NAIL YAKUPOV RUMORS & GOSSIP
Richard Cloutier: Yakupov; Schultz Jilted in Calder Race
Nail Yakupov: Lead all rookies in points and goals. He's a natch to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, right? It became obvious by the last 10 games of the season that Yakupov is going to become a 40+ goal scorer per season in the NHL.
Or what about Justin Schultz? How many first-year NHL defensemen played top-line minutes the entire season? Schultz was tied...
About Last Night…Oilers Nail Canucks WIth Yakupov’s Hat Trick
Nail Yakupov recorded his first NHL hat trick in the Oilers’ final game of the season. Yakupov was all the offense Edmonton would need in a 7-2 thrashing of the Canucks. Jordan Eberle scored twice in the finale as well for the Oilers. Edmonton broke open a 2-2 game with five goals in less than four minutes.
SPIN: In an utterly meaningless game, Edmonton shows what they can be capable...
Yakupov trick caps dreary Oilers year
Nail Yakupov scored his first career hat trick and the Edmonton Oilers closed out their season with a 7-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
The Russian rookie scored all three of his goals in a high-flying third period for Edmonton, which scored five goals in a span of 3:35.
Justin Schultz had a goal and three assists, Jordan Eberle two goals and Jerred Smithson got the...
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Richard Cloutier: 4 - 1st Round Picks + Coach Smyth?
The Oilers won tonight. Good idea? Not bad. It was good for Nail Yakupov, who had a couple goals and moved to the front of the line in the Calder Trophy race. We all know he'll never win it, because the people who vote on such things have a complete and total eastern bias. It will be Dougie Hamilton who wins the Rookie of the Year in 2013.
Yakupov and Hall together on a line...
Nail Yakupov and the best hockey trick shots
After watching Nail Yakupov's amazing trick shot before the Oilers vs. Coyotes game from Wednesday, I decided to compile some of the best trick shots I've ever seen in one big Youtube video. The video features Nail Yakupov himself and many others including, Sidney Crosby, Linus Omark, Pavel Datsyuk... Hope you enjoy! Please subscribe to my Youtube channel.Related:Video:...
Nail Yakupov performs pre-game trick shot
Prior to the Edmonton Oilers game on Wednesday night against the Phoenix Coyotes, Oilers young star Nail Yakupov was caught on camera performing a trick shot. Sportsnet West was preparing for a pre-game segment when Yakupov was standing on the bench and sent a backhand saucer pass from just over center ice and hit a water bottle that was standing up on the goal line. This was...
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Cherry rips Yakupov over celebration
NHL analyst Don Cherry ripped into Edmonton's Nail Yakupov for his excessive goal celebration against the Los Angeles Kings.
Don Cherry slams Yakupov, Fleury on Coach's Corner
Watch the video hereAs we all expected, Don Cherry was going to have some interesting comments on Nail Yakupov's crazy celebration from Thursday. Tonight, on Coach's Corner, Don Cherry told Nail Yaukpov, "LA is going to remember this, they will remember this 'till the dying day, that you don't do stuff like that." Then, while CBC played Theo Fleury's...
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Oilers’ Yakupov scores late, slides in celebration
Check out the game-tying goal from last night’s Edmonton Oilers- Los Angeles Kings game. 19-year-old Nail Yakupov, the No.1 pick from this past year’s NHL Entry Draft and one of our Top 10 Breakout Candidates, scores with only 4.7 seconds left to knot the game at 1-1, and doesn’t hold back on the celebration, excitedly sprinting all the way out of the Kings’ zone and sliding...
Oilers' Yakupov suspended from competing in KHL
Nail Yakupov, the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft, has been suspended from playing in the KHL, pending an IIHF investigation into his transfer. The league said Wednesday said the 18-year-old, who has played two games for his hometown Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk since joining the team last Thursday, can't play again until he receives approval from the International Ice Hockey...
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