Player Discussion Darnell Nurse is a #1 dman

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[bobbythebrain]

Holland made some bad signings but this one was by far the worst one.

Not really. Bridging him made the right sense ATT as we tried to compete, and he never played like a top pair guy.
Then covid, the CHL and covid relief $ happened and other GMs went crazy with d contracts.
You can't blame Holland for that.

 

[North]

Not really. Bridging him made the right sense ATT as we tried to compete, and he never played like a top pair guy.
Then covid, the CHL and covid relief $ happened and other GMs went crazy with d contracts.
You can't blame Holland for that.

We absolutely can. He made the mistake of believing Nurse was in Seth Jones territory. He never was.

 

[McBeastMode]

Just remember.....playoff Nurse is much, much worse. Good times ahead

 

[K1984]

Not really. Bridging him made the right sense ATT as we tried to compete, and he never played like a top pair guy.
Then covid, the CHL and covid relief $ happened and other GMs went crazy with d contracts.
You can't blame Holland for that.

You can blame him for signing him a year ahead of schedule for no reason. It would have been clear by November the next year that he wasn't worth that and his contract would have come down, but instead Holland decided to do it when the market was wacky.

 

[oobga]

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Beating Huberbeau is kind of insane.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

You can blame him for signing him a year ahead of schedule for no reason. It would have been clear by November the next year that he wasn't worth that and his contract would have come down, but instead Holland decided to do it when the market was wacky.

Holland was actually worried Nurse would be worth 10+ lol

That really bothered me at the time.. just wait. He’s peaking in value, it’s not the time to buy. This is basic stuff and I’m not that smart. Hope holland is enjoying his 25 million.

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[K1984]

Holland was actually worried Nurse would be worth 10+ lol

That really bothered me at the time.. just wait. He’s peaking in value, it’s not the time to buy. This is basic stuff and I’m not that smart. Hope holland is enjoying his 25 million.


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The thing is at the time it could have been seen as a possible risk.

He was objectively really good in the COVID season and very good in the playoffs. In theory, one could think that he took a step that year, and might consolidate and build on those gains and be seen as a true, legit #1 the next year. It still didn't make sense to jump the gun re-signing him though even if that ended up being the case. If he's worth $10 and legit, then oh well we put ourselves $850k backwards by not getting it done sooner. If he stinks, like he does/did, then you pretty quickly blow a massive hole in your salary structure, which we did.

 

[Drivesaitl]

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It wasn't me with the EK vote. I don't get to vote. haha. How is Petey not in this? Vancouver left coast favoritism. They guy should be top two. Petersson screams out as overpaid.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Beating Huberbeau is kind of insane.

What a hot race. Uh oh, Hubby scored.

jk aside a lot of players on lists like these had fall offs post pay. This includes Nurse. At one time it was viewed by this org that Nurse would or could be a franchise D. Worth noting as well that the two contracts prior to the big pay day were bridge show me contracts where Nurse showed.

Thing is there is no standardized testing or assessment or tool of any kind that determines whether a player will continue to bring it after their home run contract or be "now I'm rich and I can sit" about it. In business and in life you can't differentiate those with endless drive from those that got the big pay day and are never the same.

I think we all recognize this, just saying it.