{"id":50832,"date":"2025-08-07T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50832\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:48:11","slug":"nhl-news-connor-mcdavid-reportedly-has-a-key-reason-to-choose-between-oilers-and-auston-matthews-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50832\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Connor McDavid reportedly has a key reason to choose between Oilers and Auston Matthews&#8217; Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/connor-mcdavid\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connor McDavid<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/edmonton-oilers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> were supposed to have an agreement by now, based on multiple NHL reports that flooded social media since the start of free agency. However, there are still no updates.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Vacation, personal events, and the time needed to make the most important decision of his career have been mentioned as the main reasons why nothing has been signed yet. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">As expected, following the defeat against the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/florida-panthers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in the Stanley Cup, McDavid\u2019s delay has sparked great uncertainty. In fact, this has led several teams to hold a faint hope of convincing him, and among those contenders, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/toronto-maple-leafs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> remain a quiet favorite to bring him home.<\/p>\n<p>Is Connor McDavid a free agent?<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">No. Connor McDavid is not currently a free agent. As of now, he remains under contract with the Edmonton Oilers. However, if no agreement is reached in the coming months, the player could sign with any team in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Although this situation has many Oilers fans very worried, a report from Elliotte Friedman seems to bring some relief. Edmonton is ready to put an irresistible offer on the table for McDavid, and if there were no salary cap restrictions, the team would be willing to give a historic amount that would reset the market forever.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NHL News: Connor McDavid key teammate has reportedly made final decision about his future with Oilers\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nhl\/nhl-news-connor-mcdavid-key-teammate-has-reportedly-made-final-decision-about-his-future-with-oilers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754585290_813_image\" alt=\"NHL News: Connor McDavid key teammate has reportedly made final decision about his future with Oilers\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">NHL News: Connor McDavid key teammate has reportedly made final decision about his future with Oilers<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">\u201cI think a lot of players expect that the two highest salaries after this wave of signings are going to be McDavid and Kaprizov. And look, I don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s going to have an issue. If the Oilers could pay McDavid $50 million, he would deserve $50 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"leading-none\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/staff\/mfcastro\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mfcastro.webp.webp\" alt=\"miguel angel fernandez castro\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[14px] leading-[20px] min-h-[72px] md:min-h-[52px] mt-[10px] font-authorSignatureDescription hidden md:block\">Miguel Angel Fernandez Castro is a seasoned sports writer and analyst at Bolavip US, with a specialization in NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football, Soccer, Tennis, and Golf. With over 15 years of experience in the field, he has served as a broadcaster, commentator, and reporter for Grupo ACIR Radio in Mexico. During his career, Miguel has covered major global events such as the FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl, FIFA Confederations Cup, World Baseball Classic, Pan American Games, PGA Tour, and ATP Tour. His extensive experience and expertise make him an integral part of the Bolavip US team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers were supposed to have an agreement by now, based on multiple NHL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,2368,63,18672,3275,575,85,2370],"class_list":["post-50832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-auston-matthews","tag-australia","tag-connor-mcdavid","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}