{"id":55211,"date":"2019-08-30T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=55211"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:03:24","slug":"nhl-rumours-edmonton-oilers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/08\/30\/nhl-rumours-edmonton-oilers-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, and CBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday’s edition of NHL rumours takes a look at a pair of Edmonton rumours. As well, staying in Canada with the Jets and then an overlook at the league of a whole. Today we take a look at the Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, Winnipeg Jets<\/a>, and NHL CBA. Tune in every day for more rumours.<\/p>\n

NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/h3>\n

Nurse<\/h4>\n

Rumour: We start NHL Rumours in Edmonton where The Athletic’s James Willis<\/a> takes a look at how much Darnell Nurse<\/a><\/strong> may make on his next contract. His conclusion is that a likely option may be to sign a longer-term deal that looks like the Mathew Dumba<\/a><\/strong> or Esa Lindell<\/a> <\/strong>contract.<\/em><\/p>\n

Analysis<\/em>: These two contracts were five years and six years at $6 million or just under it. Nurse’s number may come in a bit higher if the agent chooses to look at the percentage of cap. However, this seems like a reasonable enough deal. Nurse is not a clear number one guy by any means but he is a solid defenceman. He would help out just about any teams defence core and is the ideal second pair type guy.<\/p>\n

Edmonton doesn’t need to sign Nurse to a new deal for another year but they should start thinking about it soon enough. They currently have 2.4 million dollars in cap space and are projected to have roughly 24 million dollars next year<\/a>, depending on if the cap goes up or down. They have nine UFA’s and four RFA’s coming off the books next year so they need to spend wisely. Nurse is the most important piece out of all of them.<\/p>\n

Deciding how they use the cap space going forward is going to be key for an Edmonton team that has found nowhere near as much success as they would hope to have had by now.<\/p>\n

Puljujarvi<\/h4>\n

Rumour: Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman also joined NHL Network<\/a> and talked about a potential return for Jesse Puljujarvi<\/a><\/strong>. He says that they are asking for some kind of package that revolves around a player and a pick. He also mentions that two teams they have had lots of talks with are the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> and the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What is it going to take for Edmonton to move Jesse Puljuj\u00e4rvi? @FriedgeHNIC<\/a> joined #NHLTonight<\/a> with the latest. pic.twitter.com\/J27ZhQa3ng<\/a><\/p>\n

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