This in from Cathal Kelly, lead sports columnist for Toronto’s national newspaper, the Globe & Mail, his take that Connor McDavid has made up his mind and is set on leaving Edmonton. Article content

“McDavid is trying to let Edmonton down easy, before he’s forced to let them down hard,” Kelly writes, noting that quite rightly whatever McDavid wants in a deal in terms of salary and term under the Collective Bargaining Agreement that Edmonton will surely agree. Article content Article content

“McDavid’s been free to re-sign for a couple of months now, and no deal. I guess they could be hammering out the details. Except, what details? He’s been to two Stanley Cup finals in a row. If winning is the measure of it, there’s only one team he can switch to (Florida), and it can’t afford him

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