What to do with Nurse?

[Stoneman89]

As usual, there are fans out there that want to move out a still developing player like Nurse for the next shiny toy. I'm sure it will likely happen with Jones in about 3 years from now.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Nurse is gonna be good down the road for sure. I want to see him get a little nastier. He doesn't have that Chris Pronger edge even though he "models" his game after Pronger.

Sad part is he used to be nasty. I don’t know where that went.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Sad part is he used to be nasty. I don’t know where that went.

The league as a whole has been wussified. Come the postseason when Nurse could really throw his weight around, I suspect that we'll see plenty of mean from him and our other rough and tumble players.

 

[syz]

How long until the "down the road" talk stops? Dude is going to have 300 pro games under his belt by the end of the season.

 

[Cypress]

How long until the "down the road" talk stops? Dude is going to have 300 pro games under his belt by the end of the season.

Not even true. Can only reach 292 by the end of the season. But we better trade him, otherwise how are we going to keep complaining about the defense??

 

[syz]

Not even true. Can only reach 292 by the end of the season. But we better trade him, otherwise how are we going to keep complaining about the defense??

305 if he doesn't miss any games this year, counting playoffs and AHL.

Something important to keep in mind is that a big part of "fixing the defense" is to stop committing money and term to second pairing players. Obviously the Oilers are better with Nurse than without, but if they want to actually be a contending team, some of these guys have to start being upgraded on--especially if Nurse is going to ask above his value again the next time he's in a contract negotiation.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Not even true. Can only reach 292 by the end of season. But we better trade him, otherwise how are we going to keep complaining about the defense??

Really?

 

[SK13]

The biggest reason I'm leaning towards "keep him" is he seems tight with Connor, well liked, brings an interesting mix of ES offense and toughness and probably won't ever be super expensive.

If there's a clear upgrade available and Nurse needs to be part of that, of course you move him. Otherwise, let it rock.

 

[VainGretzky]

Lets run another 23 year old dman who leads the team on D with goals points with limited pp time , you all Nurse haters rush to Rogers starting booing him like Schultz chase him out of town for a magic bean all the while salivatating over Justin garbage Faulk who at the end of this season will be a huge part of the Canes tying the Oilers record of most missed consecutive playoffs .

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Lets run another 23 year old dman who leads the team on D with goals points with limited pp time , you all Nurse haters rush to Rogers starting booing him like Schultz chase him out of town for a magic bean all the while salivatating over Justin garbage Faulk who at the end of this season will be a huge part of the Canes tying the Oilers record of most missed consecutive playoffs .

Calm down it’s clearly the minority (by far) of Oiler fans that dislike Nurse. Jultz was hated by everybody lol.

 

[VainGretzky]

Calm down it’s clearly the minority (by far) of Oiler fans that dislike Nurse. Jultz was hated by everybody lol.

Yea really hated by Pens and their fans , the same Justin Schultz who chose the Oilers over anyteam he Could of chosen the same Justin Schultz who was a huge part in a Cup winning team . The same Justin Schultz that lead to last years Hart winner being traded to find a Right shot Dman , but hey Oiler fans always know best

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Yea really hated by Pens and their fans , the same Justin Schultz who chose the Oilers over anyteam he Could of chosen the same Justin Schultz who was a huge part in a Cup winning team . The same Justin Schultz that lead to last years Hart winner was traded to find a Right shot Dman , but hey Oiler fans always know best

I see you missed the calm down part. Jultz had a fantastic season that one year. Good for him and Pittsburg. I didn’t understand half your post but I’m going to back out of this debate. I’m just saying most Oiler fans like nurse and he’s not going to get booed out of rogers anytime soon.

 

[McNuge]

Nurse isn't going anywhere... He's best buds with the 2 stars on this team. He is our best skating D man, and our biggest. He can anchor a second pairing and play well on the first when needed. But let's go back and run with the Nikitan's and Fayne's of the world. If there was ever a Chia player on this team it is Nurse.

 

[Todd from Leduc]

Nurse isn't going anywhere... He's best buds with the 2 stars on this team. He is our best skating D man, and our biggest. He can anchor a second pairing and play well on the first when needed. But let's go back and run with the Nikitan's and Fayne's of the world. If there was ever a Chia player on this team it is Nurse.

I don’t care that he’s best buds with McDavid and Koski, why does that matter, if Gretz was traded even Nurse could be.

 

[McBooya42]

I don’t care that he’s best buds with McDavid and Koski, why does that matter, if Gretz was traded even Nurse could be.

Yeah...anything you say on here really belongs to the "out to lunch" pile with me. No offense - I just can't take anything you say on here seriously...Do you really think they meant Kostco when talking about his two best buds (stars) on the team? Seriously, can you really be that oblivious about this team?

 

[fuswald]

Yeah...anything you say on here really belongs to the "out to lunch" pile with me. No offense - I just can't take anything you say on here seriously...Do you really think they meant Kostco when talking about his two best buds (stars) on the team? Seriously, can you really be that oblivious about this team?

Nope, not offensive.

 

[Todd from Leduc]

Yeah...anything you say on here really belongs to the "out to lunch" pile with me. No offense - I just can't take anything you say on here seriously...Do you really think they meant Kostco when talking about his two best buds (stars) on the team? Seriously, can you really be that oblivious about this team?

I was the only guy saying they were about to go on a run, I just see the game different from playing it at a high level for many years and from partying with many players and former players.

 

[McDrai]

Nurse is part of the core and is going to be apart of our future top pairing with Bouchard

 

[TB12]

“Hockey IQ” seems to be that new HF buzzword and I see it thrown around with Nurse all too often.

 

[McBooya42]

Nope, not offensive.

I can think of much more offensive things to call someone than oblivious...I would even say that description is factual based on their previous posts...IMO of course.

 

[McBooya42]

I was the only guy saying they were about to go on a run, I just see the game different from playing it at a high level for many years and from partying with many players and former players.

Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

 

[Todd from Leduc]

Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

GO OILERS!

 

[t0nedeff]

“Hockey IQ” seems to be that new HF buzzword and I see it thrown around with Nurse all too often.

The fact remains most d men with high iq can actually create opportunities while in the offensive zone because of their own talent whether its driving the net or holding onto the puck long enough to allow a teammate to set up somewhere for a good opportunity and Nurse has never been capable of that. People who want him traded don't want him traded for peanuts they want him traded for a d man that is capable of what I just said. Nurse got 2 points a couple of games ago on basically dumping the puck into the zone while Mcdavid/Spooner/Larsson did all the work to get the goals and yet somehow people use that as a benchmark for Nurse being offensively gifted.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

I was the only guy saying they were about to go on a run, I just see the game different from playing it at a high level for many years and from partying with many players and former players.

If you've been so involved in the game for so long, you would understand basic things, like junior players cant be called up after being sent down unless their season is over.

 

[MinimaMoralia]

Yea really hated by Pens and their fans , the same Justin Schultz who chose the Oilers over anyteam he Could of chosen the same Justin Schultz who was a huge part in a Cup winning team . The same Justin Schultz that lead to last years Hart winner being traded to find a Right shot Dman , but hey Oiler fans always know best

To be fair, Jultz has been pretty much standard Jultz since that season. Still soft, still half-hearted, still inconsistent.
To paint him as a saint after that one good year is akin to calling Maroon a 25 goal guy after his one good year.