{"id":9511,"date":"2025-07-20T02:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9511\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T02:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:51:10","slug":"are-oilers-about-to-land-the-steal-of-the-offseason-with-jake-walman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9511\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Oilers About to Land the Steal of the Offseason with Jake Walman?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers may have a golden opportunity to secure a top-four defenseman at below-market value if they can convince <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=2025-07-19_hr\">Jake Walman<\/a> to sign a long-term deal before he hits free agency. Eligible to sign now, Walman might also benefit greatly by avoiding free agency and locking in with the Oilers. <\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OilersNation\/status\/1946721721240948874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tyler Yaremnuck of Oilers Nation<\/a>, Walman, who turns 30 next season, is coming off a strong year and is currently playing on a $3.4 million deal. Despite his rising stock, he\u2019s only made about $12 million in career earnings. That makes long-term security all the more appealing\u2014and something the Oilers can leverage to their advantage.<\/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\/07\/Jake-Walman-Oilers-extension.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Walman Oilers extension\" class=\"wp-image-96054\"  \/>Jake Walman Oilers extension<\/p>\n<p>Under the current CBA rules, a team signing a player away in free agency can only offer a six-year deal. But Edmonton can go the full eight years if they lock him up before he hits the market. An eight-year, $48 million deal, averaging $6 million per season, might be all it takes to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>That number would be a bargain compared to the $7.5 -$8 million Walman could potentially command as a free agent. <\/p>\n<p>Why would Walman sign for $1.5 million less? <\/p>\n<p>Walman Has A Lot to Gain by Signing with Oilers<\/p>\n<p>For Walman, the appeal of two extra contract years, financial security into his late 30s, and a real shot at a Stanley Cup with <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=2025-07-19_hr\">Connor McDavid<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/draisle01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-19_hr\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a> makes Edmonton an attractive fit. He stands to make the same or more total money over the rest of his career with Edmonton than by signing a six-year deal anywhere else. That is, unless he gambles on himself and absolutely crushes it in 2025-26. <\/p>\n<p>For the Oilers, a deal in the $6 million range would be a steal if Walman continues to play like a borderline top-pairing defenseman. It\u2019s a classic win-win scenario: Walman locks in the last big payday of his career, and Edmonton lands a reliable blue-liner at a cost that could look like a bargain within two years.<\/p>\n<p>If GM Stan Bowman can make it happen, it could be one of the savviest signings of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/the-fallout-for-3-potential-mcdavid-suitors-if-he-hits-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Fallout for 3 Potential McDavid Suitors if He Hits Free Agency<\/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 may have a golden opportunity to secure a top-four defenseman at below-market value if they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,9634,448,82,2008],"class_list":["post-9511","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\/9511","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=9511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}