What’s going through Connor Murphy’s head right now? What is Jason Dickinson thinking about? Or Kasperi Kapanen?

What do these pending free agents think about the Edmonton Oilers coaching search? Do they share the vocal majority’s opinion on Mike Babcock?

Of course, I’d just be guessing.

Surprise? Frustration? Or is there excitement and enthusiasm, like the Oilers leadership group?

It’s a delicate game of Jenga the Oilers are playing right now, needing the steadiest of hands to make the Mike Babcock hire worth it. 

The Oilers have eight pending unrestricted free agents and two restricted free agents. Edmonton won’t re-sign all of them, obviously, but they can sign any time, and there are still two weeks until free agency begins.

But the courting of Mike Babcock is enough to make any agent pause and take a wait-and-see approach with their client, as we learned in Elliotte Friedman’s report on Monday.

“Several agents of Edmonton players who were not involved in the direct conversations with Babcock also voiced concerns, adding they didn’t like the idea of clients being traded there, either,” wrote Friedman.

Then there were the brackets.

“(One thing those Oilers players who met with Babcock should do is explain to teammates what convinced them this should be a legit option.)”

Oilersnation’s Jason Gregor tweeted on Monday evening that he got this response from an agent who represents........

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