This just in, news that the Edmonton Oilers sign Mattias Ekholm to new three year deal at $4 million per season.

“EK YEAH! 💪 The #Oilers have signed defenceman Mattias Ekholm to a three-year contract extension with an AAV of $4 million.”

My take

As I’ve said before and I’ll say again now, we all love Mattias Ekholm, veteran defenceman and hockey hero of the Edmonton Oilers , the king of the north, the Viking of the blueline. He’s a top Oilers d-man for sure. In fact, at times in the past few seasons he’s been Edmonton’s best d-man.

That said, as a fan of the team before I’m a fan of any one player, I can’t say I love Edmonton extending Ekholm just now for this cap hit and this term.

Ekholm will be 35 this year on a deal that has a cap hit of $6 million for the Oilers.

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