Speculation: Who would MAYBE want Nurse?

[Canovin]

overpaid and underwhelming.
I would take Korpisalo over him easily. Bruins wouldve made the playoffs if they used Korpisalo as the started and didnt sell at the deadline.

Boston picking 4th overall or 1st overall and getting an additional pick in 2026 is the way to go. They're a first round exit team if they made the playoffs.

Korpisalo is sitting at .893% while Swayman is at .892%. This is by far his worst season.

 

[Draiskull]

Surely this also applies to Evan Bouchard in your mind?

It's more lack of options. Ekholm is hurt and Walman is walking wounded. Edmonton's most used LD in the 3 wins is Brett Kulak, by the way. In the losses, it was Nurse. An adjustment was made to increase Kulak's icetime because Nurse was struggling in a bad way.

Or maybe the adjustment was made because Bouchard was struggling in a bad way. its really debatable.
In any case Nurse-Klingberg is working much nicer than Nurse-Bouchard. Same goes for Kulak/Walman-Bouchard.

At ES, 5 of our Dmen are getting about the same TOI. Nurse just needs to stop taking penalties .. rest of his game is good enough

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Or maybe the adjustment was made because Bouchard was struggling in a bad way. its really debatable.
In any case Nurse-Klingberg is working much nicer than Nurse-Bouchard. Same goes for Kulak/Walman-Bouchard.

At ES, 5 of our Dmen are getting about the same TOI. Nurse just needs to stop taking penalties .. rest of his game is good enough

It's not particularly debatable, since Bouchard's usage has increased, not the opposite. He also came up clutch to help Edmonton win two games. Edmonton started playing Kulak more in the important situations.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

If he was crapping the bed then he wouldnt be playing top pairing minutes against top lines in playoffs.

Ekholm is out. He’s there as an injury replacement.

 

[Fatass]

A lot of clubs would love to have Nurse. Providing the Oilers retain down to 7 mil per and add picks/prospects.

 

[PelagicJoe]

Maybe a team trying to hit the cap floor.

 

[Draiskull]

Ekholm is out. He’s there as an injury replacement.

Injury replacements dont lead the team in icetimes, wear a letter on their jerseys and actually produce.
Its pretty obvious that Emberson is the injury replacement on the team.

 

[McShogun99]

A lot of clubs would love to have Nurse. Providing the Oilers retain down to 7 mil per and add picks/prospects.

If he was making 7 you'd rarely hear people complaining about his contract. Especially with what cap hits are going to look like in the next few years.

 

[Draiskull]

It's not particularly debatable, since Bouchard's usage has increased, not the opposite. He also came up clutch to help Edmonton win two games. Edmonton started playing Kulak more in the important situations.

usage is about the same. Nurse gets a lot more PK time and Bouchard gets the prime PP time.
What a shitty decision last night to pair up Nurse-Bouchard again. This pairing was the only thing that kept LA in the game last night.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

usage is about the same. Nurse gets a lot more PK time and Bouchard gets the prime PP time.
What a shitty decision last night to pair up Nurse-Bouchard again. This pairing was the only thing that kept LA in the game last night.

I really don't know what Knob/Coffey are thinking pairing them up. They're so much better apart than they are together.