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Canada and defence do not go togetherExactly. Because none of the Canadian teams had good defense lol
Canada and defence do not go togetherExactly. Because none of the Canadian teams had good defense lol
Canada and defence do not go together
I don't see how he's pricing his team out of anything. Who else is getting inflated?McDavid pricing his own team out of a cup by making lesser players look better
Come on, man. You're comparing a deal he signed years ago to now?Compare it to the contract he signed coming off ELC that took him through his prime. Clearly one is more discounted than another and one will be much better value than another. Why is that if there's no difference between RFA and UFA?
Also a very defensive forward group, and they immediately got exposed against a true contender...Montreal rode stifling defense (and Carey Price cheat codes) to the Cup Finals...
You’re completely missing the point as an Oilers homer, but ok
Keith's prime coundn't dream of having the drive, intensity and bite Nurse does, Nurse is a bull with skill and keith is the China shop lol
Also a very defensive forward group, and they immediately got exposed against a true contender
You have no idea what hockey is, so that’s fine too.Ok so you have no clue what advanced stats actually do / are, which is fine.
Come on, man. You're comparing a deal he signed years ago to now?
Vegas has no finish, this was an issue for years with them now...no, they beat Vegas with the same stifling defense...
Completely agree. I don't think Nurse is worth 9.25, 8 million would have been more ideal but not realistic based on recent signings and to get him to commit 8 years to Edmonton. I really could care less what the completely dependent on analytics crowd thinks about any player. I almost never agree with their ideas on any players. There are so many factors that affect a players performance. They can think what they want but anyone that thinks Matt Pelech is better then Nurse is out to lunch. I also think paying any 20 point defensive d-man playing on a great defensive team almost 6 million a season for 8 years is beyond terrible.
So the contenders in the league are TB and......?Vegas has no finish, this was an issue for years with them now
How is Nurse worth 9.25 AAV WOW
I dont get it
I don't disagree. No one would have called him a #1dman last year.Prior to this season was Nurse considered a #1 by anybody? He needs to prove it over a full season in a real league.
How much would McDavid’s pad cost in NY? California?
I think the tax thing gets blown out of proportion.
I’ve lived in Calgary and Houston, I had about the same amount of money left over at the end of the month in both places.
Don’t believe the hype about “No State Tax”!! Trust me they get you one way or another.
I pay $2800/month in property tax. It’s ugly!!
Katz is more like a child hood owner assembling a team of guys he watched growing up, no real hockey sense just big namesI don't blame Holland on this one, I blame Daryl Katz. Lowkey is one of the worst owners in the NHL.
We'd be saying Chiarelli, but I think it's really Daryl Katz who runs everything within the Oilers that isn't appreciated.
Of course... its always good planning to operate over the cap in the red and count on that LTIR cushion. Hopefully Edmonton doesn't have any injuries or have to pay any bonuses.
What do you think Yamo will get? $2M? $2.5M?
All I'm saying is that the team doesn't have much of a cushion, and it won't get any better next year with this latest signing, which usually is not good for any team or GM and Holland has put the team back into cap hell with no room to maneuver.
You can disagree all you want and say everything is going according to plan but most won't believe you.
?Still not a single person saying what they would have done at this point in time instead, except "wait til next year on the off chance he sucks and try to lowball him". Which is a different way of saying let him walk.
So, you're the GM of the Edmonton Oilers, the team battling it out for Winnipeg and Columbus for hardest place to get impact free agents. You decide to heroically lose Nurse rather than overpaying him. McDavid and Drasaitl have 4 and 3 years left at their contracts, and both get more than a little peeved because he's both their BFF and the guy holding the defense together. What do you do?
"i WoUlDnT bE iN tHiS pOsItIoN CuZ iM sMaRt DuRr" is not an acceptable answer
I count myself proud amongst them!You're not wrong, most posters on HF don't know shit either.