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[CobraAcesS]

Zads!!!!

Rantanen was sent back yesterday, he's supposed to even play today.

Called the Agozzino bit

Just when I thought there was not much of a reason left to voluntarily torture myself by actually watching them flounder for 7 more games.

Will we actually see Zads/Bigras in the lineup at the same time? Is that a thing?

 

[DanishAvsfan]

Zadorov never should have been sent down when he and Bigras were recalled.

I agree. But I can see the reasoning behind sending him back down. I hope he plays next to Beauch so he can mentor him.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Just when I thought there was not much of a reason left to voluntarily torture myself by actually watching them flounder for 7 more games.

Will we actually see Zads/Bigras in the lineup at the same time? Is that a thing?

I guess. Would be pointless to sit either so Redmond can see the ice for 5 minutes.

 

[UncleRisto]

I guess. Would be pointless to sit either so Redmond can see the ice for 5 minutes.

Found from Patrick Roy's tumblr.

 

[avsfan09]

Sakic said he would trade a core player. Hopefully they still consider Holden to be one of those haha.

 

[Freudian]

Sakic said he would trade a core player. Hopefully they still consider Holden to be one of those haha.

Where did he say that? It doesn't seem like a thing any GM would ever say.

If it's Dater speculating that Sakic would do that, it's a completely different thing. Dater spews a lot of nonsense.

 

[avsfan09]

Where did he say that? It doesn't seem like a thing any GM would ever say.

If it's Dater speculating that Sakic would do that, it's a completely different thing. Dater spews a lot of nonsense.

Yeah I'm probably mis-remembering it. I thought something was said about hinting about changes.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Where did he say that? It doesn't seem like a thing any GM would ever say.

If it's Dater speculating that Sakic would do that, it's a completely different thing. Dater spews a lot of nonsense.

But we have to take head to what Dater says because he clearly has sources within the organization.

It's disgusting how everyone jumps when he tweets about the team now, and he isn't even held to nearly the same account as when he worked for the DP.

 

[tigervixxxen]

But we have to take head to what Dater says because he clearly has sources within the organization.

It's disgusting how everyone jumps when he tweets about the team now, and he isn't even held to nearly the same account as when he worked for the DP.

Nobody else "scoops" on the Avs, real or not. The DP doesn't bother now. So yeah people eat it up.

 

[Avs_19]

Interesting. I don't think he has the hockey sense to put it all together but I hope he gets a good opportunity elsewhere. He needs a fresh start because in Edmonton he's always going to be the failed 1st overall pick. IMO, a lot of the physical tools/skills are still there for him to be better than he has shown thus far.

 

[dahrougem2]

Interesting. I don't think he has the hockey sense to put it all together but I hope he gets a good opportunity elsewhere. He needs a fresh start because in Edmonton he's always going to be the failed 1st overall pick. IMO, a lot of the physical tools/skills are still there for him to be better than he has shown thus far.

He has an insane set of physical tools. Skates like the wind (even if he has an awful skating stride), has a laser for a shot, and plays physical. But he's so, so sorely lacking in hockey IQ.

 

[Boulder Avalanche]

He has an insane set of physical tools. Skates like the wind (even if he has an awful skating stride), has a laser for a shot, and plays physical. But he's so, so sorely lacking in hockey IQ.

Sounds like our kind of player.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I'm trying to translate the looong original article. The kid sounds like he needs therapy, poor guy.

I'd take a chance on him but depends what the price is. Maybe we can get him when we send Varly and Duchene to the oilers.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

Yakupov really needs to get out of that locker room from what I've heard here in Edmonton. Don't expect him to live up to his 1st overall status, but I think he'll be quite solid for whoever gets him.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I wouldn't be against bringing Yak in. I honestly thought he was the Oilers best player against us when we played them recently.

As a few other have said, he has a very good set of tools. The toolbox is lacking but I feel like it is an area of his game that can be improved. One of those rare players who can be taught IQ so to speak IMO.

Feel like he could have a Grigorenko type of impact with us if we acquired him. A bit slow out of the gates but the longer he gets accustomed to our system the better he'd get.


Definitely still think he can be a routing 20/35 type player for a team. Not the star player he was drafted hoping to be, but an important complementary piece still.



I wonder would the Oilers be interested in Varlamov? Yak+(+?) for Varly might not be a bad trade. The plus would have to be damn good though, arguably better then Yak even.

Yak + EDM 2017 1st maybe?

 

[agentblack]

Yak to MTL is all but a certainty in my eyes.


...or NJ

 

[dahrougem2]

Yakupov really needs to get out of that locker room from what I've heard here in Edmonton. Don't expect him to live up to his 1st overall status, but I think he'll be quite solid for whoever gets him.

He needs to go play in Montreal with his buddy Galchenyuk.

He isn't part of "the boys" in Edmonton. For all the flak the Oilers' management got for being an Old Boys Club (and rightfully deserved), that locker room is just as bad. Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins were "the guys" in that locker room and Yakupov has never fit in with them. He loves the city but he's got to go somewhere else to get back to what he could have become.

 

[xbestboybandever]

I wouldn't be against bringing Yak in. I honestly thought he was the Oilers best player against us when we played them recently.

As a few other have said, he has a very good set of tools. The toolbox is lacking but I feel like it is an area of his game that can be improved. One of those rare players who can be taught IQ so to speak IMO.

Feel like he could have a Grigorenko type of impact with us if we acquired him. A bit slow out of the gates but the longer he gets accustomed to our system the better he'd get.


Definitely still think he can be a routing 20/35 type player for a team. Not the star player he was drafted hoping to be, but an important complementary piece still.



I wonder would the Oilers be interested in Varlamov? Yak+(+?) for Varly might not be a bad trade. The plus would have to be damn good though, arguably better then Yak even.

Yak + EDM 2017 1st maybe?

For Varly? No way, Edmonton doesn't need a goalie. Talbot has been solid for them this season.

To Edm:

Tyson Barrie
2016 1st Round Pick

To Col:

2016 1st Round Pick
Nail Yakupov

And use that pick to draft Laine, Puljujärvi, Tkachuk or Chychurn...

 

[shadow1]

I'd do Holden for Yakupov.

That sounds like really low value but Holden is a minute eater (high end #5) on a good contract. Edmonton has the worst unit in the NHL.

Yakupov obviously has the upside, but how much can you really give up for a guy who has 6 goals in 56 games? A guy who is an NHL worst -84* the last three years?

He's a tough guy to gauge value on. From the Avs perspective you almost don't want to trade for him because the team needs to start winning now.


*-19 worse than the next closest player

 

[AslanRH]

I'd wonder if they offered the Boeds package for Yak

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Without trading anyone else (Grigo, Comeau), I don't see the point of adding Yak unless we just don't have the money to add a legit top6.

 

[ABasin]

I'd do Holden for Yakupov.

I'd do Holden for Yakupov's labrador.

Yakupov's stock has certainly gone down, but not that low.

 

[dahrougem2]

I'd do Holden for Yakupov.

That sounds like really low value but Holden is a minute eater (high end #5) on a good contract. Edmonton has the worst unit in the NHL.

Yakupov obviously has the upside, but how much can you really give up for a guy who has 6 goals in 56 games? A guy who is an NHL worst -84* the last three years?

He's a tough guy to gauge value on. From the Avs perspective you almost don't want to trade for him because the team needs to start winning now.


*-19 worse than the next closest player

1) Holden is not a minute eater

2) Edmonton has a bunch of defensemen on the left side who they'd rather play over Holden. Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera, Brandon Davidson, hell even Darnell Nurse and Griffin Reinhart, as bad as Reinhart is and as inexperienced Nurse is, would probably be options above Holden.

3) It's hard to gauge Yakupov's value because of how much the organization has jerked him around, moving him from line to line to LW to RW.

 

[Khokhlach86]

Please take away the captain's badge at Landeskog and trade him to anywhere, while that for him at least something normal can give.
He's just a piece of wood without a brain and a terrible captain.

 

[Avs44]

Please take away the captain's badge at Landeskog and trade him to anywhere, while that for him at least something normal can give.
He's just a piece of wood without a brain and a terrible captain.

...This board sometimes...man...