OT: Nail Yakupov
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Great guy, awful hockey player. Which is a shame, but he just can’t process the game at an NHL level.
Cousin Eddie
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We should hire him as team motivator. He'd not play hockey ever again, but he could stay behind the bench and make jokes in the locker room.
cgf
FireBednarsSuccessor
I want him to never leave and become the team’s official mascot! He is too adorable and infectiously fun...
...it’s a shame that he doesn’t know how to hockey...
...it’s a shame that he doesn’t know how to hockey...
SoundwaveIsCharisma
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I really like Yak, think Eakins completely ruined him as a hockey player. Would love it if he could figure out how to be a Grabner type player.
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Patagonia
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Yakupov has so much talent, but seems lost. Would like to seem him play more, but with so many recent game scratches, he's likely done with the team. Don't understand why offensively challenged Toninato is playing ahead of him though...
Hoping he comes back for another season. Yet, with so many young forwards ie. Kamenev, Bowers etc. and a few more after the next 2 drafts, expect him to be done after this season.
Hoping he comes back for another season. Yet, with so many young forwards ie. Kamenev, Bowers etc. and a few more after the next 2 drafts, expect him to be done after this season.
Ceremony
blahem
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Bubba Thudd
is getting banned
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FWIW Dater said like an hour ago on the BSN live stream that Yakupov will not play again.
I don't think Eakins or the Oilers really ruined him, though based on what I've heard/read the organization didn't treat him very well (including a guy who may have been the worst NHL captain of all time, Andrew Ference).
No, he just isn't good enough. Speed and raw talent is there, hockey IQ is nonexistent. I wish him well on the next phase of his career, but it's clear now that he's not NHL material in any way, shape, or form.
And we are well past the "I hope he turns into a role player" phase.
No, he just isn't good enough. Speed and raw talent is there, hockey IQ is nonexistent. I wish him well on the next phase of his career, but it's clear now that he's not NHL material in any way, shape, or form.
And we are well past the "I hope he turns into a role player" phase.
tigervixxxen
Optimism=Delusional
At all? They are just going to nacho him for 6 weeks?
He's ok if you NEED someone to play but he's more a waste of space than anything if you have anything better, even a prospect.
Maybe he can carve out a career in Europe/Russia where his speed and talent can overcome his lack of IQ, but it just isn’t happening. Too bad. He’s a likeable guy and someone you want to see put it together.
McMetal
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After his early start, I really hoped that we could find a way to use him effectively to cover his weaknesses and get some secondary scoring out of him. But he went ice cold, was terminally ineffective, and now isn't playing anymore. I really wanted him to succeed, but nothing I think will save his NHL career now. If there's no room for him on the roster this year, there sure as shit won't be any next year.
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WarriorOfGandhi
Was saying Boo-urns
I said when the Avs signed him that anything less than 40 goals would be a disappointment, and I stick to that sentiment
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If you actively want him gone then we're done tbh
McMetal
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Alex Jones
BIG BOWL 'A CHILI!!
It's more than the fact he's stupid at hockey, he has issues with his fundamentals. No concept of board play, struggles to control passes, has problems with regards to handling the puck. Strongly disagree with the idea that he is just a guy that doesn't understand the game.
What I can’t figure out is why we can’t even get rookie level yak. I didn’t watch much of him then, but he posted complementary top 6 player numbers at 19. What’s so different now?
It's been a while but I seem to remember him getting a lot more shots on net. Like he'd just let it rip the minute he entered the zone. That's what first got my attention about the guy, his one-timer back then was just an effing cannon. That's what was so frustrating--he'd be a relatively productive player if he just pulled a Mikael Samuelsson and just did nothing but shoot it, but he can't even really do that well.
McRpro
Cont. without supporting.
He had six goals in the last three games that season during garbage time which really made his totals look better.
