his long-term numbers must be.
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However Martine, that is going to be a really complicated negotiation. Initially, don’t count on something July 1st, aside from the truth that he’s eligible to signal a long-term contract. There’s no significance to July 1st to Leon Draisaitl.
He’s going to take two or three weeks off like most gamers do after a Stanley Cup Last and I don’t count on any sort of stories concerning his future to come back until a lot later in the summertime.
However going again to my authentic considered being a posh dialog, that is going to be distinctive right here, as a result of it’s simply not Leon. It’s Leon and Connor McDavid.
And though Connor has an additional 12 months on his deal, for Leon to now decide to a long-term contract to remain in, in Edmonton must be with the blessing of Connor McDavid. I simply don’t see a future for Leon Draisaitl until he sees a future with Connor McDavid.
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So it received’t come throughout as a bundle deal however finally, these guys are so shut and I can see them speaking about ending their careers collectively. Subsequently, the negotiation should embody each events to have a transparent understanding of what the way forward for theirs look in Edmonton however collectively.
