Connor McDavid can love Edmonton, but until the Oilers correct their biggest defect – goalkeeper – do not expect it to sign on the dotted line.
Eliot Friedman hinted In his last column The fact that McDavid is ready to drag his contractual situation in the season because it is not completely convinced that the team is where it must be. Until it happens, as much as McDavid wants to win in Edmonton, he will not start in the long term.
Note that even if McDavid said the good things on Wednesday during the Olympic Orientation team of the Canada team, this is what McDavid did not say that Friedman questioned the calendar of an extension. The will of the superstar to let negotiations drag and potentially become a distraction for the rest of the team suggests “something imperfect” in the way it considers the construction of the list.
The team has an elite group of attackers and new young perspectives. Oilers have one of the best classified defenses in NHL, depending on several points of sale. There is only one thing left. This “imperfection” is in the fold.
Does McDavid wait for the Oilers to repair their goalkeeper?
The Oilers make him come back with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard, the same tandem which was adequate, but also facked when he had the season last season. Skinner has sometimes preceded some of the best guards in the world, but he has his ups and downs, falling flat in key games, then relying on his ability to bounce mentally. Sometimes it is too late. Pickard is a legitimate backup, perhaps one of the best in the NHL. He probably doesn’t replace Skinner.
This means trying to find a legitimate goalkeeper No. 1 before McDavid signs, if Friedman the alcohol of waiting that the “imperfects” disappear.
It is not exactly a baoster of trust for the best player in the league, who clearly indicated that victory is the only thing that counts.
Yes, the EDMONTON nucleus is strong. Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard and Zach Hyman make this team a competitor each year. But until they won a goalkeeper who can more than provide key departures incoherent – in other words, steal certain games – McDavid can see this team as a team that has a weakness.
The message here is clear: correct the net, or risk n ° 97 to research elsewhere when it is important.
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