Bruins linked to Connor McDavid and record-setting 7-year contract ahead of pivotal choice
If the Edmonton Oilers superstar doesn't sign a new contract after his current deal is up at the end of the 2025-26 season, everyone will be interested.
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The Boston Bruins would certainly be on that list.
Bleacher Report sees Boston as a possibility, explaining it like this:
Even though they have rapidly arrived in the NHL's mushy middle of mediocrity, the Bruins do not seem prepared to start rebuilding or tearing things down. To be more than what they were this past season and more than what their roster figures to look like this upcoming season, they'll need a game-changing No. 1 center.
That has been their biggest need since Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci retired, and the likes of Casey Mittelstadt, Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm are not going to satisfy it. McDavid obviously would.
The Bruins are in a big market and are an Original Six franchise that still has eyes on winning. That could potentially be appealing to McDavid.
The Bruins are listed last on the B/R list. They're probably a bit of a long shot compared to a team like the Maple Leafs or Rangers.
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But there will likely be a number of factors at play here. McDavid will surely get a record-setting contract, potentially of the max seven-year variety (or eight years in a sign-and-trade).
He'll have to make the huge choice to leave Edmonton, of course.
But if he does that, anything could happen, even a joining with the Bruins.
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