Value of: Darnell Nurse for Top 6 winger Pre-Expansion Draft

ElPrimeTime

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Looking at the upcoming Expansion draft, if the Oilers wanted to go 7-3-1, are there any teams looking to secure a top 4 LD in exchange for a top 6 winger?

Obviously this contingent on a lot of things happening (Klefbom's shoulder is healed, Caleb Jones shows he's capable of top 4 minutes, Nuge re-signs, Puljujarvi/Benson showcase super skills requiring protection).
 

DropTheGloves

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Nurse is not the guy to trade right now. Even if Broberg continues his upward trajectory, I’m still not comfortable hinging the success of the Oilers D on a teenager and Klefbom.

Only way I’d move him is for an older top three defender signed a year or two longer, but that’s an odd fit unless a team out there is actively rebuilding and are okay with whatever the ask on his next contract will be knowing he‘d be part of their core long-term.
 
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Djp

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Serious question.....what teams have roster space for him in protection?

You might look st team X and say they need a top 4 LD but if they acquire him it means thrm having to expose a different D which needs to be factored in to trade value. By doing that you aren’t going to get back a true top 6 forward in return.

Instead you’d get back a teams 8th F who is exposed that is very good but might be older, high cost, short contract so the team instead wants to protect the U26 F they have.

There might be teams who are looking at going 8 skaters who need a LD to round out their 4 Dmen. On those teams there likrly is a drop off from top F forwards where the rest are about equal and interchangeable so they won’t be hurt by who got picked.
 

780il

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All the offers so far are exactly what I expected - trash

just keep him until Broberg takes the job in the top 4, then you can move on from one of Klef or Nurse.
 

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Who's says anybody is offering them 1 for 1?

I mean the expansion draft makes a mess.

If Bruins go DeBrusk for Nurse straight up, its really DeBrusk + Gryz for Nurse with the expansion draft.

If is better for the Bruins to keep DeBrusk and Gryz and lose Lauzon/Zboril in expansion, or is it better for the Bruins to lose DeBrusk and Gryz but have Nurse and Lauzon/Zboril?

And then take into account Nurse needing a new contract.

Don't see how the Bruins get value with DeBrusk for Nurse even though Nurse > DeBrusk on an island.
 

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