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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
If the Oilers are firm at paying him $3 million, then to "screw" them, you'd have to offer sheet Nurse at over $4 million, and that will cost you a first and third rounder.
Would I trade a first and a third for Nurse? Nope.
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I think that is pretty fair value to be honest. Not really a big Nurse fan but the guy had a good season last year. He was 2nd on the team playing 22 minutes per game, put 26 points, highest d-man on the team at +15, and played against the other teams top lines most of the time. Still only 23 years old and was always considered a bit of a project.
If you were a team that was a contender that was interested in Karlsson (Tampa, Vegas, Dallas) and you end up losing those sweepstakes, then a 1st and a 3rd for Nurse could be an option. Not nearly the same quality of player or impact but will be a much cheaper (both in acquisition cost and salary) option.
If I'm Vegas and I think I'm out on Karlsson. Then I look at Schmidt being out for 20 games, plus the fact I have 6 picks in the first 3 rounds this year...giving up a 1st and a 3rd and signing Nurse to something like 5 years @$4.5M per season seems pretty reasonable.
Plus Oilers will be in cap hell for the foreseeable future - so not like they are going to be able to respond with their own offer sheet.