Leon Draisaitl, who starts this season as the NHL’s highest-paid player at $14 million AAV, is waiting like one and all in Oilers Nation to see best buddy Connor McDavid sign his extension.

“Of course I want him here as long as possible and I want to do it (win) with him,” said Draisaitl, who signed an eight-year extension last September while McDavid may only be looking for three or four more years after he finishes up the last year of his current eight-year, $100-million deal.

McDavid’s wife Lauren has business interests here, her bestie is Draisaitl’s wife Celeste, and the Oilers captain isn’t running out on his friend — is there really another team out there today with cap room that has a better shot at a Cup than the Oilers? — but if he signs for more than four years it will be a

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