They always say home is where the heart is.

And Jake Walman’s heart was likely beating hard when he put pen to paper on that $49 million seven-year contract extension Tuesday to play on the Edmonton Oilers blueline. Finally some semblance of security for the 29-year-old who is at his fourth NHL stop, traded three times — from St. Louis, the team that originally drafted him, to Detroit for Nick Leddy, from Detroit to San Jose in a misguided salary dump, from San Jose to Edmonton for a first-round 2026 draft pick last March.

“I’m ecstatic I’m with this team for a while, and I got everything I wanted,” said Walman, who will be in a suit waving to the crowd for the home opener against Calgary Wednesday because he’s hurt with a minor upper-body issue, rather than in his No. 96 Oilers jersey

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