Value of: Contract for Nail Yakupov
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Slap
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Didn't he already sign with a KHL team? Also helping homeless guys is not a priority when teams look for NHL talent.
Jumptheshark
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Spirit of 67
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Teams refuse to sign players based on off ice issues and altercations (or trade them). Showing character and compassion might help him get another crack at the NHL down the road.
He signed in the KHL already . Yakupov being a good person does nothing for a hockey team . Teams want good hockey players .
I wish the best for Yakupov and his family . He is a real likeable kid . Hope he regains his confidence that he had ripped away in Edmonton because he wasn't ready for the NHL . Kid should of been drafted about 15 oa and had no pressure and spent a few seasons in the AHL
Harvey Birdman
…Need some law books, with pictures this time…
I highly doubt that... He simply needs to rediscover/reinvent his game during his two year KHL deal. Only way off ice character affects a contract is if the person has poor off ice character. I’m sure teams view it as icing ontop if someone does. As in if they had two players they were looking at signing and player A and B were identical in nearly every way even down to the contracts they wanted but A did community outreach and B did not... As a reason VERY far down the list of attributes it could help someone. But it’ll never been a primary reason to sign a player. Only if it’s bad, a primary reason not to sign someone.
Mark Kandy
Habcoolic
I'm also a good person and I would be a terrible addition for a NHL team (even a ECHL team lol)
I'd take league minimum to be benched every game though....
He's probably done for the time being in the NHL. We will likely see him in a redemption tour in a few years but the kid has so many holes in his game atm that Russia is likely the best fit. He is an all class human being though and its a guy you can't help but root for
780il
edm
Great great guy which is why him being a bust stung even more. He signed in Russia and I think that's best for him. Go home, get more playing time, if he can fix some issues he could be a useful 3rd liner in 2 years.
oXo Cube
Power Play Merchant
He won't play in the NHL again unless he radically alters his outlook on the game.
That's before we even get into his lack of quality skills.
That's before we even get into his lack of quality skills.
LMFAO
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Im surprised there's not an eastern conference team that have him a chance.
Of course he needs to prove himself in the KHL, if he scores very little I doubt he'll get a contract again in the NHL. That being said in any business being liked by people, be it a fan base or management, will always help to get work/contracts. I agree it is NOT a priority but it should help.
Lol bought a homeless guy a meal so he must be a “great guy” and now must be signed by an NHL team!
Last time i was at a Kings game, they were playing the same game as when i went to a Flyers game, so im not sure this really matters.
Oddbob
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I can give money to a homeless person. I should get NHL contract. What the hell man!
Maybe he returns later from his KHL stint - just with how his bad hockey IQ is ,I can't see him making it like Radulov (for example).
Maybe he returns later from his KHL stint - just with how his bad hockey IQ is ,I can't see him making it like Radulov (for example).
HFBS
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I'm sure in the back of his mind was the thought that someday soon the roles might be reversed.
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