While locker room cleanout, exit interviews, and some difficult conversations are soon to follow, so will the noise around what this offseason could look like. After all, two months from today unrestricted free agency will open.<\/p>\n
According to The Athletic\u2019s<\/a> Sean Gentille and Chris Johnston, McDavid will be bringing forth high expectations of what the team needs to accomplish.<\/p>\n \u201cMcDavid\u2019s burning desire to bring the Oilers to the promised land remains, despite the setback, according to league sources, but he\u2019s likely going to expect management to deliver on specific roster adjustments this summer, rather than accepting general promises,\u201d the pair wrote in a shared byline story late Thursday night.<\/p>\n When McDavid signed his deal last October, he was clear in what he was doing. In his own words, he wanted to give \u201ca chance to continue chasing down what we\u2019ve been chasing down here with the core guys that have been here, and (leave) a little bit of money (for the team) to work with, too.\u201d<\/p>\n The Oilers have already put that money to use \u2014 for better or for worse \u2014 signing defenecman Jake Walman to a seven-year extension, and Mattias Ekholm to a three-year extension, while acquiring goaltender Tristan Jarry, who carries a $2.775 million cap hit higher than that of former netminder Stuart Skinner.<\/p>\n The team will have no lack of cap space heading into the summer, with $16.49 million in space to work with. The Oilers will need to make decisions on eight pending unrestricted free agents: Adam Henrique, Jason Dickinson, Jack Roslovic, Kasperi Kapanen, Max Jones, Curtis Lazar, Connor Murphy, and Connor Ingram. Restricted free agents Colton Dach and Spencer Stastney will need new deals, too.<\/p>\n It should be no surprise that McDavid has high expectations, and hearing he still has a \u201cburning desire\u201d to win a cup in Edmonton should help quell anyone\u2019s concerns about No. 97 leaving anytime soon.<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s time for Stan Bowman and the Oilers management team to get to work.<\/p>\n Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.PRESENTED BY PRAIRIE TOYOTA DEALERS The Toyota Tacoma is the ultimate power play. Its standard i-FORCE engine delivers more power than ever and a towing capacity of up to 6,400 lbs. It helps you take on challenging landscapes with confidence with its available Panoramic Multi-Terrain View Monitor that provides a live, underfloor view of the terrain you\u2019re tackling. It even makes loading and unloading gear effortless with its available Power Liftgate. Whether it\u2019s for early morning practice or weekend away games, the Tacoma is a teammate you can rely on. Visit your local Prairie Toyota dealer during Red Tag Days for limited-time offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Report: McDavid \u2018likely going to\u2019 expect Oilers to deliver on \u2018specific roster adjustments this summer\u2019 Summer has arrived…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-642612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642612","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=642612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777708991_164_image.webp\"\/)
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