McKenzie: "Nurse negotiations are not going well at all" (Oilers offer 2 year deal)

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[admiralcadillac]

Nurse for Pacioretty

Let another team figure out what both want

 

[Yukon Joe]

Well, why would you attend camp without a contract? You're both giving away your only leverage, and you're risking injury with no contract to protect you?

 

[Starat327]

Well, why would you attend camp without a contract? You're both giving away your only leverage, and you're risking injury with no contract to protect you?

Someone's gonna come in and give you the riot act about being 'a team guy'and having 'not earned' the right to do this. Wait for it.

 

[Strait2thecup]

Sounds pretty reasonable to me

 

[Captain Controversy]

Nurse will be signed in the next week

 

[Claypool]

Well, why would you attend camp without a contract? You're both giving away your only leverage, and you're risking injury with no contract to protect you?

Dylan Larkin played in the World Championships without a contract.

 

[north49er]

Suffering from a case of Troubaitis.

 

[ottawa]

No shit, captain obvious. You'd have to be dumb to risk getting injured without any financial security.

 

[PensandCaps]

Wtf are the Oilers doing? Alienating your best Dman isn't smart....give the guy his money.

 

[ottawa]

Wtf are the Oilers doing? Alienating your best Dman isn't smart....give the guy his money.

Chiarelli...need I say more?

 

[joestevens29]

Probably also worth mentioning that he is skating with about 14 other Oilers and just last week expected to see a contract done. Really don't see this as much of a situation right now.

Have to think things changed when there was some additional cap space due to Sekera getting hurt. Maybe looking at a deal that we couldn't have looked at until that news came out

 

[ManofSteel55]

Wtf are the Oilers doing? Alienating your best Dman isn't smart....give the guy his money.

He wants long term. They see that he has a ton of room to grow so want a bridge. Happens every summer. Not worried at all...yet.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Isn't this standard for unsigned RFA's? I don't expect Nylander at camp before he's signed either.

 

[Whileee]

Wtf are the Oilers doing? Alienating your best Dman isn't smart....give the guy his money.

Oilers already gave a bunch of his money to Lucic and Russell.

 

[belair]

Wtf are the Oilers doing? Alienating your best Dman isn't smart....give the guy his money.

We're not alienating Adam Larsson.

Nurse is going to sign a bridge deal in the next week. This is a non story.

 

[Schenn]

Obviously. Has a player attended camp in the last 20 years without a contract? And I'm not talking PTO's and the like.

 

[muzion]

Dylan Larkin played in the World Championships without a contract.

and it was a dumb thing to do...

 

[PensandCaps]

We're not alienating Adam Larsson.

Nurse is going to sign a bridge deal in the next week. This is a non story.

Oilers would be much smarter locking up Nurse long term.

He's Only gonna get better and better.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Oilers would be much smarter locking up Nurse long term.

He's Only gonna get better and better.

Depends on what he's asking for. If he wants 8 million long term, he hasn't proven to be worth anywhere near that. I'd agree though, if he would sign a long term deal at Klefbom and Larsson's cap hit, then the Oilers would be dumb to turn that down. I'm guessing that he wants 4.5 on a bridge or 6.5 long term. I take the bridge in that case because if his offensive output never picks up, he isn't going to get much more than the 4.5 in the future. Nurse is an interesting case in that he has all the tools to be a star except for one or two - his passing, and his shot. Unfortunately, if he doesn't improve those two, he will never be the elite player that gets the huge payday.

Of course, there is the risk that he lights it up for 50 points this year and becomes an 8+ million dollar player for his next contract.

 

[rynryn]

not the first or last time this will happen. NBD. I'm sure he feels he has plenty of leverage regardless--good young D, a lot of potential yet untapped, and Oilers should be reluctant to see him off and further delay a rebuild or whatever it is now. Not saying the Oilers should go nuts with the contract if Nurse is starting as far off as Trouba is from reasonable, but from Nurse's viewpoint he probably has a strong case for getting paid more than he technically deserves right now.

 

[belair]

Oilers would be much smarter locking up Nurse long term.

He's Only gonna get better and better.

The Oilers don't have the cap flexibility for that this year. And every dollar saved this year is much more valuable to the team than the ~1/2 mil he might end up with down the road if we have to sign him in two seasons. Unless he hits 40 points in the next couple of years, the Klefbom, Larsson and Hanifin deals will all put a reasonably strong limit as to how much he can realistically get on his next deal.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Who the hell goes to work for free?

 

[Sweetpotato]

He'll be bridged before camp, book it.

 

[joestevens29]

Depends on what he's asking for. If he wants 8 million long term, he hasn't proven to be worth anywhere near that. I'd agree though, if he would sign a long term deal at Klefbom and Larsson's cap hit, then the Oilers would be dumb to turn that down. I'm guessing that he wants 4.5 on a bridge or 6.5 long term. I take the bridge in that case because if his offensive output never picks up, he isn't going to get much more than the 4.5 in the future. Nurse is an interesting case in that he has all the tools to be a star except for one or two - his passing, and his shot. Unfortunately, if he doesn't improve those two, he will never be the elite player that gets the huge payday.

Of course, there is the risk that he lights it up for 50 points this year and becomes an 8+ million dollar player for his next contract.

I would be fine with that. 50 points with what he brings would mean we found our #1 d-man. I just hate to give him 8 years at 6.5mil and he ends up never putting up more points than he already has. Keep in mind Larsson had 24 points in 64 games and then signed his long-term deal. Nurse 26 points in 82 games this year is now looking for that long-term deal.