Confirmed Trade: [EDM/STL] Yakupov for Zach Pochiro + Cndl 2017 3rd (becomes 2018 2nd if Yak hits 15G)

[Alexander the Gr8]

The Blues aren't the right kind of team for Yak, and Yak isn't the kind of player the Blues need...
Don't understand this one.

 

[Goose of Reason]

Who is Pochiro?

 

[Tripod]

Wow..bad

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Please don't be Schmaltz, Lindbohm, Walman, or Dunn.

 

[Zaddy]

Yak for an ECHLer? Yikes...

 

[KGL]

Haha wow, they got an ECHLer for him. I knew his value was low, but jeez.

 

[Jack Bourdain]

2 first OVR traded by EDM

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Bet you the conditional pick is conditional on Yak being qualified by the Blues in the off season. If the Oilers were smart and that were the condition, they'd make it conditional on him being qualified at all in the off season, so if Vegas selects him and qualifies him, the Blues have to give up a pick.

 

[PWJunior]

Who is Zach Pochiro?

 

[Stand Witness]

GMs are stupid. Yak for a conditional 3rd essentially?

 

[Oberyn]

The Blues aren't the right kind of team for Yak, and Yak isn't the kind of player the Blues need...
Don't understand this one.

Agreed with this, but if we're trading Zach Pochiro and a conditional 3rd then I'm completely fine with it. Reclamation project for practically nothing.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Haha an ECHLer.

 

[wonton15]

The oilers could only get an ECHLer and a conditional 3rd?

 

[hockeykicker]

probably wanted to sign kris russell before everyone else

 

[boredmale]

Who is Zach Pochiro?

A roster spot that needed to be dumped in order for this deal to work for the Blues I am guessing

 

[Old Boys Club]

So his value was a third rounder after all, like most Oiler fans guessed. Now we get to watch all the posters who have said Yak has negative value act like the Oilers got fleeced.

 

[russ4king]

oh my god pochiro's a 22 ECHLer

Blues had 48 contracts on the books. Had to get rid of one...Pochiro is the most useless to go.

 

[Ace]

Cha-Cha-Cha-Chia

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Only the Oilers could turn two first overall picks into a 4th overall pick, a conditional 3rd rounder, and an ECHL'er.

 

[Seachd]

If Yak scores 15, it's a 2nd.

 

[Jack Bourdain]

As a habs fan I would've paid that price to see if Yak and Galchenyuk could rekindle some chemistry. But then again 2.5M in cap...

 

[Chez Weber]

Terrible return

 

[McRpro]

The oilers could only get an ECHLer and a conditional 3rd?

And cap space. Which it seems people still have a hard time grasping has value in this day and age.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

kris russell?

He said "upgrade".

 

[Irishguy42]

That's really not a good return for Yak. I know his value is low, but not that low...

Pochiro is a nothing prospect.