When the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, a team in their own Decade of Darkness, spinning their wheels in the mud, it got me thinking of the Oilers of the past.
On this day in 2016, the Edmonton Oilers traded forward Nail Yakupov, their first overall pick in the 2012 draft, to the St. Louis Blues. Things were dicing
Throughout the summer and into the fall, we’ll be counting down the days until the Edmonton Oilers begin their 2023-24 season with a daily trip down memory lane.
It’s been many moons since the days of Nail Yakupov as an Edmonton Oiler. While both the organization and the former first-overall pick have moved on, the Dropping The Gloves podcast with John Scott brought him on as a guest recently to talk about his time in Edmonton.
The New York Rangers re-signed former first-overall pick Alexis Lafrenière to a two-year extension worth $4.6 million on August 23, 2023. Interestingly, the negotiations went deep into the summer since the Rangers’ season ended on May 1, 2023.
Leading into the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, all eyes were on potential generational talent, Russian forward Nail Yakupov. Yakupov played the 2010-11 and 2011-12
We are so deep into the Edmonton Oilers off-season that we are now looking at which former or current Oilers could use a sports documentary. Binge-watching documentaries are also one way to pass the time until the puck drops in October..or September if you enjoy pre-season.
‘Fail for Nail’ rang through streets of Edmonton during the 2011-12 NHL season as the Edmonton Oilers, for the sixth straight year, slotted as lottery hopefuls rather than playoff contenders.
Welcome to the annual wrap-up of the most-read articles of the last year! This year’s top article was about Devan Dubnyk’s comments about former teammate Nail Yakupov.
Those who wanted the Oilers to go with a defenceman with the No. 1 overall pick at the 2012 NHL Draft have finally got their wish. Bruce McCurdy pointed out on Twitter on Friday that Ryan Murray has been added to the team’s roster on their official website.
As for picks one to four, 2012 delivered one of the all-time worst harvests. How bad do Nail Yakupov, Ryan Murray, Alex Galchenyuk and Griffin Reinhart look now?
“Fail for Nail!” That’s what fans of losing teams were shouting one decade ago. The Columbus Blue Jackets did the best job failing during the 2011-12 season, as they finished dead last in the league with a 29-46-7 record.
Nail Yakupov is one of the NHL’s most notable draft busts in recent memory. The Edmonton Oilers surely whiffed on this first-overall pick in 2012, as Yakupov contributed next to nothing on the ice, and found himself out of the league a few years later.
The 2018 NHL Draft is upon us, and it's here that the Buffalo Sabres, winners of the latest draft lottery, are expected to pick Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin.
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