If Darnell Nurse was a winger, it would be like paying a Blake Coleman-type player 9.25M. Considering he's not good at defence... as a defenceman... what's the justification for the extra nearly $5M? Even given the fact that Center and Defence are "premium" positions that call for more salary... $5M? Really?
His career-high is a 50 point pace over 82 games. Every other defenceman with that kind of production and that kind of contract is extremely good defensively. Every other defenceman with that kind of production and that kind of defensive ability is being paid closer to $4-5M.
It's an insane contract. I love it.
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