Honestly, the Oilers should consider it a win that they're locking up the best player in hockey for basically all of his 20's. Contract looks heavy now, and it is, but will look progressively better as these 8 years play out.
Seriously, everyone in Edmonton should be thankful they signed him for max term. Term is key to landing washed up vets like Brouwer but to young dynamic players it's a set of handcuffs, McDavid's basically the Gimp in Pulp Fiction locked in the basement of Edmonton.
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