The extension carries an average annual value of US$14-million, the highest in NHL history
The Edmonton Oilers have signed star centre Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract extension, the club announced Tuesday. Draisaitl played 81 games last season, scoring 41 goals and 65 assists for 106 points. He added another 10 goals and 21 assists through 25 playoff games, helping propel Edmonton to its first Stanley Cup final appearance since 2006.“This is a historic day for the Edmonton Oilers ,” Oilers general manager Stan Bowman said in a statement.
The 28-year-old centre has 347 goals and 503 assists for 850 points in 719 regular-season games since getting selected third overall at the 2014 NHL draft. The Cologne, Germany, product won the Art Ross Trophy as a result, and then up picked up both the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Ted Lindsay Award – given to the most outstanding player as voted on by the NHLPA membership.
He put up a career-best 128 points in 2022-23 when teammate Connor McDavid led the league with 153 after setting a personal high with 55 goals the previous season when Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the ledger with 60.
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