Keep that contract FAR AWAY from this team!

Absolutely not

I wouldn't dismiss this as fast as some others seem to be. Id give it real thought if the Oilers retained 875,000 to make the salary even. Obviously Rielly would never allow this to happen. But i don't think the idea is that outlandish.

I can’t see the leafs even considering this, to be honest. Rielly is better than Nurse, so the value is way off. I can’t see the Leafs giving up Rielly, especially since he’s been on the team for so long and a big part of their leadership. He’s worn the A here since 2016.

This is mostly because Dubas LOVES his former Soo Greyhounds.
Reilly is from Western Canada and Nurse is from Eastern Canada. Kinda just seems like a good match both ways. Edmonton would probably retain 875000 to make the money work, but they wouldn't also take Holl.

My thoughts are that Rielly is pretty one dimensional. With the team looking like they are going to be going with 5F PP more often his points are going to be going down. Nurse could bring the physical presence that Muzzin brought which is desirable. He isn't worth 9M for the next 8 years but i don't think Rielly is going to be worth 7.5 over the next 8 years either. This whole trade proposal is pretty nuts and we cant just trade Rielly after signing him if we want players to sign long term here(not that he would ever waive the NMC to go to Edmonton anyway), but if it was Rielly for Nurse straight up with retention to give them equal AAVs i would think long and hard about it.