{"id":144158,"date":"2025-09-14T21:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144158\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T21:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:26:13","slug":"oilers-begin-talks-to-keep-jake-walman-but-contract-hits-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144158\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Begin Talks to Keep Jake Walman, But Contract Hits Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers have started discussions with defenceman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walmaja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-14_hr\">Jake Walman<\/a> regarding a potential contract extension, though sources indicate a deal may not be completed in the immediate future. The timing appears to be tied to the ongoing contract situation of captain <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-14_hr\">Connor McDavid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportsnetSpec\/status\/1966957842348531835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mark Spector of Sportsnet<\/a> reported that Walman\u2019s agent, Wade Arnott, met with Oilers management last Friday to discuss terms. Things are moving along and it sounds like a deal is close. However, all sides are going to wait to make it official or announce a deal until after the McDavid extension is public news. <\/p>\n<p>Walman, 29, is in the final year of his three-year, $10.2 million contract and will be eligible for unrestricted free agency on July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jake-Walman-Sharks-Oilers-trade.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Walman Sharks Oilers trade\" class=\"wp-image-91124\"  \/>Jake Walman Sharks Oilers trade<\/p>\n<p>Added at last season\u2019s deadline in a deal with San Jose, Walman became a key contributor on Edmonton\u2019s blue line. He was called upon to play big minutes when <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ekholma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-14_hr\">Mattias Ekholm<\/a> was injured in the playoffs, and he stepped in a significant way. <\/p>\n<p>Early speculation is that the Oilers and Walman were looking at a new deal between six and eight years, giving the defenseman some contract security he\u2019s never had over his career in the NHL. The Oilers, meanwhile, were looking at the term to keep his cap hit manageable. <\/p>\n<p>Walman\u2019s extension discussions appear to be going well, and there should be no hurdles between the two sides. The timing of the announcement simply changes based on when the McDavid extension is made official. All players, including Walman and Ekholm, knew that McDavid likely comes first and they\u2019re deals will happen quickly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/oilers-possible-deadline-target-out-6-8-weeks-after-knee-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oilers\u2019 Possible Deadline Target Out 6\u20138 Weeks After Knee Surgery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers have started discussions with defenceman Jake Walman regarding a potential contract extension, though sources indicate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,9634,448,82,2008],"class_list":["post-144158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jake-walman","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}