Oil Country Rising
Rejoint: juill. 2018
Messages: 585
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Honestly, I don't want to move Nurse.
I understand there are idiots in every fanbase, ours is no different.
For YEARS we've dreamt of legit defensemen who are drafted and developed by the Oilers, hitting their stride with the Oilers, playing their prime with the Oilers.
For YEARS we've mismanaged assets and traded them away just before they actually make their mark, or rushed them too quick and destroyed their confidence.
When I first followed hockey, admittedly, I joined the witch hunt.
"Trade Petry, he sucks, he wants more money, he's never gonna be worth it." Then he turned out to actually be a pretty good option on the top 4 while the Oilers would struggle to find a serviceable d-man to replace him with. Overpaid has-beens, overhyped euro's, NHL salary making AHL fodder.. straight trash.
Then came Schultz, rushed in, way in over his head, asked to carry the world on his shoulders and when he couldn't out came the torches and pitchforks. "Trade Schultz, he's trash, he's a fraud, rather have a bag of pucks." This time though, I saw that it was the same morons preaching the same BS all over again. Now look, a sheltered season and a half later, he's a 50pt dman with 2 cups. Was he the sole reason for those chips? No, but he certainly was a big help.
Now we have Nurse. Still young and raw by NHL standards at 24, forced to play tougher minutes due to lack of options. He's improving, but apparently if he can't bring us a cup before he turns 25 we should get rid of him. Oh he asked for 8M in a pre-covid, pre-flat cap world? That's how negotiations work, you clowns.
To be honest, if we do end up trading him away, he's going to develop into what he's supposed to be and we'll be left scratching our heads as to why we ran him outta town to begin with. Cue finger pointing, "fire the GM" billboards or whatever..
Onto the next witch hunt though eh? Broberg and Bouchard are running out of time, only 4 years til the "cup or bust" deadline by some of my clown-ass Oiler "fan" brethren.
Rant over.