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DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:38 PM ET
Its crazy how bad Oilers management was. After getting hot shot forwards Hall and Hopkins they could have gotten one of 5 future Allstar Dman...Lindholm, Murray, Dumba, Trouba, Pouliot!!

Yak only played two yrs in junior. So how do scouts predict potential and ceiling? Yes he had a monster yr in juniors, but do they base it off one one yr alone? Im curious why Yak was a clear #1 when clearly he wasn't?

Or was this a case of Edmonton not embracing a Russian? I heard stories how he got poop on for Jersey number or something?

Or was this a case of bad coaching and guiding?

I find this very fascinating and I hope you people can give me insightful answers.

- Leniwm1


Thats called hindsight. Looking back at a draft and saying Oilers should have selected Dman who were picked according to their rankings in that 5-10 spot is foolish.

None were as highly ranked and hyped as Yak, he was the clear number 1 at the time. Only Murray was the only Dman who had a shot at being selected at 1. You could made the argument that Oilers could have traded down but no team was willing to pay that price so they picked the Best Player available at the time. They did their job by doing that. Other than Murray, no other player in that draft should be brought as "Oilers could have drafted them"
Leniwm1
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Joined: 02.24.2015

Oct 7 @ 10:43 PM ET
Thats called hindsight. Looking back at a draft and saying Oilers should have selected Dman who were picked according to their rankings in that 5-10 spot is foolish.

None were as highly ranked and hyped as Yak, he was the clear number 1 at the time. Only Murray was the only Dman who had a shot at being selected at 1. You could made the argument that Oilers could have traded down but no team was willing to pay that price so they picked the Best Player available at the time. They did their job by doing that. Other than Murray, no other player in that draft should be brought as "Oilers could have drafted them"

- DDM-Coga


Thats kinda not my question. You are partly there. "They did their job by doing that." Thats kinda my question. What made them choose Yak, or the Scouting Central pick Yak after two yrs in juniors. How do they choose who is 1, 2.... How were they able to say he is a future star with tons of potential. What did Yak do to have them think that.. Thats the questions. Pre-Oilers...
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:48 PM ET
What value were we supposed to get? a 3-4 D man? a 1st rounder? how many more seasons should we have given the guy to pan out? 2-3 more? its not like he was improving or anything
- RatedR80

You guy's have been talking him up for a while now saying you weren't going to just give him away. I expected you to not just give him away. Anyone who said they would just give him away was a troll and a bad person.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:49 PM ET
Thats kinda not my question. You are partly there. "They did their job by doing that." Thats kinda my question. What made them choose Yak, or the Scouting Central pick Yak after two yrs in juniors. How do they choose who is 1, 2.... How were they able to say he is a future star with tons of potential. What did Yak do to have them think that.. Thats the questions. Pre-Oilers...
- Leniwm1


For the Oilers it was Katz who made that call, he wanted Yak. They wanted the guy who was labeled to have this offensive talent that would put asses in the seats

Central scouting is an independent organization, they ranked Yak as the top pick, as almost ever other scouting list had him as Number 1. Rankings: No. 1 by NHL’s Central Scouting, No. 1 ISS, No. 1 Red Line Report, No. 1 McKeen’s Hockey. Everyone had him
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:49 PM ET
Thats called hindsight. Looking back at a draft and saying Oilers should have selected Dman who were picked according to their rankings in that 5-10 spot is foolish.

None were as highly ranked and hyped as Yak, he was the clear number 1 at the time. Only Murray was the only Dman who had a shot at being selected at 1. You could made the argument that Oilers could have traded down but no team was willing to pay that price so they picked the Best Player available at the time. They did their job by doing that. Other than Murray, no other player in that draft should be brought as "Oilers could have drafted them"

- DDM-Coga

Picking a dman, period, may not have been foolish though. I believe it may have been mentioned here on HB before.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:50 PM ET
Picking a dman, period, may not have been foolish though. I believe it may have been mentioned here on HB before.
- walshyleafsfan


Put imagine if the Oilers picked a guy who was ranked 5-7 on the scouting list over Yak...they would have been crucified for years for that. Honestly they were in a lose lose situations in that draft
Scooby_Doo
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Somewhere close to Vancouver., BC
Joined: 06.10.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:52 PM ET
Put imagine if the Oilers picked a guy who was ranked 5-7 on the scouting list over Yak...they would have been crucified for years for that. Honestly they were in a lose lose situations in that draft
- DDM-Coga


Oilers should have traded the pick, it was the obvious move.

I can't believe how bad Lowe, MacT and now Chia have run this organization. It's as if they are the dumbest minds in hockey.
RatedR80
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 10.17.2013

Oct 7 @ 10:52 PM ET
You guy's have been talking him up for a while now saying you weren't going to just give him away. I expected you to not just give him away. Anyone who said they would just give him away was a troll and a bad person.
- walshyleafsfan


I dont recall saying he was worth something...I think at best I said hold off and see if he can improve his value but he never did...it was time for everyone to move on and the fact that Yak is already chirping suggests just that....if he could only play as well as he talked poop we wouldnt be in this position
kessellover69
Joined: 08.20.2014

Oct 7 @ 10:53 PM ET
Picking a dman, period, may not have been foolish though. I believe it may have been mentioned here on HB before.
- walshyleafsfan

There was an article on sportsmen a while back talking about the 2013 draft. Apparently 7 of 9 oilers personnel wanted to take Ryan Murray 1 yakupov and 1 galchenyuk. They were going to take Murray but then Katz stepped in and told them to take yakupov
FiretheGM
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 12.16.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:54 PM ET
You guy's have been talking him up for a while now saying you weren't going to just give him away. I expected you to not just give him away. Anyone who said they would just give him away was a troll and a bad person.
- walshyleafsfan



Who said that? Every blog comment to media out there said he could be had for a 3rd round pick..
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:54 PM ET
Put imagine if the Oilers picked a guy who was ranked 5-7 on the scouting list over Yak...they would have been crucified for years for that. Honestly they were in a lose lose situations in that draft
- DDM-Coga

Trade the (frank) down then. Seriously, what were they thinking?

Loads of teams have gone off the board and survived.

Picking Hall, RNH, Yak was a disaster.

Most likely the road the Leafs go down.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:55 PM ET
Oilers should have traded the pick, it was the obvious move.

I can't believe how bad Lowe, MacT and now Chia have run this organization. It's as if they are the dumbest minds in hockey.

- Scooby_Doo


Thats the only real hindsight situation that has legs to it. The top picks weren't there for them, they didnt need Yak, didnt love Murray so should have just moved the pick.

walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:55 PM ET
Who said that? Every blog comment to media out there said he could be had for a 3rd round pick..
- FiretheGM

A load of people. I've argued with Hendo many a time that Yak may not have as much value as a former 1st overall pick.

He wouldn't have it. Like many others here.
RatedR80
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 10.17.2013

Oct 7 @ 10:55 PM ET
Oilers should have traded the pick, it was the obvious move.

I can't believe how bad Lowe, MacT and now Chia have run this organization. It's as if they are the dumbest minds in hockey.

- Scooby_Doo


Wait what? do you know for a fact that other teams would have been willing to pay the price to move up to 1st that draft year? if so can I have links?....its very easy to judge the Oilers on hindsight....did we make some bad moves? (frank) yes we did and thats why we are where we are.....its not like Benning is winning GM of the year over there either
martox
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Stockholm - "Nights when we don't have our A-game, we better have our A-commitment & A-effort."
Joined: 09.25.2014

Oct 7 @ 10:56 PM ET
oh and now you sign russel... for 3.1 mil no less
kessellover69
Joined: 08.20.2014

Oct 7 @ 10:57 PM ET
http://www.sportsnet.ca/h...-got-wrong-yakupov-start/
That's the article I spoke of with the 9-2 vote against yak
RatedR80
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 10.17.2013

Oct 7 @ 10:57 PM ET
Trade the (frank) down then. Seriously, what were they thinking?

Loads of teams have gone off the board and survived.

Picking Hall, RNH, Yak was a disaster.

Most likely the road the Leafs go down.

- walshyleafsfan


Hall and RNH arent exactly disasters the only one you can say that is about Yak
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:58 PM ET
Wait what? do you know for a fact that other teams would have been willing to pay the price to move up to 1st that draft year? if so can I have links?....its very easy to judge the Oilers on hindsight....did we make some bad moves? (frank) yes we did and thats why we are where we are.....its not like Benning is winning GM of the year over there either
- RatedR80

To say they couldn't trade that pick for the betterment of the organization is foolish.

Seriously, there's no spinning or defending the passed 5 years.

None at all.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:58 PM ET
oh and now you sign russel... for 3.1 mil no less
- martox


3.1m really means that other teams were trying to sign him too, which is the crazy part
Ihatebrianburke
Edmonton Oilers
Location: edmonton, AB
Joined: 12.19.2010

Oct 7 @ 10:58 PM ET
An embarrassment of riches and high in draft picks lead to wasting Nail Yakapov. If he had been the only #1 draft pick they had gotten, he would have been developed properly. From an outsider watching, any time he got a little bit of confidence and started to do well offensively, the Oilers would pull him off that line or let the centre Derek Roy just leave. When the only offensively talented centre that they let him have any time with was Leon Draistaidl, and he essentially was a rookie just trying to cut his teeth in trying to find his place in the NHL. Most teams that draft a high offensive player, would have put him in the best position to succeed as a high offensive player. To his credit, Yak never took his puck and went to the KHL like most Russian players do. When he scores 30 plus goals in St. Louis this year, the oilers and oiler fans should complain about nothing as they did it to themselves.
- Waffle_man

Oilers fans sure did it to themselves. Picking his linemates, and making him play like a kid with ADHD
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 7 @ 10:59 PM ET
oh and now you sign russel... for 3.1 mil no less
- martox

(frank)ing phenomenal
Scooby_Doo
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Somewhere close to Vancouver., BC
Joined: 06.10.2009

Oct 7 @ 10:59 PM ET
Wait what? do you know for a fact that other teams would have been willing to pay the price to move up to 1st that draft year? if so can I have links?....its very easy to judge the Oilers on hindsight....did we make some bad moves? (frank) yes we did and thats why we are where we are.....its not like Benning is winning GM of the year over there either
- RatedR80


You don't think people would have offered something better for the 1st overall pick?

A lot of bad moves. Puljuarvi over Juolevi was the latest.

Too early to judge Benning, let's stay on topic please.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Oct 7 @ 11:00 PM ET
You don't think people would have offered something better for the 1st overall pick?

A lot of bad moves. Puljuarvi over Juolevi was the latest.

Too early to judge Benning, let's stay on topic please.

- Scooby_Doo


(frank) Finland with their use of the Letter J
Gerk
St Louis Blues
Location: say it aint so TARASENKO, YT
Joined: 01.07.2008

Oct 7 @ 11:01 PM ET
oh and now you sign russel... for 3.1 mil no less
- martox

And introducing your 2016/2017 Oilers
RatedR80
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 10.17.2013

Oct 7 @ 11:01 PM ET
To say they couldn't trade that pick for the betterment of the organization is foolish.

Seriously, there's no spinning or defending the passed 5 years.

None at all.

- walshyleafsfan


Show me where they were offered deals for that pick that draft....I asked the other Nucks fan too yet nothing...also pay attention im not defending them for the past 5 years at all its been an embarassment no matter who was running the show
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