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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Oilers management is pure buffoonery, so the Nurse example can be ignored.
Jones is an almost but not quite elite defenseman, probably overpaid by 1.5M-2M per year.
I'm not convinced that Weegar is an elite defenseman. I would love to be proven wrong on this, but 8x $7M or above would be a crazy risk unless he proves to us this season that he is elite or close to.
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The team doesn’t really have that luxury - they acquired Weegar because they thought he was a 1st pairing defender.
Weegar has 90 Norris votes in the last two years.
His underlying numbers are great. He generates almost all his offense 5v5. He’s entering the prime of his career.
Gamble with an overpayment, not with losing the player.