This in from Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers radio network: Don’t be surprised if Leon Draisaitl is looking for an eight-year deal on a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers
“It’s going to be a seven or eight-year deal,” he said on his Oilers Now radio show. “It’s probably going to be an eight-year deal realistically. The reality is that for the Edmonton Oilers organization, for the success of the Edmonton Oilers, the two biggest things they need to do in the next two years is get extensions done with Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. And that’s not lost on Stan Bowman (Edmonton’s new GM), who did resign both Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews to eight year deals at $10.5 million.”
Stauffer continued: “It is my belief that we are probably looking at an eight-year deal for Leon. And if I was representing Leon I would want an eight-year deal for a 29-year-old player.”
