The Oilers may have just found Connor McDavid's next superstar teammate
Jeff Marek dropped a name Oilers fans have been circling for years. On Daily Faceoff Live this past Tuesday, the insider tied Jordan Kyrou directly to Edmonton's summer wishlist.
The pitch is simple. Stan Bowman needs a winger who can actually keep up with Connor McDavid at full throttle.
Marek's exact framing was blunt. He said he'd expect to hear Kyrou's name "a ton this offseason" as someone who fits the McDavid mold.
He also noted Kyrou has been available, in his words, for a couple of years now. That part isn't new around the league.
What's new is the heat. Edmonton just wrapped a 41-30-11 season with 93 points and a goal differential barely above water at plus-13.
McDavid still put up 138 points in 82 games. Leon Draisaitl added 97 in 65. The supporting cast around them keeps coming up short.
Why Doug Armstrong might finally pull the trigger in St. Louis
Kyrou finished with 18 goals and 46 points in 72 games. That's a steep drop from his usual production line, and it came with a -5 rating.
The Blues went 37-33-12 and sit 23rd overall in goals against per game at 3.1. Doug Armstrong has been patient. Patience has limits.
The contract is the wrinkle. Kyrou carries an $8.125 million cap hit, which isn't a bargain on a forward whose two-way game gets picked apart in tight playoff hockey.
Edmonton's cap sheet is already top-heavy. Draisaitl's $14 million extension kicks in. McDavid's number sits at $12.5 million. Zach Hyman eats another $5.5 million on the wing.
Adding Kyrou would mean moving real money out. That's the part no insider has mapped out yet, and it's the part that usually kills these "logical fit" rumors before July 1.
Still, Kyrou closed strong. He posted 5 points in his last 5 games and a plus-3 over that stretch. The wheels never left.
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If Bowman is serious about giving McDavid a true burner on his off wing, this is the name. Whether Armstrong actually picks up the phone is another conversation entirely.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 22, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Ivan Barbashev | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Ross Colton | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brent Burns | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nazem Kadri | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nick Blankenburg | - | - | - | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | - | - | |
| Nic Dowd | - | - | - | |
| Jack Drury | - | - | - | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | - | - | |
| Carter Hart | - | - | - | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | - | - | |
| Brett Howden | - | - | - | |
| William Karlsson | - | - | - | |
| Parker Kelly | - | - | - | |
| Keegan Kolesar | - | - | - | |
| Kaedan Korczak | - | - | - | |
| Brett Kulak | - | - | - | |
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