Are Darnell Nurse’ days with the Edmonton Oilers numbered? | Oilers Rumors

Are Darnell Nurse’ days with the Edmonton Oilers numbered? | Oilers Rumors

Elliot Freriedman said that the Oilers approached every player with a no movement clause and asked them about their future. That includes Arvidson who was the only one willing to wave. That includes Adam Henrique and that includes Darn Nell Nurse. If the biggest insider on one of the biggest hockey podcasts in the world, 32 thoughts is and listen, Freriedman is not clickbay. Freiedman is not Ecklund. Freriedman does not throw stuff out there with his connections for the sake of going, I wonder what kind of reaction this is going to get. If this is coming out, it’s legitimate. The Oilers went to Darnell Nurse. And I think again, if Elliot is putting his reputation on the line, it’s pretty damn I’d say it’s 95% true. The Oilers went to Darnell Nurse to see if he’d be open to waving. That does not mean they went to Darnell Nurse and said, “Get out.” That does not mean they went to Darnell Nurse and said, “We have a trade. Will you wave to go to Pittsburgh? Will you wave to go to Columbus?” Whatever teams you all want to drum up. But the Oilers are obviously somewhat open to this conversation. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have even asked the question. Yeah. Which I think is actually a pretty positive thing that Stan Bowman’s willing to go down basically every avenue to try and make this team better. And you know, all obviously the whole conversation this summer so far has been like, well, McDavid’s not going to like this move. McDavid’s going to love this move. Like they’re finding every way possible to make this team as great as they can. And if moving 9 and a half million on 925 should probably know it by now off your cap is the way to go about and do it like for all you people that complain like oh they need a goalie they need a goalie moving a $9.25 million contract would definitely help them do that. Uh obviously nurse said no and he has every right to go out and do that but again like I appreciate that Bowman’s willing to ask the question and it just shows like there’s no he has no connection I guess to all these guys right I don’t there’s very few contracts he’s actually signed at this point. most of them just coming this year and what other extensions came off last year. But yeah, I think it’ll be a while before we see someone like Donnell Nurse moved off this roster. And for people saying he was the best defenseman in the cup final, um, strong disagree. His play fell off quite significantly once the playoffs began. Good moments of course, everyone did, but really good regular season by Nurse. Everything after that once you were able to start matching up against him and going night to night against the same guy, if you look at it, he fell off a cliff. Yeah, team team teams expose them. I’m not saying they don’t. And if you want to talk about defenseman who had a good cup final, the list is Bard Wman and that’s it. So, just the short for Giant question is this. Do you think Darnell Nurse finishes out his contract with the Oilers and we’ll put a poll question up as well so uh so people can have their say on it. But Darnell Nurse is signed for 1 2 3 four five more seasons at $9.25 million. as it goes on. I mean, the percentage of the cap that it takes up certainly starts to go down. Um, his trade protection changes by year three. Um, again, it becomes a 10 team no trade list, 10 team no trade list. Well, for the last three years, if you had to take a guess right now, Liam, would you say he finishes out this contract with the Oilers? Uh, no. I don’t I don’t think you will. I know the percentage of the cap is going to change like you said, but still like it’s such a large number. Like even with the cap going up, you can still get two really good players with that three if you really want to push it out. I just think eventually it’s going to get to a point where the Oilers find a younger player that’s just going to be able to do what what he’s able to do. Maybe like Nurse is very unique player and his athleticism and he’s very physical and he has that edge to his game. There’s very few players like him in the league, but eventually it just gets to a point where it’s like you’re not worth that much money. And I like what Nurse has done throughout his time in his in with an Oiler, but eventually it’s just like, okay, you’re not performed in the playoffs year after year. You’re arguably getting worse in some categories of it. You’re having a good bounce by regular season. Like we said, that was really promising. But again, it’s it goes to show that like the regular season can only show you so much about a certain player. Like Evan Bushard is almost the complete opposite, right? Like everyone’s so upset about what he does in the regular season, but as soon as you bring up the playoffs, it’s like, “Oh wow, he’s on the top unit in power play. McDavid and Dad will step up, but you bring up Nurse and it’s like, well, he has to play with Troy Ster. What’s he supposed to do?” He’s like, “Well, no, he gets paid enough to be the guy that’s supposed to drag his line, not be dragged down when his under million dollar partner doesn’t play with him.” So, no, I don’t think he’ll end his career as an Evans Oiler. Yeah, I think I would lean no as well. And I saw someone say, hey, like, you know, wait till he wins a cup and then it’s easier to get rid of him or convince him to go. And I actually think that might honestly be the opposite. I think you might win a Stanley Cup with Darnell Nurse and then be like, or I mean, you might need him to play better to win a Stanley Cup. So maybe these things do go hand in hand to some extent. Um, but like you might win a Stanley Cup this year or the year after and all of a sudden be like, “Ah, it’s only three more years. You’re not going to trade him after you win the cup.” And then, you know, after that there’s two more years left. I don’t know. I I I could see a path to it happening. Like, I’m not sitting here saying it’s a 100% definitive. No, Darnell Nurse does not finish his career with the Edmonton Oilers. Um I I think the door is is open to it and and there’s a pathway to that happening, I should say. Um but I wouldn’t again, gun to my head, Tyler, pick one. I’m probably sitting here and voting no in the polls. What’s up, Nation citizens? If you like that video, then you need to be subscribed to the Oilers Nation YouTube podcast, live shows, exclusive interviews and analysis, everything you need from your favorite voices at Oilers Nation. And you don’t want to miss any of it. So hammer that subscribe button.

After rumors of Darnell Nurse being asked to waive his no movement clause, it got the guys thinking. Could the Oilers actually be looking to move on from Darnell Nurse? While it doesnt seem like it will happen anytime soon it is clearly on the radar.

Today, Tyler and Liam unpacked what Nurse sticking around means for the Oilers’ offseason plans. They discussed how his presence impacts cap flexibility, pairings on the back end, and the potential ripple effects it has on targeting other additions.

Do you see the Edmonton Oilers moving on from Darnell Nurse anytime soon?

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