The Edmonton Oilers are waiting for whenever Connor McDavid is ready to talk
Derek Van Diest of NHL.com: Edmonton OIlers GM Stan Bowman said they are eager and ready to talk contract extension with Connor McDavid and his camp whenever they’re ready.
“We’re very eager to do that whenever they’re ready,” general manager Stan Bowman said on Saturday. “I think Connor has earned the right to choose when he wants to get into the details of it and we’re ready right now, he knows that. He’s right that July 1 is a date where we can officially sign him to a contract, but besides that, it’s just another date and it doesn’t really change the process at all.
“… We haven’t talked to him at all about his contract, it’s really just been talking to him about our team and how we can improve and what he sees and that kind of stuff. So, the conversations haven’t even started as far as a contract.”
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