Quoting: gretzkyghosts
Well after Dahlin, who do you have? McCabe? Nurse is much better than McCabe. Since the Sabres were willing to give up a first for a young RHD, Montour, I thought they may do the same for a left handed.
OK, that is fine, I like Sekera you do not. What do you think it would take for Gretzky to trade away Sekera? That maybe the better option as you point out. I do not think anyone would give up a first for Sekera the second time around.
I didn't mean to sound rude or make it sound like I have anything really against Sekera. I was just saying that Nurse is better and it would make more sense not to trade him. As for a return to Sekera, you will not get much at all with his contract. He may even be a cap dump. It would be a B-C prospect or low pick of some kind if anything. So in that sense, I see where you are coming from with your idea. I just don't think it is the right move at this time.
As for your other comments and such, I would say that Nurse is better than McCabe, but not by a huge margin. I think Buffalo could look to make a move for a LHD, but I believe that it would actually be a more experienced (maybe including playoffs) or maybe more consistent player.
Overall, I would like the Oilers to make some other moves to build their future, but I personally believe that Nurse could be a part of that future. Unfortunately, we don't have a whole lot of players with trade value...