Oilers' Connor McDavid rumors are eerily quiet originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
There was a lot of Connor McDavid chatter.
Would a trade come this offseason, or at next trade deadline, or maybe next summer? The Edmonton Oilers certainly could have to answer those questions eventually.
But something odd happened in the last week or so: People stopped talking about it.
The Oilers hired head coach Mike Babcock, which at least removed one layer of uncertainty.