Kailer Yamamoto signs two-year deal with Edmonton Oilers – Edmonton

Edmonton Oilers and right winger Kailer Yamamoto have agreed a two-year deal with an average annual value of $3.1 million.

The Oilers announced the deal on Wednesday night. The team and players avoid a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Sunday.

“You never want to actually go to an arbitration hearing because to try to win your case you might have to deal with things that you don’t want to put up. It’s a relationship business,” Oilers general manager Ken Holland said in Wednesday’s edition of the Inside Sports on 630 CHED. “It’s a last resort, arbitration hearing.”

Yamamoto, 23, played 81 regular games in the 2021/22 season and scored 20 goals and 41 points. He had seven points from 14 goals in the playoffs before suffering an injury in the Western Finals against Colorado.

“He has hockey feel and hands. He is intelligent. Holland said. “He checked first. He gets in there and forces the other team’s defense to make a foul. He is relentless.”

Yamamoto was ranked 22nd by the Oilers in 2017. He has 93 points in 186 career games.