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Originally Posted by Esoteric
Won't Darnell Nurse be playing with the Oilers next year?
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Almost certainly, but more out of lack of other options as opposed to actual 'good reasons.'
Someone has to log minutes so it may as well be him.
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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
As in Edmonton doesn't qualify as "remote craphole"?
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It certainly does but the NHL fatality rate is significantly lower than the KHL's. I guess Edmonton is the 'X-Factor' in that equation.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Derek Smith = 29 years old UFA, 94 career NHL games.
Philip Larsen = 24 years old RFA, 125 career NHL games.
I think Larsen hits them a little harder.
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Especially when you consider who is left.