Gator21 wrote on Sun, 09 February 2020 20:12

Oscargasm wrote on Sun, 09 February 2020 18:56 Gator21 wrote on Sun, 09 February 2020 19:40 How stupid is this team!?!?!? You sign him to a bridge deal to save what, 750K? That’s ur just gonna piss away overpaying some other guy ie. Kassian who’s getting paid 3+mil to play on the 3rd-4th line. Why not just pony up the extra 750K and sign an 8 year deal like Morrisey so at least on the back half of the deal when the cap goes you get a couple bargain years. My god, different GM dame asinine decisions. The fact that these people get paid 7 figures to make these decisions is laughable. The level of incompetence that this organization has sustained for as long as they have is astounding I don’t think 750K added to this gets anything long term with Nurse. I have to side with Holland on this one. It gives wiggle room to make a push next season and an even bigger one the year after. If by all accounts his iron clad comparable is Josh Morrisey who signed an EIGHT year deal at $6.25M/yr just 5 months ago then how the hell do you sign Nurse for a deal that only saves you 750K for only 2 yrs that walks him right to unrestricted free agency!?!? This deal is so mind boggling stupid I can’t even begin to describe it

I think Nurse may have an inflated idea of what he's worth. If he is saying he wants something around 7.5M long term or he's just gonna go to arbitration on his way to UFA, this is basically the compromise you have to make. He would get 5.6 in arbitration I bet, but then in arbitration you have to insult Nurse to argue why he's not worth X dollars and you poison the relationship.

[Updated on: Sun, 09 February 2020 21:01]

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

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- MacT, 2015

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