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Re: Review: Colorado @ Edmonton (Game #41) [message #816270 is a reply to message #816265 ]	Mon, 09 January 2023 08:20

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Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 09 January 2023 02:18

Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Sun, 08 January 2023 14:18

This Nurse hate is stupid. I guess Oiler fans have deduced the biggest problem with this team is the guy leading in both plus minus and ice time. He's still our best defenseman. He isn't even having a bad year. On pace to match his career high in points. Munching minutes every night against the other teams top lines. Doesn't matter though. Any mistake he makes goes under the microscope and the good gets ignored. No wonder good free agents don't want to play in that dump. Toxic fans.

I doubt Nurse reads Oilfans, so little risk any comments ever written here ran anyone out town. Oilers don't have toxic fans.
And if he did read it, if he were honest, he should agree with most of the criticism leveled. I couldn't care less about his points, its the GA's and defensive zone giveaways, simple defensive awareness that's at the core of his problems, and by extension, the Oilers winning percentage.
Contrary to popular opinion, no one "hates" Nurse, some just think he's playing crap hockey, which he is, he's not the only one, most of the defensemen are, but he's supposed to be the No.1 d-man, and wears an "A", plays the most minutes, hence the focus of criticism.

I would argue that every fan base has toxic fans. My co-worker is one of them, and I regularly ask him why he cheers for the Oilers.

I agree that Nurse will likely never read a page of Oilfans, although he should as we put up consistent GOLD. This is a general statement and not directed at anyone in particular, although a few people might recognize themselves in this statement, but many of the comments are NOT constructive or fair. "He's a bum", "Overpriced boat anchor", etc. Those comments are hyperbole, and people who are not critical thinkers just accept these statements to be true. Theses comments start on a forum, or Twitter and eventually when repeated enough they leak out into the general public and people start to believe this crap. Then you have some 12 year old kid who hears his Dad say this enough and starts to pump the message out to his buddies.

Nurse has warts in his game. He is still our best d-man and he is overpaid (not his fault). I am not sure if this is Darnell's ceiling, but if it is, then Holland needs to bring in better players to support the blue line. The 9.25 is a few million too much, but that a GM's job to work around bad contracts. Especially if the GM signed that deal.

My two cents.

Fans can vent, but I would never say anything about an athlete I would not say to their face.

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