Neurosis.

An old medical term, its symptoms included things like obsession, irrational fear and extreme emotional outbursts. Article content Article content Article content

To be taken seriously and not trivialized, for sure.

But do those things not describe some of the reaction this week to Connor McDavid ’s relatively innocuous comments about his contract?

That and more in this edition of…

9 Things

9. No official word on PTO’s ahead of Oilers main camp just yet. Often, players will (understandably) hold out until the last minute for an actual contract somewhere. I do expect recent AHL signing Luke Prokop to be invited.

8. What will Kasperi Kapanen give the Oilers this season? He is capable of 20 goals, he did it with the Leafs in 2018-19. But if he primarily gets Bottom-6 m

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