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Darnell Nurse

A. Captain

#25

age29

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h6'4"

w216lbs

Depth Chart LD2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$9,250,000$9.25M

Year 3 of 8

22/23

24/25

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 35

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick7

Year2013

Agent Paul Capizzano

Birthdate Feb 4, 1995

Birthplace Hamilton, Ontario

Nationality Canada

Stick Novium Pro

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $54,590,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP40

A14

P18

PPG0.45

PIM26

EV TOI/GM 18.59

G60 0.16

P60 0.97

GF% 55.40

DFF% 54.80

REL DFF% -3.70

CF% 51.30

REL CF% -5.00

2022-2030 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$74,000,000$74.00M

cap hit$9,250,000$9.25M

Darnell Nurse is signed to a 8 year, $74,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $9,250,000 per season, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. His contract was signed on August 6, 2021, and expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, when Nurse will be 35 years old.

Signed On Aug 6 2021

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 11.21%

Signing Status UFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	UFAage 35
AAV	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M	$9,250,000$9.25M
Base	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,400,000$10.40M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,200,000$1.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Total Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,400,000$10.40M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,200,000$7.20M	$7,200,000$7.20M	$7,200,000$7.20M
Minors Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,400,000$10.40M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,200,000$7.20M	$7,200,000$7.20M	$7,200,000$7.20M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out				Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Years 6-8: 10 team No Trade List

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$9,250,000 $9.25M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	40	4	14	18	26	744	55.40	54.80	-3.70	51.30	-5.00	0.16	0.97
2023-24	$9,250,000 $9.25M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	81	10	22	32	79	1,413	50.00	53.80	-5.10	53.10	-3.20	0.30	1.06	Playoffs	25	2	4	6	0
2022-23	$9,250,000 $9.25M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	12	31	43	64	1,524	52.10	53.30	-1.80	51.70	-1.00	0.28	1.22	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	0
2021-22	$5,600,000 $5.60M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	9	26	35	54	1,401	49.60	54.90	4.40	53.70	1.00	0.26	0.86	Playoffs	15	2	4	6	0
2020-21	$5,600,000 $5.60M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	56	16	20	36	57	1,143	55.20	51.30	2.50	50.90	4.30	0.63	1.21	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2019-20	$3,200,000 $3.20M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	5	28	33	48	1,353	46.20	49.60	0.90	48.60	1.50	0.18	1.15	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0
2018-19	$3,200,000 $3.20M	WC	Canada	10	2	2	4	8
2018-19	$3,200,000 $3.20M	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	10	31	41	87	1,556	46.32	45.55	-3.74	46.28	-2.76	0.31	1.04
2017-18	$863,333 $863K	WC	Canada	10	0	1	1	4
2017-18	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	6	20	26	67	1,550	55.20	51.93	1.72	50.23	0.78	0.19	0.93
2016-17	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	44	5	6	11	33	675	50.00	50.99	-1.95	51.85	1.00	0.44	0.80	Playoffs	13	0	2	2	0
2015-16	$863,333 $863K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	69	3	7	10	60	1,176	41.67	44.59	-7.10	44.91	-5.25	0.15	0.31
2015-16	$863,333 $863K	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	9	0	2	2	7
2014-15	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Oklahoma City Barons	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	4	0	4	4	0
2014-15	$894,167 $894K	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	0	1	1	6
2014-15	$894,167 $894K	Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	2	0	1	1	2
2014-15	$894,167 $894K	OHL	Soo Greyhounds	36	10	23	33	58									Playoffs	14	3	5	8	0
2014-15	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	2	0	0	0	0	32	33.33	43.49	-3.72	51.73	3.51	0.00	0.00
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	2
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Oklahoma City Barons	4	0	1	1	0									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
2013-14	$925,000 $925K	OHL	Soo Greyhounds	64	13	37	50	91									Playoffs	9	3	5	8	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	0	0	0	4
2012-13	$0 $0K	OHL	Soo Greyhounds	68	12	29	41	116									Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	0	0	0	14
2011-12	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Canada Ontario U17	5	1	2	3	8
2011-12	$0 $0K	OHL	Soo Greyhounds	53	1	9	10	61
2010-11	$0 $0K	OHL Cup	Don Mills Flyers U16 AAA	7	2	3	5	18									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	CWG	Team Ontario	6	0	2	2	8
2010-11	$0 $0K	OJHL	St. Michael's Buzzers	2	0	0	0	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	GTHL U16	Don Mills Flyers U16 AAA	38	11	18	29	72									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$11,200,000$11.20M

cap hit$5,600,000$5.60M

expiry 2022 UFA age 27

Signed On Feb 9 2020

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.87%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$5,600,000$5.60M	$5,600,000$5.60M	UFAage 27
AAV	$5,600,000$5.60M	$5,600,000$5.60M
Base	$5,600,000$5.60M	$5,600,000$5.60M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$5,600,000$5.60M	$5,600,000$5.60M
Minors Salary	$5,600,000$5.60M	$5,600,000$5.60M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$6,400,000$6.40M

cap hit$3,200,000$3.20M

expiry 2020 RFA age 25

Signed On Sep 17 2018

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.03%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$3,200,000$3.20M	$3,200,000$3.20M	RFAage 25
AAV	$3,200,000$3.20M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Base	$3,200,000$3.20M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$3,200,000$3.20M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Minors Salary	$3,200,000$3.20M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2013-2018 Entry Level Contract

term5yrs

value$4,409,166$4.41M

cap hit$881,833$882K

expiry 2018 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 27 2013

Signing Agent Anton Thun

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.44%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	$863,333$863K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,775,000$1.78M	$1,744,167$1.74M	$1,713,333$1.71M	$1,713,333$1.71M	$1,713,333$1.71M
Base	-	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-	-
Total Salary	-	-	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Darnell Nurse Updates

Jan 14 2025

Nurse recorded an assist, three shots on goal and two blocked shots in Monday's 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Jan 3 2025

Nurse scored a goal on two shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Friday's 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Dec 15 2024

Nurse had two assists, four shots on goal and two hits in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Dec 13 2024

Nurse notched two assists, four shots on goal and a plus-3 rating in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.

Dec 7 2024

Nurse notched an assist, four hits, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Nov 23 2024

Nurse scored a shorthanded goal on four shots and blocked three shots in Saturday's 6-2 win over the New York Rangers.

Nov 23 2024

Nurse (upper body) will play Saturday against the New York Rangers, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports.

Nov 21 2024

Head coach Kris Knoblauch said Thursday that Nurse (upper body) could return for Saturday's game against the New York Rangers, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports.

Nov 18 2024

Nurse (upper body) is expected to be out for about 5-10 days, per Kenzie Lalonde of TSN on Monday.

Nov 18 2024

Nurse (upper body) will not be in the lineup against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, Oilers play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels reports.

Nov 16 2024

Nurse sustained an upper-body injury during Saturday's tilt against the Toronto Maple Leafs and won't return to the game.

Nov 14 2024

Nurse scored two goals, dished an assist, added four hits and went plus-3 in Thursday's 3-2 overtime win over the Nashville Predators.

Nov 6 2024

Nurse logged an assist, two shots on goal and three blocked shots in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Nov 3 2024

Nurse notched an assist, four shots on goal, five hits and four blocked shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Oct 31 2024

Nurse posted an assist, five shots on goal, four hits, three blocked shots, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Nashville Predators.

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