Connor Brown, a former Eerie Otter teammate of Connor McDavid, was one of them.
The team currently has Brown on a "bargain bin" deal, but it isn't mentioned that the deal is loaded with bonuses.
Upon reaching ten games played with the Oilers, he received a bonus of $3.25 million.
Long-term, however, Brown hasn't performed as the team expected when they signed him.
All nine games this season, Brown has made bagels, as he has been scoreless.
It would be easier to swallow if he were the true Swiss knife forward the team signed. In this story, there are also other details missing: he's injured.
The Edmonton Oilers lost Connor Brown to a lower-body injury, categorized as muscular, in their 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Friday night.
This is the latest setback for the team, which has had all-around bad luck recently. Even though LTIR is an option if he's out long-term, the sting of the situation so far still lingers.
In order to contend again, the Oilers need Connor Brown to be healthy and firing on all cylinders.
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4 NOVEMBRE | 509 ANSWERS Oilers forced to pay multi-million dollar bonus to player who's injured with zero points Do you think Connor Brown will be out long-term? | ||
Yes | 342 | 67.2 % |
No | 167 | 32.8 % |
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