He could walk on the Oilers then if they can’t come up with a long-term deal for seven or eight years for considerably more than $5.6 mil per season. But Holland, who signed Zack Kassian when he was entering UFA country to a four-year, $12.8 million deal a week or so ago, will roll the dice on Nurse’s UFA status. Sources say Nurse’s camp has absolutely no problem with this two-year deal and the average cap hit because it doesn’t reflect any UFA years. Nurse, who is one of the alternate captains, signed a two-year bridge deal for $6.4 million total in 2018. The Oilers will likely try and get Bear on a bridge contract, maybe two years at $5.5 million.

Source: National Post February 10, 2020 05:37 UTC