| Nurse asks for trade [message #852517] |
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 Skookum Jim
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JPro
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Let's go Ken Holland! You believed he was worth this price before!
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Skookum Jim
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| JPro wrote on Thu, 11 June 2026 15:16 |
Let's go Ken Holland! You believed he was worth this price before!
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SJ and Phi both have ridiculously low slary caps next year.. both could take Nurses contract at full price and not even blink..
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Rutuu
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Do we have to pay to get rid of him? At $6.5m he's not as bad as at $9.25m...still four years left, but on the open market he's likely in that $5.5 - $6.5m range.
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Skookum Jim
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| Rutuu wrote on Thu, 11 June 2026 15:33 |
Do we have to pay to get rid of him? At $6.5m he's not as bad as at $9.25m...still four years left, but on the open market he's likely in that $5.5 - $6.5m range.
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I'd try and unload him at full price.. there are some teams that need to make the cap floor... whatever they do they can't do a Lucic/Neal type of idea.. taking back anothe rbad contract and hoping the guy coming back is going to have some miraculous rejuvination as an Oiler.. get teh 9,25M and use it extra smartly.. and like a scrooge.
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smyth260
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This seems like “you don’t dump me I dump you” energy.
Clean house or bust
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Kr55
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| smyth260 wrote on Thu, 11 June 2026 19:34 |
This seems like “you don’t dump me I dump you” energy.
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Wonder if Nurse is expecting teams that he is gifting a spot on his 3-5 team list will be rushing to the chance to get him.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Mullet
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This is positive news. I didnt think we would be ablel to dump/trade nurse with McD here as they are buds. Thankfully both sides can move on. Lets hope Bowman doesnt blow this trade as well.
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Kr55
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Ken Holland, please call Bowman
Ken Holland, please call Bowman
Ken Holland, please call Bowman
Ken Holland, please call Bowman
Ken Holland, please call Bowman
Nightly prayer.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Kr55
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Bleed Oil Blue @BleedOilBlue
According to Elliotte Friedman, Oilers Darnell Nurse's preference would be a move to the Eastern Conference, and not to another Canadian team.
If a Western Conference destination is in play, the Los Angeles Kings appear to be a possibility.
Friedman adds there is legitimate interest around the league, and believes a hockey trade will ultimately get done.
Nurse having a good run with Murphy and being decent at the Worlds probably helps us out here. Still many GM's out there that value size and fitness to play lots of minutes over anything else.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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tardigrade81
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I’ll take a bag of pucks for him!
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Jay
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Hopefully Bowson doesn't blow this one. I mean there's no way he can do any worse than the Skinner trade right?
Right?
I will say I hope Nurse gets cheered when he come back here. Can't really question that he gave it his all for this team for a long time.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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Kr55
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| Jay wrote on Fri, 12 June 2026 20:06 |
Hopefully Bowson doesn't blow this one. I mean there's no way he can do any worse than the Skinner trade right?
Right?
I will say I hope Nurse gets cheered when he come back here. Can't really question that he gave it his all for this team for a long time.
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It would be very hard to find a worse cap situation for a dman than Nurse for us to trade for. Skinner's low cap hit made it easy for Bowman to screw his trade up.
I suppose we could do something like:
From Oilers: Nurse (30% retained) + 1st + Howard
From Florida: Seth Jones (nothing retained)
Kind of a Nurse version of the Skinner trade.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Jay
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| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 13 June 2026 13:19 |
| Jay wrote on Fri, 12 June 2026 20:06 |
Hopefully Bowson doesn't blow this one. I mean there's no way he can do any worse than the Skinner trade right?
Right?
I will say I hope Nurse gets cheered when he come back here. Can't really question that he gave it his all for this team for a long time.
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It would be very hard to find a worse cap situation for a dman than Nurse for us to trade for. Skinner's low cap hit made it easy for Bowman to screw his trade up.
I suppose we could do something like:
From Oilers: Nurse (30% retained) + 1st + Howard
From Florida: Seth Jones (nothing retained)
Kind of a Nurse version of the Skinner trade.
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That makes sense. Don't want to get too cute with it. Besides no one else will give a 1st.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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Skookum Jim
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| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 13 June 2026 12:19 |
| Jay wrote on Fri, 12 June 2026 20:06 |
Hopefully Bowson doesn't blow this one. I mean there's no way he can do any worse than the Skinner trade right?
Right?
I will say I hope Nurse gets cheered when he come back here. Can't really question that he gave it his all for this team for a long time.
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It would be very hard to find a worse cap situation for a dman than Nurse for us to trade for. Skinner's low cap hit made it easy for Bowman to screw his trade up.
I suppose we could do something like:
From Oilers: Nurse (30% retained) + 1st + Howard
From Florida: Seth Jones (nothing retained)
Kind of a Nurse version of the Skinner trade.
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I think we can do better than that.. (not sure about Stanley) .. Nurse has value.. he's got the required peripherals.. just needs a better CPU running at a higher speed .. maybe just needs a different O/S .. which another team or coach could provide him.. as long as a few teams beleive this as well.. then we could and should get a decent return.. with minimal cap retention if any.. if we want you can even take back a guy with $2M salray and bury him in Bako and take $1.225M off the cap hit..
Cap Hit = (Salary - ($850+350)K = (Salary - 1.225)
So a team can take Nurse's 9.25 cap minus the $2M player sent back to Oil = Nurse at $7M ..
Oil save (-9.25M + 0.775M) = -8.475M
Lots of possibilities..
Guess we'll see Bowman's abilities as a GM .. he been a massive dissappointment until now, hopefully those other "5 AGM's" can point him in th eright direction.. or more likely.. point him in 5 different directions..
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