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Originally Posted by New Era
Orr should be advising his client to wait until July 1st, 2018 before discussing contract extension with the Oilers. McDavid will receive 30 offer sheets for $14M x 5 years. He can pick any of them and the Oilers can only match, meaning he gets max dollars and becomes a UFA at the earliest possible moment. If Orr and company doesn't do this, they are incompetent.
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Thanks New Era, I was just going to say exactly that!
I would also expect Leon Draisatl to get an offer if he isn't signed by July 1, there will be some desperate team out there willing to offer $8 million for 8 (maybe more) years that the Coilers will have to match.