Teams may be interested in signing McDavid for marketing reasons as much as for competitive ones. If a team is struggling to get coverage in their market and need to sell tickets, signing McDavid to a max contract would get them the league MVP whose best days are in front of him and many expect to be a generational player. That is a pretty great marketing piece. I imagine Los Vegas would love a player like that to be the face of their organization.
The Oilers will have the right to match and probably will. This fairy tale that he'll sign for his jersey number is cute, but ridiculous.
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