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Edmonton Oilers made the right choice extending Kris Russell

Edmonton Oilers, Kris Russell #4 (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

The Edmonton Oilers made the right call when it came to extending Kris Russell

Last Wednesday the Edmonton Oilers announced they had extended Kris Russell to a 1 year, $1.25 million contract extension that will come into effect two seasons from now. Russell is still under contract under his old contract that Chiarelli signed him to at $4 million next season.

When I first wrote this blog here, I thought there would be only two options for Ken Holland to play him at.