It was announced earlier today that the Oilers have re-signed Ryan Mcleod, avoiding a potentially bitter arbitration hearing that was scheduled to take place two days from the time of this writing.
The deal is for $4.2 million over two years ($2.1 million AAV). Let’s call this one par for the course.
Rumour has it that Mcleod was due anywhere from $2.25-2.5 million in arbitration, so this is a good compromise.
Ideally, you’d want your bottom six forwards making less than $2,000,000 apiece, but that’s not always possible. $2.1 million is a nice middle-of-the-road type of contract.