LAS VEGAS — Golden Knights center Jack Eichel said Tuesday that Connor McDavid's below-market extension to stay with Edmonton has no bearing on his contract talks with Vegas.

McDavid gave the Oilers a hometown discount, signing a two-year, $25 million deal on Monday that keeps him in Edmonton through 2028. The three-time MVP could have tried to negotiate for a better deal than the eight-year, $136 million contract for Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov on Sept. 30 that made him the NHL's highest-paid player ever.

Eichel enters the final season of an eight-year, $80 million deal, and he is expected to command a contract closer to Kaprizov than McDavid, perhaps even richer than what the Wild agreed to pay.

“I don't have much to say other than we are having conversations and trying to find the ri

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