There is no shortage of Edmonton Oilers who better be prepared to buck up this season after signing big-money contract extensions.

Vasily Podkolzin will go from $1-million to $2.95 next year, tripling his income despite just eight goals and 16 assists in 82 games last year of mostly top-six minutes.

Trent Frederic landed an eight-year deal paying him $3.85 million, solely on an ability to rehab an ankle injury. (Hopefully, at least.)

And Evan Bouchard has gone from $3.5 million last year to $10.5 million this year, becoming the highest-paid defenceman on the team. Sure, he almost singlehandedly carried the Oilers out of a first-round hole against an L.A. Kings squad hungry for vengeance. But his lack of consistency, to say the least, has made for more than a little cringing at his new

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