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Originally Posted by getbak
Not surprising.
One interesting things is, in the past, the Flames and Oilers deals have typically been announced at the same time.
Given the arena sponsorship in Edmonton, I don't see there being a change there, but it is interesting to see a decoupling of the Flames and Oilers announcements. With the current states of each team, the Oilers may have felt they could get a better deal negotiating on their own.
I'm curious what the money looks like on a deal like this, but I don't think those are usually disclosed for the local/regional deals.
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Maybe TSN is hot on the Oilers to get a piece of McDavid?