Darnell Nurse Boat Anchor Totally Destroying McDavid's Chance At the Cup
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Avs2022
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Yes, yes, and probably.
To make you feel better, him and Makar earn almost the same salary.
To make you feel better, him and Makar earn almost the same salary.
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BobColesNasalCavity
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Nurse, Campbell, Ceci, Skinner making like $$$20m.
I’d be sick to my stomach if I was an Oilers fan.
I’d be sick to my stomach if I was an Oilers fan.
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Oil fan not that long ago told me I was crazy for saying he was at least 3 mil overpaid.
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they won’t do it because they don’t have any other depth or have the balls but he needs to be in the press box he’s been so bad.
His contract wasn’t great from the start but lately it’s like he’s been regressing rapidly that he’s their worst player on the ice. Guys Ceci,Kulak, Skinner can be bad but have had moments these playoffs at least. Nurse’s best moment these playoffs was making a save by accident with his ass flopping around his own grease which usually one of the stupid traits he has.
His contract wasn’t great from the start but lately it’s like he’s been regressing rapidly that he’s their worst player on the ice. Guys Ceci,Kulak, Skinner can be bad but have had moments these playoffs at least. Nurse’s best moment these playoffs was making a save by accident with his ass flopping around his own grease which usually one of the stupid traits he has.
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Don’t forget Skinner’s sub-900 save percentage again which is on par with his career average.
He is McDavid best friend and McDavid prefers to win with his buddy than win the cup at all cost. Even if McDavid does not win, he is happy that his buddy got his coin and is set for life. McDavid is the GM of a Mickey Mouse org, just like the devils in the 80's so said Gretzky. McDavid career starting to look like a big ''what if''.
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Source? Sounds a little too on point to be true.
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It's sad because Nurse is a legit good player, incredibly physically gifted, and I think his brainfarts look worse than they are because of some stylistic idiosyncracies (no idea why he goes down on all fours so much, it does work sometimes like the ass save but obviously when it doesn't it looks awful).
He's overpaid and that will dog him, Edmonton loads up one unit at the expense of all others (his +/- and all the fancy stats wouldn't look nearly as bad compared to the team if the Oilers spread the wealth across the lineup and he'd have great numbers if he got to play with the big boys a lot), but he's looked really bad in the past few playoffs. A couple years ago it was because of injury, dunno what it is this time.
He's overpaid and that will dog him, Edmonton loads up one unit at the expense of all others (his +/- and all the fancy stats wouldn't look nearly as bad compared to the team if the Oilers spread the wealth across the lineup and he'd have great numbers if he got to play with the big boys a lot), but he's looked really bad in the past few playoffs. A couple years ago it was because of injury, dunno what it is this time.
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It's important to remember that Nurse didn't sign himself to that contract. He has an agent whose job it is to get him the most money possible.
Nurse isn't destroying McDavid's chance at a Cup. Ken Holland wears that egg. For every good move (Ekholm, Hyman) there's an equally terrible one (Nurse, Campbell) that puts us right back to square 1.
Nurse isn't destroying McDavid's chance at a Cup. Ken Holland wears that egg. For every good move (Ekholm, Hyman) there's an equally terrible one (Nurse, Campbell) that puts us right back to square 1.
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It’s quite a bit above that in the regular season.
His playoff career average is a joke though. And that’s a 25 game sample size. I think it’s an .884% if I calculated that right?
It was yes. The regular season doesn’t matter. Skinner and Nurse need to be scratched next game and Bronerg and Campbell in. Skinner doesn’t even deserve to sit on the bench. He needs a fire lit under him
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He has the hockey IQ of a beach ball. I don't care how physically gifted you are this isn't the dead puck era where hooking, holding, physical play dominates. You actually have to know what to do, who to tie up, when to pinch, consistently get the puck out and make the right pass and he can't do that. Not against good teams who can punish mistakes. It's really that simple and that contract plus the lack of better alternatives is sinking Edmonton.
Skinner hasn't done him any favors, but then if I'm Skinner I'm mad as hell at the defense in front of me and absolutely golden looks Dallas has created at times because the defense, Nurse in particular, screws up in front of him.
Skinner hasn't done him any favors, but then if I'm Skinner I'm mad as hell at the defense in front of me and absolutely golden looks Dallas has created at times because the defense, Nurse in particular, screws up in front of him.
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Yeah, I’m not sure if they’ll take Skinner out next game.
I definitely don’t trust Campbell either, but Pickard played well in the two games he got.
I’d have to think they plan to buyout Campbell and he won’t be an option unless both of the guys dressed tonight wind up hurt. I think they’d not be happy if Campbell got hurt and they couldn’t buy him out this summer because of it.
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Rough because he's also set the absolute floor for Bouchard, who can easily make a case for like 15m compared to Nurse 
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I would bet a solid chunk of my life savings that Jack Campbell has played his last game as an Oiler.
Pickard is absolutely an option, though. Won't have the same shock value as last time, but Pickard generally stops what should be stopped and that's usually all we need.
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Heiskanen makes $800k less... can't believe they shelled out that amount of coin for Nurse.
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Hear me out here....
How would Nurse be if you split him and Ceci??
How would Nurse be if you split him and Ceci??
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At least you'll only have to pay Brown 3.2M for one season and Campbell 5M for two more. You'll be fine.
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Early career nurse was a wrecking ball, huge hits, fights. Nowadays he just deflects pucks into his own net
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Holland is so bad
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How do you leave out Brown and his 4 mill caphit?
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