Not surprising.
One interesting things is, in the past, the Flames and Oilers deals have typically been announced at the same time.
Given the arena sponsorship in Edmonton, I don't see there being a change there, but it is interesting to see a decoupling of the Flames and Oilers announcements. With the current states of each team, the Oilers may have felt they could get a better deal negotiating on their own.
I'm curious what the money looks like on a deal like this, but I don't think those are usually disclosed for the local/regional deals.
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