Source: Sportsnet.ca, September 24, 2018
Entering his fourth NHL season, Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers are facing the pressure of needing to have a bounceback season after failing to make the playoffs in 2017-18.
But there is one major difference this season that will impact Edmonton’s front office flexibility going forward: McDavid now counts for $12.5 million against the salary cap.
With two Art Ross Trophies, two Ted Lindsay Awards and a Hart Trophy, Oilers fans are now expecting the McDavid-led Oilers to take the step not just into the playoffs, but to become a consistent, yearly threat to win it all.
When the team finally got to the post-season in 2017 and won a round, it was seen as the first move back to relevancy after years of being stuck at or near the bottom of the NHL standings.
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