I thought the Oilers were prioritizing getting McDavid's contract? Taking longer than expected but $14 million/season player/agent expectations will do that. Funny thing is that Oilers fans at HF refuse to acknowledge any possibility that he's going to get paid near this much. Expecting him to sign for 8 x $12 million and Drasaitl to now accept a 3 x $5 bridge deal is as pie in the sky as you can get.
Going to be hard for the Oilers to be players for anyone in free agency until they can get those two contracts done.