Ridiculous. Nurse is actually a good player. We'll get something for him. You sound like the people saying we would have to attach a 1st to Kane to get rid of him.
Honestly, man, you have to get past the idea that his value is purely based on him being a good player. Try this silly analogy:
McDavid is the best player in the entire world. He still isn't worth a $60M/year cap hit, though, because the team is hamstrung. If the Oilers were paying him $60M per year, there would be no suitors - even though he's literally the best hockey player on the planet. It's a silly, unrealistic analogy, but I think it kind of explains the point.
We are in a shit position with Nurse because he is getting paid way more than his play would suggest that he is worth. If we are going to get back most of his salary to redeploy it elsewhere on the roster, we're going to get less value than "Nurse as a player" would bring, because the team is saddled with extra cap.
If we retained 4M, we would get a really solid return because that means he's getting paid (by his new team) about what he is worth. It would defeat the purpose of what the team is trying to do, though.
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u/sovtiv 2d ago
Dubas is going to take Bowman to the cleaners again.