Value of: Darnell Nurse

[The Grim Reaper]

You'd have to package Draisaitl with him to get rid of that contract, his play and contract are that bad.

 

[crowi]

There's no getting away from the contract he has. This guy has IQ of a 3 year old.
Sad that the best player in the world, by far, in McDavid and Draisaitl have to watch this shit.

 

[Three On Zero]

It’s hands down the worst contract in the league, closest you’ll ever see to immovable

 

[Noldo]

It's a lot of cash, but it frees 6,25 for them to spend on another player if they choose too.

It's not the best option for them, but trading Nurse at full cap, with 6 years remaining (7 including this one), ain't an option at all

But to get ahead in such a trade, the Oilers would have to find a player who is better than Nurse for 6.25 million per year. How likely that is because in the current market Nurse at 6.25 per year would be at least fairly paid.

 

[McFlash97]

Man. Imagine what 9 million could have gotten us on the backend.

Instead we have rim around the rosie

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

not sure if this was said in 6 pages, "we'll take McD and we'll take your Nurse and call it even"

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

There's no getting away from the contract he has. This guy has IQ of a 3 year old.
Sad that the best player in the world, by far, in McDavid and Draisaitl have to watch this shit.

McDavid got Nurse the contract... they are best friends.

 

[Three On Zero]

Thing is, Nurse at 6.25 would have significant value. Nurse at 9.25 doesn’t, but nobody is getting Nurse at 6.25 for nothing, that’s abysmal asset management.

Nurse at 6.25 isn’t “significant value”, it’s at a point where he becomes tradeable

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Nurse at 6.25 isn’t “significant value”, it’s at a point where he becomes tradeable

6.25 is almost Tyler Myers money.

 

[Three On Zero]

6.25 is almost Tyler Myers money.

Why you have to be like that

 

[ManbeastMARK]

Nurse is legit a #4. It’s funny seeing Oilers fans saying he deserves 7+. Cope.

 

[Chet Manley]

What's the point of this value of thread? If he's not worth it for the Oilers, a team that already needs more top 4 defence, than it isn't for anyone else.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Negative. We aren't trading him anytime soon.

 

[Divine]

At his cap hit, he has negative value. You'd have to add assets or take on bad contracts in return to trade him.

He can have positive value if Edmonton was willing to retain. However, the length of the contract makes that option unlikely.

I don't see how a deal can be worked with any team unless maybe Edmonton - Chicago can try to work a Seth Jones for Nurse swap, but I'm not sure if Chicago would be interested in Nurse.

 

[Hoglander]

A big part of signing Nurse to that massive albatross deal, was to help keep McDrai around once their deals were up. Amazingly, it will be a major factor in what eventually drives them away.

He isn't PP1 calibre, he's unreliable defensively... the guy is being paid 9+mil for simply being athletic.

 

[McVespa99]

His contract becomes one of the worst in the NHL when it kicks in next season. And with his play this year? HE is a 3-4 d-man paid 1-2 money. So to get anything for him oilers will need to retain 50% and they will get maybe a late 1st and a B prospect

This post is nonsense

 

[puckguy97]

The worst part about Nurse IMO is that he thinks he's actually grown as a player over the years and is good at his position. Watch any interview with him- zero accountability, zero self-awareness. Until he commits to tearing down his game and building it back up from scratch with the help of an actual defensive coach, he'll never be a net positive player at his salary/role.

 

[McVespa99]

Nurse wont be traded. He is overpaid by about 1.5=2million so the Oilers would have to retain about 2 mill to get any value back. Also he is besties with McDrai so it wont happen. Oilers dont need to trade him. The coach just needs to get him to calm his game down a bit and he will be fine

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

There will be no discussion on retention.

Ok, so how many 1sts does he come with? Two gets somethin done.

 

[crowi]

McDavid got Nurse the contract... they are best friends.

That's unfortunate for Oilers.

Negative. We aren't trading him anytime soon.

Aren't and Can't are definitely different verbs.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

That's unfortunate for Oilers.


Aren't and Can't are definitely different verbs.

We would have to add some major sweeteners and would piss away any potential cup window unless we somehow fleeced the team getting him. Very, very unlikely. He is not worthless to the team on the ice, but he is definitely underperforming his contract.

 

[crowi]

We would have to add some major sweeteners and would piss away any potential cup window unless we somehow fleeced the team getting him. Very, very unlikely. He is not worthless to the team on the ice, but he is definitely underperforming his contract.

Agreed

 

[Strangle]

It’s hands down the worst contract in the league, closest you’ll ever see to immovable

The best thing the Oilers can do is continue trying to develop him into a $7-8m player.

Then it wouldn’t be so bad.

Or just LTIR him every season until the playoffs

 

[Church Hill]

https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status/1713396019168219634

Watch Darnell on this shift, you won't believe it

 

[Three On Zero]

https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status/1713396019168219634

Watch Darnell on this shift, you won't believe it

That’s Nurse on 95% of his shifts. A step behind followed up with a dirty play