At some point in time, Nurse will be asked or forced to contract some rare disease ala Hossa, and go on LTIR. It's really the only long term solution as the Oilers try and jam cheap puzzle pieces in to try and fit under the cap each offseason.
And, the window is shut, they may not start as poor as last year but they also aren't going to win 16 in a row or whatever it was. If Vancouver has any sort of backbone, the Oilers were done in 6 in R2 and the narrative, even for the most optimistic mouth breather up there, this summer, wouldn't be any chatter of a return to the Cup, it would be hopefully get to the third round and see what happens.
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