It has been a busy week for the Oilers on the extension front as they’ve signed center Connor McDavid along with defensemen Jake Walman and Mattias Ekholm to contract extensions. If they have their way, there’s at least one more to come.

TSN’s Ryan Rishaug recently reported ( Twitter link ) that Edmonton has engaged in extension talks for pending UFA defenseman Brett Kulak . However, unlike those other players, nothing appears to be imminent at this time.

The 31-year-old is in the final season of a four-year, $11MM contract and he is slated to become an unrestricted free agent in July if a new deal can’t be reached by then. At times, Kulak’s contract has been high enough to lead to trade speculation when the Oilers needed to free up some cap space but each time, they

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