K1984
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- Feb 7, 2008
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The problem with Nurse is that many of his mistakes are self-inflicted. Unforced icings, lack of attention to detail and just plain being lost. He's 29, he's not really going to get a whole lot better than he is right now. Nobody would say he's AHL-level but he's fallen hard and he really sinks when the playoffs roll around. If he at least elevated his game in the spring most of us would look past his warts but if anything it's the opposite.
And the playoff messes are three years running now. Even when he got better after the media skewered him after Game 3 against the Stars, he put a few good games together before falling back to being the same mess.
He stunk in Game 6 against the Stars and more or less stunk the entire Final. I give Broberg a ton of credit for the job he did next to him, Nurse has to be one of the more difficult partners to play with in the league when you factor in competition.