BIG contract for Leon.
This deal should take him right to the very end of his career.
Deserved to get paid.
He was always going to get paid.
It was just a matter of by who and when.
Stan Bowman parachuted in to give him a deal that resets the market as he loves to do.
Truly a rock and a hard place situation.
The Oilers were one game away from the Stanley Cup last year.
Leon is one of your most important players.
Having said that…Stan Bowman is immediately back in Salary Cap hell.
Bouchard will probably make over $9M.
Darnell Nurse is already making $9.5M.
You’re probably talking at least $50M tied up in 4 players.
That is…less than ideal.
Again, I don’t know what I’d do.
I have a hard time imagining this group getting better as they get older.
This is the Stan Bowman experience.
God speed, Edmonton.
Not rooting against you, but this feels like a familiar nightmare.
