EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid said his new contract with the Edmonton Oilers is about putting the team first in the quest to win the Stanley Cup.

The Oilers captain took his time deciding his future beyond this season and settled on a direction he felt was best for team success, signing a two-year, $25 million contract Monday that begins with the 2026-27 season.

With an average annual value of $12.5 million, it is a price tag far below what is considered market value for the center.

“I obviously said I was committed to winning here and I meant that when I said that, and two years makes a lot of sense,” McDavid said Tuesday. “It gives us a chance to continue chasing down what we’ve been chasing down here with the core guys we have in here and we have a little bit of money to work with to

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