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

[KingKhron]

Low key this has Skinner vibes to It. I was ecstatic when we signed Skinner long term and he was coming off a career year… but then I saw the AAV and term and thought It was like 25% too much. Now here we are. Good luck EDM fans I hope he keeps up his high level of play for most of the deal

I’d have to say very low key vibe. I can’t imagine a GM in the league that would take Skinner’s contract over this one. I see nothing in Nurse’s slow but steady improvement throughout his career that would suggest any type of rapid drop off like Skinner. Maybe people keep griping that Nurse is overpaid by a couple mil for this entire deal but these last two years, Skinner is hitting overpaid by 5-6 territory.

 

[leafsfan5]

Darnell wouldn't have signed for 8 years unless McDavid and Leon would come back. Fool.

huh? Nurse knows McDavid and Drai are coming back? Those two probably don't even know what they're doing once their contracts are up, nevermind Nurse having knowledge of their intentions

Nurse signed for 8 years because he had the contract of a lifetime presented to him, he would've been stupid to pass this up for shorter term

 

[KingKhron]

Nurse is worth something around 7m. This contract is absolute garbage. I can't believe that there are some fanboys defending this kind of shit.

He was worth that last year and things changed. Holland didn’t suddenly change the market with the Jones and Werenski deals but he signed a deal in line with the market others established. Terrible cap use in players like Koskinen, Russell, Kassian, etc. with pissed away millions in buyouts/retention(Lucic, Neal, Sekera) is double digit millions that piss me off. The 1.5-2 million too much we might be paying a core contributor is less concerning.

 

[JoVel]

Nobody takes discounts in Edmonton apparently.

You're saying that as if Nurse getting 9.25 is just not taking a discount, as opposed to being overpaid.

 

[iCanada]

product of mcd 100 points lol

Mcdavid was "only" +21 though?

 

[Pengu]

Is Chiarelli still making the shots in Edmonton?
Absolute trainwreak this off season. Should be happy if they win a round in the next few years....

 

[JoVel]

Darnell Nurse has one season (shortened season may I add) in his career where he was worth, I don't know, 7 million? Prior to that he's probably been a 5mil guy at best.

Ken Holland: Hey boys, brilliant idea! Let's give that guy 9.25!

Stop blaming the d-man market guys. Holland has been a trash GM for at least a decade.

 

[flying v 604]

...you'll have to reread my post and note that I said McJesus had the "career year", not Nurse...took quick on the draw, there amigo...



...Hamilton has been an offensive force on every team he has played on at the NHL level, much more than Nurse has...and if your reply is about defensive effectiveness, don't bother; they are BOTH weak defensively, although at least Nurse hits and can be effective at clearing the crease...



...Trouba is NOT worth $8 mill nor is Myers worth $6 mill, imo...both ridiculously overpaid...

Myers was a UFA and the best RHD available and was courted by several teams which added to the term but considering he was coming off a contract that paid him almost what he signed here for.
Myers was great in the bubble and had a good year considering. He's guilty of some brain cramps but he's big, physical and an excellent skater who logs a lot of minutes.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Woah. Did not see that price coming.

 

[zar]

Then f***ing trade him.

Yeah and then Broberg and Bouchard can be our first paring Dpair the following year...

I can see the posts already ...

" Oilers going to Oiler... they finally have a #1 D guy then trade him for [insert lesser talented dman and picks here] ... then they play 2 guys with a total of one year of experience on their first pairing. ... waisting another year of McDrai because they wouldn't commit to the best dman they have had in years. "

... or better yet maybe we can play Keith and Ceci on our first pairing.

 

[exporta]

Nurse now makes more than Makar. I know its ufa v. Rfa.

Nurse took huge steps this year, if he can maintain/elevate that play in the 1st 4 yrs you can live with the cap hit.

I have to say i was expecting closer to.
the Pietrangelo deal than the Jones deal.

 

[zar]

...or they could stop signing all-offense, horrid defense guys like Barrie & Ceci and actually spend some cash on good DEFENSIVE defensemen to supplement the offensive ones, like Nurse, that they already had...

Name those good defensive dmen that were available this year? (and I am not defending the Ceci signing in any way, just to be clear).

If they would have signed Ceci to a 1 year, maybe 2 year contract... I would have been fine... it's that term that made no sense in my mind. We had to sign someone to fill the gap that Larsson created when he left (totally his right, not complaining about that)... but why the over payment to a guy like Ceci and give him a 4 year term. That pissed me off.

 

[zar]

Nurse now makes more than Makar. I know its ufa v. Rfa.

Nurse took huge steps this year, if he can maintain/elevate that play in the 1st 4 yrs you can live with the cap hit.

I have to say i was expecting closer to.
the Pietrangelo deal than the Jones deal.

I agree with what you are saying but now add on the Western Canadian, small market surcharge. Pietrangelo also plays on on a team that is located in a no-state-tax state.

Not sure why everyone is so surprised that the Oilers had to over pay an UFA, when everyone always says no NHL prefers to play in Edmonton... Friedman even reported that it is well known that many NHL players have said that they don't even want to play on Canada... and Edmonton would almost positively be on the bottom half of that 7 team list.

 

[ijuka]

Nuge and McDavid did and Draisaitl while he didn't at the time, his contract is now an absolute steal. Honestly, I really do think the market really screwed things up allowing Nurse to ask for much more than he was probably originally asking for. Holland was backed into a corner and really had no choice as he couldn't let him leave. Yes, it is a stupid amount of money but that's the market and it is what it is.

"Market" is 3rd-highest DMan AAV in the league for a lackluster #2 defenseman?

That's not true and sounds like coping.

 

[Holymakinaw]

New worst contract in the league.

 

[Dean Char]

Every team in the league would over pay for him if he was a UFA next year, people just jelly cause they won't get the chance now.

 

[Pavels Dog]

People really overreact to this contract.

He's their #1 guy, was 4th in the entire league in icetime last season. Highly likely he's gonna put up some career best numbers next season, and looks like he's overall just hitting his stride as a player.

Edmonton also don't have other options. They don't have the assets to trade for a #1, they don't have any prospects that project as #1D, they won't land a #1D in UFA. While you might want this to be 1-2 mil cheaper, I wouldn't consider this to be a bad deal at all.

 

[McJedi]

Toews contract with the Avs at 4 x $4.1mm sure feels good right now. Man… D got expensive this offseason.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

lol, Heiskanen got less.

 

[north49er]

They're paying Nurse as if he was a doctor.

 

[flying v 604]

You barely watch Oilers hockey so you don't really know much about Nurse which is fair. I've watched Nurse since his draft year and, year after year, I've seen progression. It hasn't stopped in the NHL and he's only gotten better and better. He hasn't reached his peak yet.

The Leon contract was ugly too once. The Jones and Werenski contracts are ugly as well

While I think in this situation they had no choice to but to lock him up I don't think it was necessary so soon.
Even if he duplicated or matched this season the Avv would have been the same since he's clearly getting paid off this past season.
I just think it's risky because of the fact he spent 74% of his time with Mcdrai along with Barrie with bear being he next most with #97 at 200 minutes. He spent 95+% with either #97 or #29, that's insane.
Of Nurses 36 points 31 involved #97.

He's gonna be expected to be the top shut down guy and will likely see harder minutes away from Connor and those minutes haven't been very good, he's also had double the shooting%

9.5 for a guy with 40 points once who isn't an elite shut down D is clearly based on potential which can work out great like with Drai but to do it based on a one off season of 56 games when by waiting would give another season to assess and possibly bring down the value. There was zero chance he would somehow have a season that would justify 10+

 

[varano]

I guess Dubas is in charge over in Edmonton. Enjoy!

 

[varano]

People really overreact to this contract.

He's their #1 guy, was 4th in the entire league in icetime last season. Highly likely he's gonna put up some career best numbers next season, and looks like he's overall just hitting his stride as a player.

Edmonton also don't have other options. They don't have the assets to trade for a #1, they don't have any prospects that project as #1D, they won't land a #1D in UFA. While you might want this to be 1-2 mil cheaper, I wouldn't consider this to be a bad deal at all.

This is his sixth year in the NHL. He's 26..and Edmonton has no defence so yeah ofcourse hes going to log a ton of TOI.

This contract is pretty terrible and its an over payment of about 25%

 

[justHypnos]

Sad contract to see if you're not a fan of one of the 31 other teams

 

[agent082]

Too much.