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This in from Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers radio network: Don’t be surprised if Leon Draisaitl is looking for an eight-year deal on a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
Stauffer spoke to one of Draisaitl’s agents Mike Liut, who will handle negotiations along with Octagon’s Andy Scott. Putting together everything that he’s now heard, Stauffer sees an eight-year deal as the most likely scenario.
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“It’s going to be a seven or eight-year deal,” he said on his Oilers Now radio show. “It’s probably going to be an eight-year deal realistically. The reality is that for the Edmonton Oilers organization, for the success of the Edmonton Oilers, the two biggest things they need to do in the next two years is get extensions done with Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. And that’s not lost on Stan Bowman (Edmonton’s new GM), who did resign both Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews to eight year deals at $10.5 million.”
Stauffer continued: “It is my belief that we are probably looking at an eight-year deal for Leon. And if I was representing Leon I would want an eight-year deal for a 29-year-old player.”
My take
1. Huzzah!
2. Stauffer has been saying with increasing certainty for a few weeks now that Draisaitl will likely sign a new contract with the Oilers, but this is the most certain he’s been, coming right out and saying he talked to Luit and giving a specific term on a new contract.
3. Term is important for the Oilers, with the longer the better as far as I’m concerned. Draisaitl is likely to be a highly effective player into his mid-to-late 30s. But the real key is the percentage of the cap hit that Draisaitl will take.
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