 RDOilerfan
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I have heard it mentioned when it comes to Nurse's contract and I agree with it. The Oilers rightly or wrongly kicked his contract down the road and bridged him twice. His last one was 2 yrs at 5.6 mill. He grossly outperformed his contracts each year. I find it funny that prior to signing his 5.6 yr deal, there was a rumor he was looking for around 7 on a max term people which many fans lost their absolute minds over. That would have been a fantastic contract. But instead the Oilers kicked the contract down the road once again and normally when you do that, it bites you in the ass because all the money you didn't give him before by bridging him, most of it generally gets paid back. I haven't bothered to look but I can't think of too many times where the team bridged a really good player multiple times and then once it came time to go long term, the money on the long term was team friendly.
I think it was a perfect storm for Nurse and I have heard this mentioned by some media. When Holland took over the team, he thought he had 3 out of 4 of his long term, top 4 dmen in place. Nurse, Klef, Larsson. Klef was signed up until this year on a cheap deal. Nurse was going to come. Larsson was signed. So get 1 more dmen which is doable and you are set as you cruise into McD and Leon's best years. What happens:
Klef gets hurt and is done from hockey forever at 26. He hasn't played a game since the 19-20 season. So you lose a very good, top 4 dmen signed for cheap going into his prime years at 26 just like than.
Larsson's who already lost one of his best friends from the team with Klef being gone, has his dad come over to visit, dies of a sudden massive heart attack in Edmonton. He finished his deal, was going to resign but then decides not to resign because he and his family, especially his mother find it too painful of a memory to be in Edmonton. So boom, you lose 2 top 4 dmem just like that.
Nurses is finally out of bridge options. You deferred money to him twice. There is a massive, short term spike in the Dmen market. He had a great year in the weird bubble hockey year where he was able to rack up points against a bad Ottawa team and a few others. You literally have no leverage now since you just lost 2 top 4 dmen and you can't lose a 3rd. So he gets paid. I would put money down if Klef was still here, Larsson would probably still be here and Nurse's contract would be a lot less because they wouldn't have been as desperate to keep him.
Can't change the past but its nice to see Nurse doing so well and the team poised to go on a big run I hope.
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