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Originally Posted by savemedrzaius
You guys are letting your Oilers bias cloud your judgement. Nurse is already a Top 4 dman with the tools to become a top pairing one.
Every time I watched an Oilers game last season he was one of the few players who would always stand out in a good way.
He is going to get huge money in 2 years though.
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He will get more money in 2 years, but he is a long way from being a legitimate top pairing defenseman.
Watch him make an outlet pass like a true top pairing defenseman.
It doesn't happen.
He has legitimate tools, he's athletic, and can skate, but he doesn't put it all together like a true top pairing defenseman. He may develop into a solid shut down defenseman, and Oiler management and fans are already blowing smoke up his butt that he is a top pairing, so he has no where to improve.
If they wanted a true top pairing defenseman, then he should have spent more time in the AHL to improve his ability to execute like a top pairing defenseman against weaker competition.
They didn't do that.