Would you rather sign Darnell Nurse 9.25M x 3 or 9.25M x 8 years?

[Divine]

With the cap potentially rising in the future, assuming you had to sign Nurse to a 9.25M contract - would you want to sign him for 3 years or 8 years (where the deal may look better as the cap rises)?

This is assuming the contract started at the same time the Oilers originally signed him, starting in the 2022-2023 season.

Also, with a 3 year deal signed you risk having to pay him more if he outperforms the contract and you want to keep him in the future.

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[La Bamba]

3 years, easy

In 2 years, Nurse wouldn't be a 9.25M d man even with a rising cap. He's a 7M calibre d man who would probably get ~7.5M in an open market

 

[Divine]

3 years, easy

In 2 years, Nurse wouldn't be a 9.25M d man even with a rising cap. He's a 7M calibre d man who would probably get ~7.5M in an open market

That's my view on it also.

However, @North Cole was arguing that Nurse would get an 8 year x 10.25M contract following his 3 year contract because of the rising cap if the Oilers choose to go that route. He was arguing most Oilers fans preferred 8 years over 3 years because of the discount they're getting on Nurse after the 3 years. Wanted to take it to the polls as maybe I'm the one that was mistaken... doesn't seem to be the case so far.

 

[Mr Kot]

Kind of tough tbh, I don't think Nurse is a 9.5 dman, but 3 years doesn't buy a lot of security and there is no guarantee any D man comes in to make up the difference. I will probably say 3 years, but only because I would gamble on Nurse taking a similar cap in 3 years after the cap ceiling rises.

 

[PuckG]

The Oilers, without any calibre of defence similar to Nurse and nobody in the pipeline to replace him had no choice but to secure Nurse as long as possible.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Neither!

 

[x Tame Impala]

3 years at that AAV would’ve actually made a ton of sense for Edmonton because it lets them capitalize on Nurse’s last “great” years. Now they have to pay they’re getting negative value back on the last 5 years of the deal.

Nurse isn’t a Cup winning Dman. Oilers have depth and goalie problems for sure but I watched most all of the Oilers playoffs the last few years and the guy makes a lot of errors. At that AAV he needs to be more effective defensively IMHO.

 

[Peat]

I'll buy the argument he'd get the same money or even a pay rise in 25-26. The day hasn't dawned when NHL GMs don't hand over huge amounts of money to big dmen with a bit of skill and who can skate.

The question is whether you'd want your GM to be that GM and I suspect the answer is nope.

 

[ijuka]

Overpay for 3 years or overpay for 8 years?

Is this supposed to be difficult?

 

[hamzarocks]

Matthews isnt worth 13.5M x 3

Nurse at 3 should get 6M

Matthews at 3 should get 9M

Only leafs management know how to overpay a player highly on AAV amd get 3 year term only

 

[Ninety7]

Neither please.

The contract was horrible from the day he signed it, and he’s regressed as a player every year since.

As someone said, he’s a 7m defenseman making top pairing elite D man money.

Too many mistakes, too risky of a play style.

 

[NyQuil]

Revenge polls, god love ‘em.

 

[Bouboumaster]

The real answer is: you don't pays him that much money, ever, as he's overpaid by at least 2, arguably 3 millions per years

As for the pool, 3 years obviously: the shorter that contract, the better. Nurse has a top 5 worst contracts in the league right now

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Voting the 8 year option to spite the OP.

 

[SoupNazi]

I suspect this went exactly as the OP expected.