The Darnell Nurse Conundrum: Can The Oilers Fix Their Defense?

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by the Edmonton Oilers regarding their defense and the implications of player contracts on their salary cap.

The Edmonton Oilers' defense was exposed in the playoffs, and the massive contracts of Darnell Nurse and Jake Walman are creating a salary cap nightmare

People in this episode

Host: Austin Harrison

Topics covered

• defense
• salary cap
• playoffs
• NHL
• hockey
• contracts

Keywords

• Darnell Nurse
• Jake Walman
• Edmonton Oilers
• defense
• salary cap
• NHL playoffs
• hockey contracts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Edmonton Oilers

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