Zaddy
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I'm not going to base trading Nurse on a 40 game stretch for a very green Caleb Jones and an aging and coming off 2 serious injuries Andre Sekera.
Well either way you have a really large group on D when everyone is healthy
Klefbom-Larsson
Sekera-Russell
Nurse-Bouchard
Gravel-Jones
Benning
All of these guys except maybe Benning will likely be NHL material players next year. You're probably not gonna get anything of value from Sekera or Russell, if you can even move them with their NTC/NMC's. Meanwhile the Oilers still don't have a single legit top6 winger.
Look, I'm not saying I'd definitely do it, I'm just saying I'd look into it and see what the market has to offer. Of course keeping Nurse and have him continue to grow alongside the rest of our young D would be ideal.
But you also have to wonder who is going to score the goals on the Oilers next year? They were lucky that Chiasson has been such a gem, but it's very unlikely he repeats that type of performance next year. Pulju and Yama have yet to show any semblance to being top6 players in terms of production.
Except for Chiasson and Caggiula (who is currently scoreless in the last 9 games), no wingers on the Oilers have more than 2 goals. Rieder has 0 goals, Lucic 1 goal, Spooner, Khaira, Kassian, Pulju all have 2 goals. The highest scoring forward on the Oilers behind Chiasson and Caggiula is Brodizak, another center, with 3 goals.