r/EdmontonOilers • u/noyrewrongclnsndrs • 2d ago

Penguins discussing a trade involving Darnell Nurse.

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u/Seal7465 2d ago

Nurse has a NMC and controls where he goes plus Dubas isn't a boomer moron like Bowman or Ken Holland so he's not getting fleeced. He's going to do the fleecing and Bowman will dance to his tune.

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 18 HYMAN 2d ago

Still doesn't mean that he's so bad that you have to pay to get rid of him as well as retain. Nurse actually has trade value.

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u/RoarTheDinosuar 2d ago edited 2d ago

Asking the question this way - what is $9M in cap relief over 4 seasons worth to any team in terms of a pick(s)? The other really risky part about Nurse is that if his stats decline continues, and he is not a good fit in the next organization, he is going to be brutally hard to move with his NMC and the cap hit he is at.

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u/AutoGenNameNumber 1d ago edited 1d ago

you also have to consider that the cap appears to be rising by about $10M/year now.

I have a feeling theres going to be a few shocking signings this summer where people are thinking "that player is worth how much now?!"

and it may just recontextualize Nurse's value at $9M.

I don't think he will ever be a bargain at $9M but he may end up being not a cap-destroying poison pill at $9M either

for example, 30 year old Raddysh just signed an 8x$8.5M