GOilers88
#DustersWinCups
- Dec 24, 2016
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I have a hard time with the "core" mentality to an extent. Totally understand why you want to keep players around who your stars want around. But you also have to keep trying to get better, and sometimes hard decisions have to be made. I like Nurse, and think he gets shit on way too much by some, but I'd also consider an essentially get out of jail free card on the long term cap hit and gamble.I will say, it would be very disappointing if McDavid or Draisaitl left because of lack of playoff success, when from what I've heard, they've been pretty adamant about keeping guys they like around. Nurse, Foegele, Ceci are all guys that they really like or have allegedly gone to bat for (in the case of Nurse I think they sign him to that contract regardless). They seem to like keeping "their guys" around, so if you then turn around and say well you didn't make our team competitive enough, that would be tough to swallow.
For that reason I can't see the Oilers ever dumping Nurse, I think they want to win with him. But if Draisaitl is waffling at all on re-signing, then you absolutely do a Nurse+ for Marner deal if that's on the table.
But that's why I'm an EA GM.