In today’s video, Austin Hockey discusses the recent news about Darnell Nurse refusing to waive his no-move clause. Austin also discusses the Evan Bouchard contract, Connor McDavid’s status for re-signing, and other news that has been reported by Elliotte Friedman of the 32 Thoughts Podcast. #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
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but what team would trade for that Nurse contract? if there was one team stupid enough? the Oilers lost a golden chance here
A new goalie coach could be big for the oilers. If he's good, that is. And now it seems the oilers will have to wait till sometime mid-season for a new goalie. Which will either be good or bad.
I think it's absolute madness they are going to try going with the Skinner/Pickard tandem again. But the market is kind of terrible for goalies right now. Trading Nurse away would be too hard, they'd have to retain salary because no other team is going to pick up that contract, they'd lose in the trade either way and would just be better off keeping him.
..When Connor demands more than Elon..$30,000,000 for 2 players is a recipe for disaster..if those greedy superstars wanted to win..$5,000,000 ea. and the $20,000,000 cap space allows Oilers to really compete…
Nurse could get the Marner treatment fir this.
This OIlers D-core is the best its been since Pronger was on the Oilers.. Its not a huge loss with Nurse not leaving but what an overpay. I think Mangiapane will be good. Last time he scored a lot of goals is when CGY had Johnny Hockey, tkchuk, bennet, and a few other players where on that team. Then he got a reduce role in washington. Hurricanes cant offer bouchard. they dont have the draft round picks for compensation
We’re going to lose with Nurse sorry, TRADE NURSE FOR SWAYMAN OR SIROKIN WE WIN!!!!
That evan bouchard offersheet would have been devestating. But, thankfully that did'nt happen
Nurses contract is horrible for the team but they gave it to him. If he wants to stay hes just living up to his side of the agreement. I mean the guy has become a lot more solid defensive defenseman since Eky and Bouche formulated top 2. However a bottom 4 d man making 9.25 is nuts.
Oiler fans can thank Ken Holland, Stan Bowman's predecessor, for having agreed to give Darnell Nurse a no-move clause. Handing out NMCs like candy may very well hurt the Oilers this coming season.
Admittedly the oilers aren't my number one team. And im probably not the guy to talk to about trades.
But if possible I'd trade Nurse and skinner to Columbus in return for assets. As I think they have a TON of cap space to take on nurse's contract.
then try to offersheet a defensemen like Byram because he doesn't even make half of what nurse does.
and then go to dallas who is in cap trouble to try and take one of their goalies in exchange for those assets from Columbus.
Then spend the leftover money on some depth players if possible. But of course this is just a thought.
I dont mind Nurse but I still think he needs to go. Too much money for what we are getting.
This Oilers team is now deep in the thick and wretched gravy of the Cheeseburger of pure Regression. Same team back, but smaller and weaker with 2 AHL guys who the oil have to pray are fully now NHL ready. Maybe they are, but the team is still smaller and weaker, when they needed to get bigger and meaner. Unless the Oilers can add more talent,,, at least 3 players, they are F'ed. I think Bowman/Jackson have ruined this team, and I think MCD leaving is very real possibility now, getting bigger by the day.
Sorry Austin did not see your video on vacation with my family in Toronto let’s go oilers flying back home to Calgary on Friday we we’re delayed because my mom id expired sucks hey have a great summer Austin my friend
Too much power given to the players, there should be a balance.
I am still a firm believer of having a contract of a said amount of years but pay should have a base with bonuses activated according to their position.
5:54 this morning I watched a clip of the 1992 skills competition and Patrick Roy and Ed Belfor were the goalies. That is some of the best goaltending ive ever seen in my life, and IT IS possible to make a save on a breakaway 🤪. Those guys weren't even that far into their careers at that point.
Hope Oilers get a better goaltending coach.
/rant
I get worked up over this. I've joined the course and screamed for a trade…..yet when settled down he's a very good number 5…a glue guy….this doesn't even hurt if we had Broberg taking over the No3 D-man spot. When Eckholm takes off we're going to have a hole to fill on that left side…..
I wouldn't leave either. At best, he's a third line D-man but gets $9 million!!!!
Darnell is a top level 5 or 6 D man. We need more fighting and hitting from him…anything more is a bonus. As a glue guy.. we could do harm to the team by trading him….I'd try him out as a high octane 3rd line winger before shopping him…but he's a 10 million dollar 3rd pairing glue guy so how we build the roster going forward must compensate for the overpay. Payment of 9 million +plus should not have came with a no movement clause. Super stupid.
Nurse is probably 3-4 million overpaid, yes, but on some nights he isn’t – he had some real flourishes in the playoffs (everybody seems to forget the other 3 series the Oilers played and dominated in, in no small part thanks to Nurse). Like, have some perspective. Nurse has an edge and is a great presence on the team. It’s the penalty trouble and odd decision making that stick out in everybody’s mind. At the end of the day, what are you going to do, hate Nurse for abiding by his contract? Thank Ken Holland for being a crap GM. He’s taken his wrecking ball to LA, look how that’s been received so far.
I listened to the podcast – no controversy here – just communication
Nurses contract will look a lot better in a year or 2. Look at some of the contracts given to average defenceman this offseason. K'Andre Miller is worse than Kulak and got 7.5.
Right, a player that replaces Skinner or pushes Pickard. With what money? With what picks? With what prospects that we don't want to keep? You can't pick #1 Tenders out of thin air (or 1B or 2).
To NJ: McDavid and Nurse
To Edm: Hischer, Nemec, Barzal, Sorokin
To NYI: 3 NJ 1sts and 3 2nds, Stu Skinner, Savoie
Austin, this might be a silly and more likely even dumber question: but can they ever negotiate contracts? Take nurse for example. We know he isn’t a 9m dollar player. HE knows he isn’t a 9m dollar player. They’re all talking team friendly contracts. Could hypothetically the team or the player renegotiate ? From horcoff to nurse, how do teams correct bad contracts. They don’t I’m thinking
Even more reasons to NOT watch the Oilers anymore. They GIVE 2 substandard dmen 20mil and have to choose which leftovers they're gonna sign. I feel sad for McDavid and Draisaitl, I'd like to see them with a Stanley cup or 2. But I don't see it happening with the Oilers, more decades of darkness, sad.
To me I would trade when his contract is done or somehow get to move him with in a year or two left in his contact but if not Nures he's done he's not worth 9.25 million i would only pay him 2 or 3 million.. but with the goaltender coach maybe this is what they need and the coach hopefully works them on there weakness so they can be better but if I had to move one probably pickard cause Stu is still young and has lots to learn and it's fixable
1 Year Deal McDavid
If Edmonton play shit, he don’t want to play with Edmonton
He wants to win the Stanley Cup
Yes trade Nurse!!
If you do something similar the Hawks did with Seth Jones and eat up $3mil/season on Nurse's remaining contract, I'm sure there are takers out there in the barren market…
Stop villainizing players for nixing trades when it's the team that gave the player the NMC/NTC in the first place…
Nurse is a failed project… next!
We can’t trade Nurse he’s our last black player
No trade just bowhead fishing…bowman cant do his job so he puts heat on a player with no trade clause..then he pats biuchard more than nurse…doent get a goalie upgrade…solution change goalie coach..this is your teams gm…happy for you
Magiapani has scored a total of 45 gials in 3 seasons averagw of 15 per season..your best offseason signing