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I know Oiler fans defended him for a while after the contract 'Only over paid by x' but it seems like that is no longer the narrative even amongst them. His play seemingly gone off a cliff.
THN Writer's Poll votes Darnell Nurse the most overpaid player
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I know Oiler fans defended him for a while after the contract 'Only over paid by x' but it seems like that is no longer the narrative even amongst them. His play seemingly gone off a cliff.
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Best I've felt about Seth Jones in a while... that'll change tonight when I see his play on the ice.
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Only thing you can say in his defense is that the best partner he's had in his career has probably been... Cody Ceci? But yes at that cap hit he should be able to carry a 2nd pairing and he hasn't even been able to do that. Basically his only NHL attribute was his skating and that hasn't been as good since a hip injury a few years ago.
Wait. There is a vote for Shesterkin, but none for Josh Anderson or Brendan Gallagher?
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What imbecile voted for Shesterkin?? He's making $5,666,667 to be the best goalie in the NHL.
Did this "hockey writer" just hear about his recent negotiations in passing and assumed he's making 13 million AAV now?
Did this "hockey writer" just hear about his recent negotiations in passing and assumed he's making 13 million AAV now?
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Veteran dmen with a pulse make 5M
Most overpaid bum is Huberdeau AINEC
Most overpaid bum is Huberdeau AINEC
Derek Forbort is $1.5M overpaid. (His contract is $1.5M)
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Whomever voted for Shesterkin is either someone with an axe to grind, a mental patient or both.
I know Oiler fans defended him for a while after the contract 'Only over paid by x' but it seems like that is no longer the narrative even amongst them. His play seemingly gone off a cliff.
It’s true. Awful contract.
I know Oiler fans defended him for a while after the contract 'Only over paid by x' but it seems like that is no longer the narrative even amongst them. His play seemingly gone off a cliff.
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That Ryan Reaves vote is some nasty work for a $1.3M deal lol
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Whichever person voted for Shesterkin should have their press credentials pulled.
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Not really. He's produced 6 points in 50 games with a -13. Anything over $0 for him is an overpayment.
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Wtf. Why would there be a vote for shesterkin? He hasn’t even been paid yet.
I’d rather have nurse than huberdeau. Both are terrible anyway so who cares I guess.
Combination of
- Nurse scoring 36 pts in a shortened covid season, being a young player and the highest scoring D aside from Barrie
- The Jones and Werenski contracts being his equals
Really shitty combination.
- Nurse scoring 36 pts in a shortened covid season, being a young player and the highest scoring D aside from Barrie
- The Jones and Werenski contracts being his equals
Really shitty combination.
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Huberdeau and Nurse have horrific contract structures
Huberdeau being being insanely high bonuses
Nurse being back loaded "buyout proof" bonuses
Huberdeau being being insanely high bonuses
Nurse being back loaded "buyout proof" bonuses
Romang67
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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.
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'm not sure why Reaves is on the list. He only makes $1.3 mil. All but $100K can be buried in the AHL. Yeah, he can barely play anymore, but it's not like it would hurt a team to pay a guy that salary to play in the AHL. He's not the only guy that can barely play that makes a $ 1 million-ish NHL salary. Meanwhile, a player like Nurse hurts the team with his massive caphit, earning double what he should. The Oilers could pay 2 decent defensive defensemen with what they pay Nurse.
