'Brutal play here recently': Oilers insiders with unprecedented criticism of Darnell Nurse

GAME DAY 22: OILERS VS CAPITALS

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse is facing unprecedented criticism just now. But there’s nothing unfair about this heated disapproval. Nurse has never before performed this poorly as an Oiler.

There has long had a large faction of Oilers fans and commentators in the on-line world who have doubted Nurse’s ability. But in the many long years I’ve followed Oilers news online and in the mainstream media, this is the first time I’ve seen so much criticism of the player from the reporters and commentators closest to the team, the top Oilers insiders.

Here’s Sportsnet’s Mark Spector: “Darnell Nurse, who doesn’t play tough enough, hasn’t defended well, and doesn’t have much else in his game that even remotely justifies being a $9.25 million defenceman? He