{"id":772057,"date":"2026-06-30T23:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772057\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:08:22","slug":"pagnotta-flyers-want-oilers-to-retain-near-3-million-in-nurse-seeler-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772057\/","title":{"rendered":"Pagnotta: Flyers want Oilers to retain near $3 million in Nurse-Seeler swap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> seem to be at a standstill, with reports indicating they want\u00a0Nurse to expand his three-team trade list of Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.Dave Pagnotta of\u00a0The Fourth Period is indicating that Anaheim<\/a> and San Jose have not mentioned retention in their trade offers to Edmonton, but so far, Nurse hasn\u2019t opened up the list of teams he\u2019s willing to go to.\u00a0With the original list, the Oilers wouldn\u2019t be gaining much cap space if that\u2019s what they value most in a trade.<\/p>\n

Pagnotta believes so far for Nurse, it\u2019s been \u201cPhilly or bust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not freeing up nine million. You\u2019re probably not freeing up five,\u201d Pagnotta said on\u00a0Oilersnation Everyday<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is a deal with Philly with retention of around $2.6 to $3 million, something along those lines. Pittsburgh wanted more. I don\u2019t know the full parameters of that deal. I\u2019ve heard Nick Seeler.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seeler is entering his third year of a four-year contract with a $2.7 million cap hit, according to PuckPedia<\/a>. If the Oilers retained $3 million and took Seeler back, they\u2019d gain $3.55 million in cap space. The 33-year-old is a clear third-pair option who played 80 games with the Flyers last season and put up 10 points.Mason Lohrei rumours emergeBoston Globe reporter Kevin Paul Dupont said on X<\/a> on Tuesday morning that the Oilers and Bruins were discussing a deal around defenceman Mason Lohrei.<\/p>\n

\u201cMurmurings during draft weekend out of EDM that Oil could be down for a Nurse-Lohrei swap, with Oil willing to \u2018share\u2019 the difference in AAVs (approx $6M spread),\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI could see Bruins moving from Lohrei\u2019s $3.2M AAV to something around $6.5M AAV for Nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old is a former second-round pick who will finish a two-year contract in 2026-27. He will be a restricted free agent afterwards.<\/p>\n

Anaheim has holes in their blue line with so few NHLers with contracts at the moment. San Jose is also looking to bolster their defensive corps, but are linked to Morgan Rielly as well.<\/p>\n

There could be a push for each team to wait until later this week and see how the start of free agency goes before committing to a trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re pushing Nurse in the Anaheim, San Jose direction,\u201d said Pagnotta. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t worked yet, so we\u2019ll see if there\u2019s any further traction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is motivation on both sides to just get it done relatively soon. I\u2019d be surprised if he\u2019s at camp. I really would. I\u2019d be surprised if this goes into August. I\u2019m a little surprised this hasn\u2019t already happened,\u00a0to be honest\u2026For now it\u2019s Philly or bust, unless he changes his mind for the Ducks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Menzies is an Oilersnation columnist and co-host of PreGaming and Oilersnation After Dark. He\u2019s also been the play-by-play voice of the Bonnyville Pontiacs in the AJHL since 2019. With seven years of news experience as the Editor-at-Large of Lakeland Connect in Bonnyville, Menzies collects vinyl, books, and stomach issues. Follow him on X at Menzies_4<\/a>.\u00a0PRESENTED BY THE DAILY FACEOFF FREE AGENCY SPECIAL\"\"<\/a>Daily Faceoff is your Free Agency Headquarters! Big moves. Breaking news. Instant analysis. Daily Faceoff is bringing the team together July 1st for a live Free Agency Special featuring Jeff Marek, Tyler Yaremchuk, Carter Hutton, and Dave Pagnotta. Tune in at noon ET on the Daily Faceoff YouTube Channel<\/a> and socials for full coverage as the NHL landscape changes \u2013 with the PuckPedia-powered signing tracker keeping you up to date on every deal as it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers seem to be at a standstill, with reports indicating they want\u00a0Nurse to expand his three-team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-772057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}