{"id":726062,"date":"2026-06-09T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726062\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:57:12","slug":"mcdavid-expected-to-sign-seven-year-extension-with-oilers-stauffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726062\/","title":{"rendered":"McDavid expected to sign seven-year extension with Oilers: Stauffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a guest on The Fan 590,\u00a0Stauffer said he believes McDavid will sign a massive extension to remain with the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anybody more committed to Edmonton than Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl,\u201d said Bob Stauffer.\u00a0\u201cI expect the next contract McDavid signs to be a seven-year extension. I remind your viewers that\u2019s the max term length carrying over with the little adjustment to the CBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tweet-body_root__o7v_S\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anybody more committed to Edmonton than Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl&#8230; I expect the next contract to be a seven-year extension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bob_Stauffer\" class=\"tweet-link_root__sXUw7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@Bob_Stauffer<\/a> joins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mattymar89\" class=\"tweet-link_root__sXUw7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@Mattymar89<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FutaMichael\" class=\"tweet-link_root__sXUw7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@FutaMichael<\/a> to discuss the ongoing conversation surrounding McDavid&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Since Monday afternoon, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of talk around\u00a0Oilersnation with the impending news that <a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/oilersnation.com\/news\/stauffer-oilers-hiring-mike-babcock-as-coach-inevitable\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Babcock will be hired<\/a>, provided there is no issues with the NHLPA. Babcock hasn\u2019t been behind an NHL bench since November 2019, when he was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>He was hired briefly by the Columbus Blue Jackets, but never coached a game, after making younger players uncomfortable by looking through their phones, prompting NHLPA involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The insiders have all said that the Oilers leadership group met with Babcock and don\u2019t have objections to the former Stanley Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou empower to get players involved, that\u2019s the way of the future,\u201d said Stauffer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s already been occurring for years in the NBA. Josh Allen, was he part of the selection process Terry Pegula with the Buffalo Bills? I bet he was. When you empower the players, I think you get greater conviction from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players have never been a bigger part of the partnership of the league. From ownership to management to the players, everybody\u2019s 100 per cent with Mike Babcock.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McDavid, meanwhile, is coming off his fifth Ted Lindsay award as the league\u2019s best player, as voted on by the players. Next season he will enter a two-year, $12.5 million per year extension \u2014 one that caught many by surprise when it as signed ahead of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Stauffer didn\u2019t divulge any potential contract details, but it\u2019s safe to assume it\u2019ll be a noticable raise from his two-year extension.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Menzies is an Oilersnation columnist and co-host of PreGaming and Oilersnation After Dark. He\u2019s also been the play-by-play voice of the Bonnyville Pontiacs in the AJHL since 2019. With seven years of news experience as the Editor-at-Large of Lakeland Connect in Bonnyville, Menzies collects vinyl, books, and stomach issues. Follow him on X at Menzies_4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE PRESENTED BY bet365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a guest on The Fan 590,\u00a0Stauffer said he believes McDavid will sign a massive extension to remain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-726062","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\/726062","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=726062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}