The McDavid Dilemma: Edmonton Faces Another Big Mess

The McDavid Dilemma: Edmonton Faces Another Big Mess

The 2025-26 NHL season opens this week with one overriding issue: Connor McDavid. Will the best player in this generation stay in Edmonton or go elsewhere? It’s a question that will be asked every day till the playoffs end or McDavid is traded. Naturally Edmonton is having a meltdown. Some are resigned to losing him. Others feel he could sign a bridge deal. When it comes to losing their stars, Oilers City has been there before. The trade that al…

Oilers’ Bowman on latest McDavid talks, whether Kaprizov’s deal has impact

Oilers GM Stan Bowman discusses where things stand with Connor McDavid’s contract negotiations, why from his end they’re all “very positive conversations,” and why he doesn’t have a feel whether Kirill Kaprizov’s deal impacts them or not.