The Edmonton Oilers had a busy today when it comes to the news front, on this, the eve of the NHL regular season puck drop for 2025-26. Around the same time it was announced Connor McDavid will be sticking around for a couple of seasons, defenceman Jake Walman also signs an extension with the club. The deal is for seven years and worth a total value of $49 million. This means he won't be an unrestricted free agent until after the 2032-33 campaign. Let's figure out what the Walman signing means.

Oilers Jake Walman Signs Contract Extension

Walman was under contract for the upcoming 2025-26 season already. However, Oilers general manager Stan Bowman was in the mood to play ball today. In an effort to build for the future, Bowman wanted to have a few things out of the way, to begin looking a

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