Babcock Mega Deal Has Edmonton Walking a Tightrope

This story puts Edmonton under the microscope, with a Babcock mega deal raising the kind of questions that follow a team straight into the danger zone. Big contracts do not just change the cap sheet - they change the temperature in the room, the pressure on management, and the margin for error everywhere else. If the Oilers are feeling thin ice here, it is because the stakes around this deal sound a lot bigger than one transaction.