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Darnell Nurse is once again an enigma wrapped in a conundrum, shrouded in difficult questions for the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final.

Edmonton’s Stanley Cup hopes rest to some large degree on figuring out the riddle of Nurse’s game.

Can they unlocked all he has to bring, which is substantial? Or will he and his coaches squander their opportunity?

This regular season Nurse likely had his best season as a professional, moving the puck well and defending with confidence and aggression.

But he’s now and then struggled mightily in the 2025 playoffs, and at this moment against the Panthers he’s having a super rough patch. In Game 2, especially, he struggled to move the puck, often making unforced icings that locked his team in its own end, not to mention unfor

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