The Oilers must convince Connor McDavid to stay. This is their first — and maybe best — chance

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid meant it as a compliment.The best hockey player on earth, speaking the day before his team was scheduled to start what it hopes to be a third consecutive two-month odyssey to the bitter end of the Stanley Cup playoffs, was asked how the 2025-26 iteration of the Edmonton Oilers compares with the past few.Advertisement