Speculation: What Teams Would Claim Yakupov Off Waivers?

[Esq]

If he'd be snapped up by every team, the Oilers should have no problem trading him. Which doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[ghdi]

Leafs have first waiver priority given their last place finish last season. They have a healthy stable of Russians and a situation where he could find a role. Not very often a 1st overall is waived this early, why not try?

Leafs don't have the cap space at the moment. They don't get LTIR cap relief til the season starts. They'd have to move someone to open the space needed.

I also think that the Oilers could easily get a pick or prospect in similar circumstances out of some team for him rather than offloading him for nothing.

 

[Mark Kandy]

Actually I'd still give a 3rd round pick + DD/Flynn/Carr for him so don't waive him guys, send him MTL's way

 

[Siludin]

Wait is the current waiver order? If the Canucks and Toronto are interested, then other teams may as well not even make a claim.

 

[Magic Man]

I can't see it being Toronto. They have as many or more forward decisions to make than Edmonton already. Also not sure if Babcock would have time for Yak

Brown hasn't seemed ready so far this camp, I've had him pencilled into the top-9 all summer. A trial run of Nail Yakupov in his spot in the top-9 would be a decent replacement.

Sosh will start with the Marlies because of his injury. I think there is room.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Actually I'd still give a 3rd round pick + DD/Flynn/Carr for him so don't waive him guys, send him MTL's way

It would be great if we could even just get a 3rd for him. I imagine Edmonton just wants to clear the cap/50 man roster space. A pick would be nice, especially with us losing our 2nd this year

 

[Marmoset]

I think that Edmonton would be able to get something back for him without the need for waivers. To me it seems a little similar to the Filatov situation when Columbus traded him to Ottawa for a draft pick, except without some of the off-ice issues. In both cases, a high-draft pick was not performing to the level everyone hoped for. Hopefully it works out better for the acquiring team this time than it did for Ottawa.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

If he'd be snapped up by every team, the Oilers should have no problem trading him. Which doesn't seem to be the case.

Cost.

 

[tfong]

They should've just traded him when they could instead of losing for nothing on waivers then.

 

[Seatoo]

Yak for Larsen

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

They should've just traded him when they could instead of losing for nothing on waivers then.

Rumour was they couldn't even get a 3rd for him at the draft.

Also at that point, they didn't have Versteeg on PTO yet and didn't know what they had in Cagguila or Puljujarvi

 

[IComeInPeace]

They couldn't get a late round pick for him anymore?

 

[Anton Babchuk]

I think that Edmonton would be able to get something back for him without the need for waivers. To me it seems a little similar to the Filatov situation when Columbus traded him to Ottawa for a draft pick, except without some of the off-ice issues. In both cases, a high-draft pick was not performing to the level everyone hoped for. Hopefully it works out better for the acquiring team this time than it did for Ottawa.

Filatov was still on his ELC and had very little financial risk (787k NHL salary, 65K AHL salary). And even then he only got a 3rd rounder. Yakupov probably has negative value given the circumstances.

 

[Choralone]

Not the Kings. Cap space is too tight and he's not really our kind of player.

 

[llamateizer]

Would toronto be able to claim him?
Cap Space 0.178

http://stats.nhlnumbers.com/teams/TOR?year=2017

 

[Field of Dreams]

I'd be shocked if yak ever becomes a useful player, but I'd still gamble a 7th round pick on him. I'm sure a lot of GMs around the league would as well. He's not hitting waivers.

 

[tfong]

Rumour was they couldn't even get a 3rd for him at the draft.

Also at that point, they didn't have Versteeg on PTO yet and didn't know what they had in Cagguila or Puljujarvi

Well I mean almost every fan had already given up on him by the time the draft came around. Even without Drake and Pulu, I didn't think they were likely to keep Yak anyways, its not like he does much on the 3/4 lines anyways.

So the question only remained why they didn't just get anything for him...even like a 5/6/7 or another middling prospect lol. Pride?

 

[ManofSteel55]

Someone had batted around Yakupov to Arizona in a deal for Reider. I'd be happy with that.

I think we will trade him. Somebody will offer something, even if its just a pick and a contract/cap casualty.

No Anaheim, not Bieksa or Stoner.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Someone had batted around Yakupov to Arizona in a deal for Reider. I'd be happy with that.

I think we will trade him. Somebody will offer something, even if its just a pick and a contract/cap casualty.

No Anaheim, not Bieksa or Stoner.

Wideman for Yakupov

 

[Riptide]

I'd bet all 29 teams would try to pick him up.

No chance. I agree that there's no chance he would clear waivers, but cap constraints would really complicate things. PIT for example - while they could really use Yakupov, there's no way they could fit in 2.5m in cap space without moving one of Kunitz or Fehr (I know who the fans would like to move). So for them, they would have to make other moves to facilitate acquiring Yakupov.

What's more realistic is that Edmonton would try to find someone who would be willing to give them an asset for him. I'm not sure how Rutherford feels about Kunitz/Fehr vs Yakupov (I'd happily trade either for him), but something like that with someone adding whatever + is needed would probably make more sense.

I mean I'm sure it's possible that someone would take him for free... but I also think that Edmonton could probably get something for him. It might not be a lot, but anything has to be better than nothing.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Well I mean almost every fan had already given up on him by the time the draft came around. Even without Drake and Pulu, I didn't think they were likely to keep Yak anyways, its not like he does much on the 3/4 lines anyways.

So the question only remained why they didn't just get anything for him...even like a 5/6/7 or another middling prospect lol. Pride?

Asset management. I think they would rather have taken the chance that he played well in camp and had some significant interest. A 5/6/7 pick for Edmonton is typically pretty worthless, we almost always blow those picks, so there really was no risk in hanging on to him and hoping we can get something for him later.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

he will be a Dallas star or a Duck

Ive never seen a player get worse and worse each year while still so young. He just skates around twitching all over the place and looks so weirdly jumpy... someone will give him a shot for this year and then punt him after he is still terrible.

I don't think he will make it to waivers, someone will acquire him in order to shed some salary.

Salary dump dman/4th or 5th for Yakupov

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Yakupov will get traded if he doesn't get picked up on waivers.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Wideman for Yakupov

Argh, left myself open for that offer. NO WIDEMAN EITHER!

 

[Neiler]

I'd pass as a Sens fan. There's just nothing to look forward to with him.