{"id":376544,"date":"2026-06-26T23:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376544\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:58:11","slug":"anaheim-ducks-have-serious-interest-in-darnell-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376544\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks have \u2018serious interest\u2019 in Darnell Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim Ducks are interested in Darnell Nurse<\/a>, according to one insider.Dave Pagnotta of\u00a0the Fourth Period says the Ducks<\/a> have expressed \u201cserious interest\u201d in the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> defenceman at 4:58 P.M. on Friday evening, just before the first round of the NHL Draft began.<\/p>\n

Almost all of Anaheim\u2019s defensive corps need new contracts heading into next year, except for Jackson LaCombe. Earlier on Friday, the Ducks traded former second-round pick Olen Zellweger to Buffalo for the 45th overall pick and Anton Wahlberg.<\/p>\n

Edmonton continues to explore Nurse trade options. Multiple sources say Anaheim has expressed serious interest in Nurse.<\/p>\n

Discussions surrounding Nurse have gone hot and cold over the past week, with legitimate interest at the beginning of the week then turning into a bit of a holding pattern.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s believed that the three teams on Nurse\u2019s trade list were the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins. Whether Nurse could agree to terms on a trade to the Western Conference is unknown.<\/p>\n

Frank Seravalli said on Thursday that unless something significantly changed,<\/a> Nurse wouldn\u2019t get moved by Friday night. But with the start of free agency looming on Wednesday, and the Oilers looking to create more cap space, it makes sense why Edmonton would have urgency to make a deal.TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger said on Insider Trading<\/a> that general manager Stan Bowman is working to get a trade done soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been no headway today,\u201d said Dreger, referencing the trade list.<\/p>\n

\u201cBowman I believe has been grinding the three teams, saying you\u2019re either interested or you\u2019re not interested. What happens next is, Bowman has to circle back to Nurse\u2019s camp and say those three teams aren\u2019t getting it done. There\u2019s no benefit, at least that\u2019s the feel here for both sides, to Darnell Nurse or the Edmonton Oilers dragging this through the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time to get something done is perhaps this weekend. Or soon after July 1st and free agency and work from there. But it might require the player to expand the three team list.\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>.\u00a0Draft Day Coverage Starts Here\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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