Faelko
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Unless Nurse demands a trade, he’s not going anywhere. #1 priority is finding a RHD that can babysit our 9.25M LHD…as ridiculous as that sounds.
I would pray he accepts being moved to another club out on the west coast or something. Feels like if you truly care about this group you would realize how badly you're f***ing our chances at building a great team here, move out to one of the pacific beaches and raise your family for a few years.Unless Nurse demands a trade, he’s not going anywhere. #1 priority is finding a RHD that can babysit our 9.25M LHD…as ridiculous as that sounds.
*Broberg has entered the chat*Unless Nurse demands a trade, he’s not going anywhere. #1 priority is finding a RHD that can babysit our 9.25M LHD…as ridiculous as that sounds.
I hope Utah is a place he would go. They literally have zero DI would pray he accepts being moved to another club out on the west coast or something. Feels like if you truly care about this group you would realize how badly you're f***ing our chances at building a great team here, move out to one of the pacific beaches and raise your family for a few years.
Duncan Keith gave up 5.5 million dollars because he knew he was a burden. Maybe he got paid off in other ways outside of the NHL but let's not forget how integral and selfless that was of Keith. He was there last night telling the group in the dressing room about how they went down 0-3 against Vancouver one year and clawed back to go to overtime in game 7.
You move Nurse and as many picks/prospects as necessary to get him out with that cap space saved, then bank on free agents wanting to sign here for a Cup run.
Yup. They'll focus on bringing in a strong partner for him and hope he improves. He's not going anywhere.Nurse isn't being traded, period. I don't even know why it's even being discussed as if there's any chance of it happening.
ba gawd thats brett pesce's music !Unless Nurse demands a trade, he’s not going anywhere. #1 priority is finding a RHD that can babysit our 9.25M LHD…as ridiculous as that sounds.
Which will be difficult when McDavid/Draisaitl/Bouchard are making 40m.Yup. They'll focus on bringing in a strong partner for him and hope he improves. He's not going anywhere.
You want to see a contract that ages horrendously. Watch Pesce.ba gawd thats brett pesce's music !
If you can't understand the difference, then I see your point.That’s working out well for Toronto.
Good, then taking less means bringing in a higher end supporting cast.
Or if you want him to succeed. He needs to play his regular side.*Broberg has entered the chat*
Haha, Broberg isn’t good enough to cover for Nurse.*Broberg has entered the chat*
He’s not leaving. Keith wasn’t surrounded by his buddies and was in the twilight of his career and had multiple cups, there’s no comparison.I would pray he accepts being moved to another club out on the west coast or something. Feels like if you truly care about this group you would realize how badly you're f***ing our chances at building a great team here, move out to one of the pacific beaches and raise your family for a few years.
Duncan Keith gave up 5.5 million dollars because he knew he was a burden. Maybe he got paid off in other ways outside of the NHL but let's not forget how integral and selfless that was of Keith. He was there last night telling the group in the dressing room about how they went down 0-3 against Vancouver one year and clawed back to go to overtime in game 7.
You move Nurse and as many picks/prospects as necessary to get him out with that cap space saved, then bank on free agents wanting to sign here for a Cup run.
Certainly a red flag if Carolina is walking away.You want to see a contract that ages horrendously. Watch Pesce.
Some men aren't equipped to handle the pressure, no shame in that. Maybe he has a long discussion with his wife and they opt to raise their kids on the beach away from media pressure. Many NHL players have the same discussion and make the same decision. It's by no means uncommon. To say it's out of the realm of possibility would be silly in my opinion.Haha, Broberg isn’t good enough to cover for Nurse.
He’s not leaving. Keith wasn’t surrounded by his buddies and was in the twilight of his career and had multiple cups, there’s no comparison.
Sigh… yeah. Anyone out there you like in particular?Or if you want him to succeed. He needs to play his regular side
I think it will be less then 40 million but not my much, maybe 38 million for the 3 of them.
Good news on the extension front. Getting them all back would be a good consolation prize if we fall short this year. Franks thinking:
16M McD
14M Drai
10M Bouch
Adds “there’s no other place where McDrai can play together.”
That core will produce for a long time. We can work with that plus Nuge plus Hyman plus Ekholm plus emerging Broberg.
Not yet but he will be. He'll be our top LD in 2 more years, then we'll have to find a new babysitter for Nurse.Haha, Broberg isn’t good enough to cover for Nurse.
He’s not leaving. Keith wasn’t surrounded by his buddies and was in the twilight of his career and had multiple cups, there’s no comparison.
Personally I think Nurse is equipped to deal with pressure. His Dad was a professional athlete and uncle one of the most unfairly polarizing football players in a crazy mad market that makes Edmonton seem like a frontier town.Some men aren't equipped to handle the pressure, no shame in that. Maybe he has a long discussion with his wife and they opt to raise their kids on the beach away from media pressure. Many NHL players have the same discussion and make the same decision. It's by no means uncommon. To say it's out of the realm of possibility would be silly in my opinion.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, genetics be damned. For him to go from being serviceable to an outright liability is in his head. It's not as though he is labouring out there, the consistent brain farts only become more apparent in the playoffs. Performing worse and worse as the series get tighter and the energy and buzz in the town grows. We know he has the physical tools to be a star, he has shown in the past he can be a great #2-#3 guy in the NHL. I believe he simply can't hang.Personally I think Nurse is equipped to deal with pressure. His Dad was a professional athlete and uncle one of the most unfairly polarizing football players in a crazy mad market that makes Edmonton seem like a frontier town.
We also saw all his Oilers teammates to a man step up to defend Nurse's character and importance as a teammate. With full exposure to this person, they view his value to their team and shared goal of winning through a different lens than fans.
He could ultimately decide he's had enough in Edmonton but Nurse is not going to settle for a rebuild beach team like San Jose. It will have to be somewhere where there is strong upward mobility and quickly to become a winning franchise. Competition is a fundamental of this guy's DNA. That's limiting. But Utah is a special circumstance where this is final a team on cusp of taking a jump with ownership ready to invest to do so and a new market with no pre-existing prejudices about players and contracts.
Cap is going to be an issue. He needs someone who can exit the zone successfully and is strong on puck retrievals. I also think Knob is going to deploy as a third pairing as he has done throughout March and the playoffs.Sigh… yeah. Anyone out there you like in particular?
It's nature and nurture. He's gifted athletically and grew up in an elite athletic environment that thrived on high level competition.We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, genetics be damned. For him to go from being serviceable to an outright liability is in his head. It's not as though he is labouring out there, the consistent brain farts only become more apparent in the playoffs. Performing worse and worse as the series get tighter and the energy and buzz in the town grows. We know he has the physical tools to be a star, he has shown in the past he can be a great #2-#3 guy in the NHL. I believe he simply can't hang.
I would look at all of his teammates defending him through hell or high water as a last ditch effort to protect his mental wellbeing. The conversation is only being had in the first place because he is faltering constantly.
edit: Will mention of course the hit he took by Rodrigues that did do some damage two games ago has surely made it even more difficult. Before then he was fully healthy and faltering endlessly on routine plays. The roar of the crowd may scare him. He only got worse as the playoffs wore on in Sault Ste Marie as well, I watched their entire playoffs up til McDavid eliminated them. Similar thing at the time.
Anything is possible but it’s extremely unlikely. Even if he did ask to be traded he’d control where he’d go and what contender is taking on that contract?Some men aren't equipped to handle the pressure, no shame in that. Maybe he has a long discussion with his wife and they opt to raise their kids on the beach away from media pressure. Many NHL players have the same discussion and make the same decision. It's by no means uncommon. To say it's out of the realm of possibility would be silly in my opinion.
They aren't gonna blow it up. But this series has told them who the can win with and who they can't. Valuable exercise win or lose.It's really not that complicated. Nurse is a good player who eats a lot of minutes and brings a lot to the team during the regular season. However as things tighten up, competition gets harder and players are expected to elevate, Nurse fails to deliver.
We are kinda stuck with Nurse. He needs more confidence and a partner that unlocks him to play his game. This is why adding a capable top 4 RHD is so important this offseason. Hopefully we will get two dmen for the price of one, just like how Ekholm unlocked Bouchard. I mean probably to a lesser degree but Nurse has really struggled to find his role on this team without playing with McDavid.
The last thing Edmonton should do is blow up the team. You can't get rid of the baby with the bath water.
I’m not going to get into a tail chasing discussion on it…you’re giving them a blank signed cheque, and I’m saying if you want to build a competitive team that doesn’t need to rely on 16 game win streaks to get into the playoff picture, then they need to leave some in the table and not max out to be a perennial cup threat. Toronto has a lot of money tied up in four guys. Good regular season team, can’t do shit in the playoffs. They’ve had no money to acquire decent middle and bottom pair d-men and a decent goalie, which should sound pretty familiar.If you can't understand the difference, then I see your point.
Hope it happens