McDavid never looked happy to be there.
And it’s where his agent did him a disservice. He should have never signed an 8 year deal.
He could have signed a 4 or 5 year contract at the exact same $12.5M and the Oilers probably don’t even bat an eye at that request. Instead of having 6 years left in that organization he’d only have 2-3 until UFA and would hold a lot more leverage if he wanted out.
Every offseason his body language screams somebody that isn’t happy there and I feel like there may even be some resentment between McDavid and Draisaitl that’s growing in terms of who gets the better line mates to play with.
I still think it’s a bit weird that for the playoffs they broke up the RNH - Draisaitl - Yamamoto line and stapled RNH next to McDavid.
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