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Absolutely not. Nurse is now a bonafide #1. No other Oilers' D will require a contract over 6 mil any time soon (if Barrie wants that, the Oil should be letting him go chase money elsewhere). Before his breakout this season I was worried Nurse would get more than say 7 mil. Now, I see 8mil as absolute fair value, especially with so many ELC's likely to feature during Nurse's big contract in support (Bouchard, Broberg, Samorukov etc.), and Klef still really cheap if he comes back (or off the books totally in LTIR).
What the Oil wouldn't be able to afford is tying up 9 mil in Drouin and Chiarot. Why does that make any sense if the suggestion is that Nurse at less than that combined total is "too expensive"?