Oilers seem eager to trade Nurse ( at least 1 trade per day) , but sky rocket his value... makes no sense, if he's "so good and young" then keep him...
Nurse going out covers half of it. Toss Spooner off a cliff and there's the rest.
Heinen and Krug for Nurse
What on Earth happened to Heinen? The world’s worst sophomore slump?
Guy’s on pace for like 17 points...
From the Bruins board it seems he overachieved last year. It’s hard to gauge what he is. They also say they have no spot for him.
I’d love to roll the dice on Heinen and Donato but not at Nurse’s expense
The reasons:I am not sure why Edmonton would be trading Nurse...they need to add to their NHL level depth not subtract or make lateral moves. There is no quick fix for it unless they decide to really be idiots and try reshaping the franchise by trading McDavid...well they do have a GM who has a certain rep for trading former high draft picks so....
Nurse for Brandon Saad + Gustav Forsling.
Throw in Fabbri for an add on our side and we have a deal.Dunn for Nurse?
I wouldn't touch thatToffoli for Nurse + Wideman (for cap reasons)?
Toffoli only has one year after this then he's a UFA, so maybe a conditional 2nd if he doesn't re-sign with us. I believe the cap is going up like 4m next season, and likely more after when he's scheduled to become a UFA. I really think we could resign him at like 6.5-7m per or something and make it work within our our cap, and we need a scoring winger like him. Not sure of the Kings' situation on D in terms of younger guys and prospects coming up, though.
But I love me some Toffoli and think he'd be a great fit on either the 1st or 2nd line, so maybe I'm selling Nurse a bit short on this one.
Maybe a bigger deal like Toffoli + Martinez for Nurse and an Oiler forward prospect of the Avs choice (on the condition that Toffoli will re-sign with us for at least another 3 seasons after his deal is up). Oilers would have to include someone like Kassian and Kings retain some salary on Martinez for the cap to work, so it's probably a crazy idea.
I dunno, just throwing it out there. Put the flame throwers down.
It's no secret that the Oilers can't score, we badly need more players that can put the puck in the net. Or to upgrade the D. Nurse has struggled so far this year, and we think Caleb Jones could take his spot and excel next season. Klefbom playing beastly hockey also allows us to explore the market and see what's out there. (We don't need to trade Nurse or particularly want to, this is just to test the market on him and what we could get as a potential return.) Make your offers for Nurse below. (Not interested at all in smaller pieces, don't even bother assembling ****ty packages.)
Examples of moves we should be looking at:
Nurse + pick for Ehlers
Nurse ++ for Petro
Nurse + Pulju + pick for u27 Top 6 Winger + u27 Dman
I like this deal at face value, but Gardiner being an impending UFA worries me. How much is he going to ask for in his next contract? Oilers don't have a lot of cap space to play with, and we're not interested in a rental.Nurse for Gardiner + Kapanen. Get your offensive top 4 D and top 6 winger.
Firstly; i agree Edmonton pssses, but now a question, us Draisaitl less valuable because he plays with McDavid? Your comment on Kapanen is ridiculous. Offensive minded? Yes Kap is a fast sxoring forward, but he has a good 2 way game and produces on whatever line he's been on. He has the speed to keep up with McDavid and would allow your offense to be spread out a bit..which i believe is the premise of the thread.Gross. Zaitsev sucks. Kap's value is inflated playing on an offensive minded Leafs team. And Brown is Toronto's whipping boy for any reason Matthews doesn't produce.