MoontoScott
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The Oilers were linked to Kuemper for over a year. With Arizona showing willingness to take on salary for picks (2nd round picks!), there seemed to be an avenue to flush Koskinen with a first rounder to land Kuemper. Instead of jumping in early within this dumping window, Holland opted to wait out Arizona on the cost. When the goalie carousel stopped the price went up and Colorado assertively and quickly addressed their issue. Opportunity lost.
The Nurse signings will have some implications.
-If Puls wants a huge raise to stick around after this season then he may be disappointed. I don't see how he comes in under the 2022-23 cap (with a substantial hike) which now looks like it stands at around 83M for the Oilers--even after the Klef LTIR move.
-At 8 years it also impacts what you can pay the 3 up and coming D-men as they (hopefully) emerge to top 4 status. Ditto for a #1 goalie--I can't see gigantic bucks being spent there.
-Well interesting times in the NHL but that's the going rate for #1 D-men. As recently as a year ago some people on the thread were calling Nurse a bust--hopefully last year was a true indicator of ability.
-At the end of the day its Katz's money to do with as he pleases. I'm sure he had to ok this contract.