THN Writer's Poll votes Darnell Nurse the most overpaid player

[Shocker]

Vlasic is easily the most overpaid right now, because he shouldn't be paid at all, but that Nurse contract will be a huge anchor in the future.

 

[Lunatik]

Wait. There is a vote for Shesterkin, but none for Josh Anderson or Brendan Gallagher?

Probably the same dipshit that voted that MacKenzie Weegar in their poll for what player had a bad season not caused by the team struggling

 

[Community]

I’m simply pointing out that when you look at what other guys around the league are getting, Nurse is a 7+ million dollar defenseman. We’ve reached a point where there are bottom pairing dmen making 4-5 per, and pretty much any legit top 4 dman signing a new deal is getting 6+.

Vlasic is basically a bottom pairing dman at this point and makes 7 million. How do you figure Nurse is more overpaid?

You're pointing out other overpaid players to try and make Nurse look better.

In no way is a bottom pairing dman valued at 4-5 per. That's the equivalent of saying "we are at the point where #4 dmen are getting paid 9m/yr" (if you think Nurse is still a #4). Any bottom pairing dman getting paid 4m+ was expected to grow into a top 4 dmen during that contract or was viewed as a top 4 dman when they signed the deal.


Edit: I think it's easy to agree with most posters that the worst overpay for this season is probably Vlasic and the worst (most detrimental) contract is definitely Nurse.

Easily an argument to be made that Edmonton could've won the cup last year if they signed 9m worth of players instead of Nurse last year.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

That's silly. Was this off the top of their heads? Or are they assuming 2024 playoffs Nurse is whom you're getting from now on?

Nurse is probably a $5-6M per year D-man in today's NHL. You roll him out to eat a bunch of minutes and the team will be relatively fine with him on the ice. The Oilers, with Nurse and without McDavid on the ice has, for the past several seasons, been a plus team 5v5. They're not dominating teams, but he's not a negative out there for the team. You put him out there and forget about him.

Meanwhile, Vlasic has been unplayable since he got injured in 2018, and he makes $7M per year for two more seasons. He was a healthy scratch on the goddamned 2023/24 San Jose Sharks. Nurse is overpaid by like $4M. Vlasic is overpaid by $7M.

Man, THN is such an awful site. Clickbait and ignorance.

I think the main reason Vlasic isn't higher on the list is because it doesn't have that many years remaining and The Sharks are tanking anyway.