3 Stability For Years To Come
There are two sides to a long-term contract. One side is the fact that by the time this deal is over Hyman probably won’t be worth five-plus million dollars. While the other side is the fact that the team now knows they will be paying this contract for seven years.
Before the offseason began, the longest contracts in Edmonton belonged to McDavid, Draisaitl, Kassian, Klefbom. Now the team at least knows where some of their money is going to be spent for the next five-plus years.
The Edmonton Oilers are buying into a championship soon. They wouldn’t have signed Hyman if they did not think they were going for it now. Yes, the price is high and the term is not fun to look at. But if the team tried signing Hyman for just three years they probably would have been paying into the 6 or 7 million dollar mark to get him under contract. At least with the deal that is now in place, they can also afford to sign another player or get right under the salary cap.
Overall, I still am not the biggest fan of the signing only because of the contract. Hyman is an excellent player that will do anything he can to score goals. He is someone that thrives playing with the top-end talented players, and I am excited to see what McDavid does playing on a line with him this coming season.
It will be interesting to see how many points these guys put up this season considering the crazy year McDavid had in 2021.