Player Discussion Darnell Nurse Contract Discussion 2
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joestevens29
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I rather have 1 year. If he's going to continue to get better, one year probably gives us a better chance at a lower number long-term. 2 years of Nurse improving could result in the 7mil contract
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2 yr works better since we cant afford to pay Nurse big money until we offload Russell AND Sekera. Buying one of them out with 1 yr left on deal is a lot easier than with 2yrs left. Nurse, Klefa, Larsson, Bouchard is the future. Hope one of Jones\Bear\Benning pan out.
if this is negotiations with Nurse now, imagine how bad it's going if he improves as a player and has leverage.
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Probably easier. Nurse thinks he's a #3 and wants to be paid that way. Oilers hope he's that but don't want to pay that yet
I’m thinking next contract he’s gonna want top pairing dollars and will be arbitration eligible. Assuming he progresses, that next contract will be pricey.
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Next negotiation will be easier in the sense that it will get done a lot quicker. He will either play up to a level of being worth it or he won't.
If he does you pay that man his money and find a way to make it work.
If he does you pay that man his money and find a way to make it work.
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Exactly. If he proves he is more than a second pairing Dman then he gets paid as such. If his play doesn’t improve much from what it was last season then he doesn’t get paid much more than this contract.
Strome was paid market value.
Russell was paid market value for too long with a NMC.
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I'm sure he would.
I would think that a 1 year contract is a non starter for the Oilers.
Where's this assumption that Nurse 'deserves' a long-term deal? He doesn't. He's had one very good stretch of games where he's looked like a legitimate top four defenseman. A bridge deal gives him the opportunity to prove his worth over the next two seasons and actually earn the long-term deal. It also gives the Oilers the opportunity to play through the contracts of two veteran defensemen in Sekera and Russell and potentially replace them with internally developed players.
I don't think at any point the Oilers were looking at a long-term deal with Nurse. It was going to be bridge deal all along.
I don't think at any point the Oilers were looking at a long-term deal with Nurse. It was going to be bridge deal all along.
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what is his leverage? if he wants 1yr deal then he might have to take 1M. Even with arbitration he cant command much more than Morrissey.
His leverage is the Oilers D is a gongshow even when he's in the lineup and a tire fire without him.
I expect he'd get $5M easy from an arbitrator.
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oXo Cube
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Correct. This is an outcome that Chiarelli simply can't have happen. We won't be ready to add that contract next summer.
Even if it means Darnell misses some games and the Oilers lose them.
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His value isn’t based on how crappy the Oilers would be without him, it’s based on other players salaries that are comparable to him.
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according to Rishaug, this is more about money, and less about term because he wouldn't miss camp over "term"
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