The Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers had talked about Darnell Nurse and Nic Roy
Zach Laing of Oilers Nation: David Pagnotta, on OilersNation On a regular basis, said that the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers talked a few trade involving defenseman Darnell Nurse and now Colorado Avalanche forward Nic Roy.
“We touched on this after the trade deadline. I’ve mentioned it a number of times. Nurse’s name was on the market the week of the deadline. They offered him as much as at the very least one team; that team said no, that team now has a brand new general manager.
That team probably won’t go in that direction. They didn’t wish to go in that direction before with the previous guy. I can’t imagine latest guy wanting to do this. One among the opposite pieces, a part of that deal that Edmonton was , from what I used to be told, he’s on Colorado immediately.
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“Edmonton spoke to Toronto ahead of the deadline to attempt to make that occur. Obviously, it didn’t. And it was really that close on the time, from what I used to be told. His name was circulating. They spoke to the Leafs; that didn’t occur. We’ll see where that sort of goes.”
Pagnotta added that the Oilers wouldn’t be freeing up Darnell Nurse’s $9.25 million, but lessening the quantity and freeing up some flexibility.
The fee for the San Jose Sharks first-round pick went up, and picking the perfect player available
Max Miller of the Sharks Hockey Digest: The San Jose Sharks moved up from No. 9 to No. 2 within the draft. Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg appear to be the consensus top two picks. Sharks GM Mike Grier said during their exit interviews that he’d be open to trading their first-round pick, but that was back when it was at No. 9. He’d listen now, but the value is clearly much higher now.
“I’m all the time open to listening to what’s on the market, and if people have ideas or thoughts, I’ll listen. We’ll sort of go from there,” Grier said. “I don’t know if it makes it unlikely, however it’s obviously a distinct price tag trading the ninth pick. That’s probably what the a part of the equation that changes.”
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The Sharks are in need of a top-flight defenseman, but Grier said that they’ll pick the perfect player available.
“While you’re picking at the highest of the draft, we all the time attempt to go together with the perfect player available. Really, I don’t think we’re gonna pass if there’s a giant gap between two players or two positions. We’re not going to, you understand, take a player only for need in that situation,” Grier said. “We got to do our homework. We got to dig into it. Most certainly we’ll take who we feel is the perfect fit and the perfect player available.”
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