Some notes about this chart, the left numbers are averages of his last 3 years. He is being measured against 2nd pair quality D as well, so even though he's a 9.25M he is being measured relative to 2nd pair guys that mostly make half or less than he does, and he's still at ~25% this season.

Pretty confident saying this is Nurse's worst season of his career. Lost trust of coaches to be on the 1st PK (and his PK stats completely justify this, they are awful). Brutal performance with almost everyone. Playing weaker comp now, but still can't defend against it. His puck transporting ability is barely on display anymore to assist breakouts.

Most of his offense is him just becoming a winger and camping out deep in the offensive zone now and then when he is in the mood. Because those events are so rare and sporadic, Nurse's overall offensive analytics are in the tank. Lots and lots of bad stuff happening in our end this year with Nurse on the ice and he does not help push things the other way.

If Bowman didn't destroy our D depth, Knob would probably be playing Nurse on the 3rd pair by now.

[Updated on: Thu, 26 February 2026 00:19]

"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