<p>After three long months, Connor McDavid has finally signed an extension with the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Edmonton Oilers</a>. Coming in at a two-year term with a $12.5 million cap hit, McDavid lived up to the rumours of caring more about giving the Oilers the opportunity to build their team and win a Stanley Cup as opposed to cashing in and making a lot of money. Compared to the extension given to Kirill Kaprizov last week, it’s incredible value for McDavid.</p>



<p>So now that McDavid is signed, a quick look at the looming free agents list sees that Jack Eichel is next up. With one year left on an eight-year contract at a $10 million AAV, the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vegas Golden Knights</a> will be looking to lock him up before July 1st.</p>



<p>But with McDavid now signed, does that affect Eichel’s contract, and maybe start to rush that process? Carter Hutton talked about how he thinks Eichel is in a completely different situation for his new contract on Daily Faceoff Live.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="165"></div>



<p><strong>Carter Hutton: </strong>I don’t know if we see it before the season, just with the situation he’s in with Mitch Marner and what’s going on, because I don’t know if that necessarily is totally going to affect him, especially McDavid taking that short-term deal.</p>



<p>It’ll be interesting to see what Eichel does with his term. I feel like it’s a different situation where Jack’s in the situation he wants to be in. He’s in Vegas, he’s won the Cup, he’s there. There’s a little more loyalty, especially after everything that’s gone on him in his past in <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Buffalo</a>. Obviously, it was a hectic era for him, the way he left Buffalo and the hatred in that sense.</p>



<p>I can’t see him ruining that relationship. I know how much Jack loves Vegas and loves being there and just the way of life. I look for him to be more about the term than necessarily McDavid is.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="155"></div>



<p>I definitely think it will impact it, but I just don’t see Jack Eichel being under the same pressure and microscope that McDavid was to get this deal done.</p>



<p>You can watch the full episode here…</p>



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