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Originally Posted by NHL Fanatic
It is interesting to see how Nurse has progressed over the last couple years. He was a very dynamic offensive defensemen that could create off the rush. He has considerably toned down his game and plays more of a defensive defensemen type role. He is more of a shut down defensemen and plays the body extremely well. Although he does need to improve his strength, he skating is very good for his size. Scouts always leave wanting to see more from him, he will still end up going in the 1st round IMO.
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for me I rate a defenceman mostly on his +- rating. It's not his job to score, but to prevent the other team from scoring. I think this stat is pretty much an accurate measurement of a defenceman performance. The stat may lie and not show the truth about a perticular defenceman when you use it for 1 or maybe even 5 games, but over the long haull this stat pretty much speaks for the defenceman.
I've been trying to keep an eye on Nurse in the U-18, I wish they would keep track of the +- rating in their stats but I'm either blind or they're not just keeping that stat.
