Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] Darnell Nurse signs extension with the Oilers (8 years, $9.25M AAV) PART II

[Bank Shot]

I can't believe this thread is still alive.... and its Part II

I'm sure we all can agree that Nurse is over paid, the term is too long, and he's really not a #1 dman.
However, Edmonton really didn't have any other options that were better and cheaper than Nurse. Some times ya just gotta play the cards you're dealt.

What more is there to discuss?

You're just upset that the Oilers have a number #1 and the Flames best is a #4.

 

[Chayos]

You're just upset that the Oilers have a number #1 and the Flames best is a #4.

Even Calgary guys are sick of bitching about this. It is what is is and move on at this point. Love it or hate it Holland got his man.

 

[Bank Shot]

Even Calgary guys are sick of bitching about this. It is what is is and move on at this point. Love it or hate it Holland got his man.

So sick of it they try their best to keep the thread going. Some losers would be better off staying on calgarypuck.

 

[CupofOil]

I can't believe this thread is still alive.... and its Part II

I'm sure we all can agree that Nurse is over paid, the term is too long, and he's really not a #1 dman.
However, Edmonton really didn't have any other options that were better and cheaper than Nurse. Some times ya just gotta play the cards you're dealt.

What more is there to discuss?

Uh no, we all don't agree that Nurse is not a #1 Dman and the term is definitely not too long. The AAV is about a $1m or so too high, yes. 8x8 would have been perfectly fine for him considering the market, even a bit higher than that would have been fine.

He has taken big strides in his game every year so I don't see why he'd all of a sudden regress. I predict that there won't be much complaining about his contract by the end of the season.

 

[snowkiddin]

This is a clearly awful contract, surprised it has this many pages of discussion.

 

[Rubi]

Uh no, we all don't agree that Nurse is not a #1 Dman and the term is definitely not too long. The AAV is about a $1m or so too high, yes. 8x8 would have been perfectly fine for him considering the market, even a bit higher than that would have been fine.

He has taken big strides in his game every year so I don't see why he'd all of a sudden regress. I predict that there won't be much complaining about his contract by the end of the season.

Glad you are happy with your slightly over paid #1 dman then. Thats really all that matters. I hope you are just as happy at the end of the season as you are now. All is good.

 

[Rubi]

You're just upset that the Oilers have a number #1 and the Flames best is a #4.

Good for you. Go Oilers.

 

[CupofOil]

Glad you are happy with your slightly over paid #1 dman then. Thats really all that matters. I hope you are just as happy at the end of the season as you are now. All is good.

I said he's overpaid but well done on the sarcasm, very edgy.

 

[Mr Positive]

This is a clearly awful contract, surprised it has this many pages of discussion.

It's a lot of pages but maybe two pages worth of actual content, repeated. It seems there are many who love to poke at Oiler fans and many Oiler fans who like to poke back

 

[snowkiddin]

It's a lot of pages but maybe two pages worth of actual content, repeated. It seems there are many who love to poke at Oiler fans and many Oiler fans who like to poke back

Yeah, I guess “discussion” would’ve been more appropriate.

 

[therealkoho]

I love these threads.
“Oilers suck and are wasting Mcdavids prime by surrounding him with scrubs”
Oilers sign one of a few good players
“This guy sucks, see look at these numbers with scrubs”

yyyy'OOOkey -Dokey cause that's what I said

 

[Disgraced Cosmonaut]

No one thinks Nurse sucks. Just that he’s a million overpriced or over-termed by a year.

 

[patriotfan]

Nobody takes discounts in Edmonton apparently.

This league is going down the toilet, when a player like NURSE signs for 9.25 mill a year there is something wrong with the league, good for him for getting it, but there lies the problem he is not worth no where nears that money and a lot of others getting way overpaid like marner and matthews and tavares from the leafs and its just a few i just named and a lot of others around the league, and this league is a gate driven league, there is deffinitly a problem for the future of the NHL, time will tell.....

 

[Cup or Bust]

This league is going down the toilet, when a player like NURSE signs for 9.25 mill a year there is something wrong with the league, good for him for getting it, but there lies the problem he is not worth no where nears that money and a lot of others getting way overpaid like marner and matthews and tavares from the leafs and its just a few i just named and a lot of others around the league, and this league is a gate driven league, there is deffinitly a problem for the future of the NHL, time will tell.....

The salary cap is tied to league revenues so what you are saying doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[Cup or Bust]

Uh no, we all don't agree that Nurse is not a #1 Dman and the term is definitely not too long. The AAV is about a $1m or so too high, yes. 8x8 would have been perfectly fine for him considering the market, even a bit higher than that would have been fine.

He has taken big strides in his game every year so I don't see why he'd all of a sudden regress. I predict that there won't be much complaining about his contract by the end of the season.

Nurse was absolutely a number 1 d-man last season. He will have to continue to play like he did last season for the Oilers to gain full value on the contract.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

No one thinks Nurse sucks. Just that he’s a million overpriced or over-termed by a year.

I'll give you the money, and I would say it's closer to $1.5M, the term is just fine.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Well I have taken quite some time to think about this. You either pay Nurse this or he walks. I think him walking is way worse than him being overpaid.

 

[Sweetpotato]

Well I have taken quite some time to think about this. You either pay Nurse this or he walks. I think him walking is way worse than him being overpaid.

This contract has more to do with keeping Mcdavid/Draisaitl than anything. Having Nurse signed for 4 years passed their contracts is a great way to convince them to stay if things dont get any better.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

people still whining and crying that Nurse is overpaid
time to move on folks lol

 

[GOilers88]

I’m actually annoyed soo many Oil fans keep prentending things are progressing well. 22-23 we are expected to have around 12 million cap tops to fill 10 spots which includes fully addressing our goaltending. After next season almost a quarter of the teams cap is going to Nurse and near 40yr old Keith and Ceci. The team might have a decent next season but Holland tanked this club for the foreseeable future this offseason. This was supposed to be the off season with cap to address holes and we have the same goaltending, perhaps a worse D and at best we added stop gaps.

If you think the window has slammed shut why bother following?

What are we supposed to do, sit here and wallow in self pity and rag on the team all year? This isn't the DoD.

 

[Rubi]

Okay... lets agree that Nurse is a bonafide NHL #1 defenseman.
Do you think Nurse will be on the 2022 Canadian Olympic hockey team roster? Is he good enough?

 

[nerblet]

Okay... lets agree that Nurse is a bonafide NHL #1 defenseman.
Do you think Nurse will be on the 2022 Canadian Olympic hockey team roster? Is he good enough?

Yes I believe he will be on the Olympic team

 

[snipes]

Okay... lets agree that Nurse is a bonafide NHL #1 defenseman.
Do you think Nurse will be on the 2022 Canadian Olympic hockey team roster? Is he good enough?

Yup. Especially on the big ice and his previous solid play with Hockey Canada.

His size, elite skating, and physicality will be a benefit for Team Canada. He's just entering his prime now, I think he'll have an inside track on a spot if he continues his solid play into this season.

 

[DFF]

people still whining and crying that Nurse is overpaid
time to move on folks lol

I am happy he is overpaid

 

[Three On Zero]

Okay... lets agree that Nurse is a bonafide NHL #1 defenseman.
Do you think Nurse will be on the 2022 Canadian Olympic hockey team roster? Is he good enough?

Shea Theodore-Alex Pietrangelo
Thomas Chabot-Cale Makar
Morgan Rielly-Dougie Hamilton
Aaron Ekblad

Drew Doughty, Shea Weber, Samuel Girard, Brent Burns, Colton Parayko, Josh Morrissey, Jake Muzzin, Bowen Byram.

Nurse could potentially be a #10 on defence