I'm sorry, I must have dozed off and missed when Nurse won the Norris...
He is, at his absolute best, a number 4 d-man. Ethan Bear is a 3rd pair guy. Yes, the Coilers have played him an average of 20 minutes a night but really... did they have a choice? The D in Shelbyville is horrendous. When you have nothing but bad options, you through out a bad option time after time. His ice time shouldn't be used as an indication of anything other than the lack of quality options in Edmonton.
There is no way I would trade Monahan straight up for Nurse, nor would anyone outside of Edmonton. There is no way I would trade RA for him straight up.
As other's have said, Nurse is Dion without the offense which makes him... pretty much crap.
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