Darnell Nurse #25, Edmonton Oilers Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports
On Friday, August 6th, the Edmonton Oilers and Darnell Nurse came to terms on a massive 8 year, $74 million contract extension ($9.25mil AAV) that’ll see Nurse locked up until the 2030 offseason.
This is quite a massive increase in pay from his recent 2-year bridge deal that saw him paid just 5.6 million per year and is another in a parade of massive contracts that have been given out to top-pairing defensemen around the league in recent weeks (Seth Jones, Zach Werenski, Dougie Hamilton, Miro Heiskanen, etc).