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National Post
6 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Why some think Connor McDavid is leaving Edmonton Oilers
Article content No sooner had the Edmonton Oilers fought their way to their second consecutive Stanley Cup Final than hockey columnists in New York and Toronto fired up their laptops this weekend to speculate on McDavid signing his next contract with the Rangers or the Maple Leafs. Article content Article content First came an over-the-top headline from the New York Post: 'The Connor McDavid free agency question that hangs over the Oilers' Stanley Cup run.' Article content The article was more tepid, with long-time hockey columnist Larry Brooks writing, 'The question is whether No. 97 would be more or less incentivized to leave Edmonton as a free agent next summer, and follow the Messier Route to Broadway with or without a championship. Or maybe McDavid is committed for life, will sign an extension without fuss or muss this July, and thus would become the first franchise icon to go wire to wire in Alberta.' Article content That same day Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star dug into the ongoing fantasy of McDavid signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Article content Wrote Arthur: 'One of the great quiet hopes in Toronto was always that Edmonton would be incompetent enough — or would stay incompetent enough, after one playoff series in the first six seasons of McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — that McDavid, a proud son of Thornhill, would want to come home…. That dream, of course, doesn't die. McDavid is signed through next season.' Article content Arthur continued: 'So why would he leave? If he wins in Edmonton the journey is complete, but would you leave Draisaitl for Matthews, who isn't as reliable as a co-star? Would you leave Evan Bouchard for Rielly, who isn't as productive a flawed talent at the back? The Oilers have won nine playoff series in the past four years, and are getting more depth scoring this year. The Leafs, meanwhile, are probably more than a Sam Bennett away from being killers. No, the only hope now is that after dragging Edmonton to a Cup with Draisaitl and company, McDavid decides to climb the tallest mountain: to rescue his hometown team from its self-inflicted torture and become as immortal as any hockey player has ever been. But he may already be on the road to that place, right where he is.' Article content Article content My take Article content 1. It's fair to wonder if McDavid will sign in Edmonton. Oilers fans ask themselves the same question, even as there are all kinds of signals that McDavid will stay, such as good friends and loyal teammates such as Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse signing long-term deals here, not to mention the team signing McDavid's former agent Jeff Jackson as its hockey boss. Article content 2. All that said, the constant unfounded and hallucinatory nonsense out of Toronto, the universe's capital of Ontario, about McDavid0-to-the-Leafs can be tedious. Article content 3. It started in 2015 when the Oilers won the draft lottery with McDavid the prize. At once, Toronto sports writers covered themselves in bull dung. Some of them read McDavid's pensive reaction to the lottery as him not wanting to come to Edmonton. Toronto Sun sportswriter Steve Simmons opined on TSN: 'There is a reason that he looked unhappy, it's because he was unhappy … This isn't where Connor McDavid wanted to be drafted to.'
Edmonton Journal
7 days ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Toronto and New York insiders speculate on McDavid leaving Edmonton Oilers. Seriously?
Article content The article was far more tepid, with long-time hockey columnist Larry Brooks writing, 'The question is whether No. 97 would be more or less incentivized to leave Edmonton as a free agent next summer, and follow the Messier Route to Broadway with or without a championship. Or maybe McDavid is committed for life, will sign an extension without fuss or muss this July, and thus would become the first franchise icon to go wire to wire in Alberta.' That same day Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star dug into the ongoing fantasy of McDavid signing with the Toroton Maple Leafs. Wrote Arthur: 'One of the great quiet hopes in Toronto was always that Edmonton would be incompetent enough — or would stay incompetent enough, after one playoff series in the first six seasons of McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — that McDavid, a proud son of Thornhill, would want to come home…. That dream, of course, doesn't die. McDavid is signed through next season.'
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
One arrested in Enterprise drug bust
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDHN) – According to the Coffee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, a handful of law enforcement officials from multiple departments and agencies executed a search warrant in Enterprise, where they discovered illegal narcotics. Officials with the Alabama Drug Enforcement Task Force, ALEA, the SBI and the Coffee County Sheriff's Office were involved in this bust. They initiated the warrant at the 600 block of West Adams Street, where they found 185 grams of methamphetamine, 16 grams of crack cocaine and four grams of oxycodone. Also, along with the drugs, officials found a stolen firearm. Officials arrested 62-year-old Larry Brooks for the crime. They charged him with drug trafficking methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, a handful of counts of unlawful possession, forbidden to possess a firearm and receiving stolen property. Several law enforcement officials from several Wiregrass counties were involved in the task force that completed this drug bust. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
