Comments on: Yakupov signs ELC – 3 years

By: oilinblood

oilinblood — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:07:37 +0000

yeah i remember the 20 articles about him going back to russia… but i had forgot iron curtain blocks faxes.
i kid
anyways, happy it got done and we werent getting pathetic waiting like pan handlers for scraps of concessions in a new CBA. Stuff like that has players running for greener pastures in a big hurry.

personally i hope the reason was that the oilers told larionov that they had to deal with the returning players first (gagner). even though no thought goes into these ELC’s on top 5 picks, its understandable to put it on hold until other issues are in order.
whatevs. looked like cheapos for a bit but all is well.

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new topic.
what does everyone think of Krueger saying he is penciling Nail as a LW? Id prefer Hemsky moving there… but i figure from his past prima-donna sulks that he would be vocally against it and sulk as usual. Some guys do what the team needs…some are bigger than the team.

By: chucker

chucker — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:35:56 +0000

oilinblood: fak. well thank god he is not the last 1st rounder signed. close to it but meh. not sure what the delay was. the contract is already made or you.

He was in Russia.

By: oilinblood

oilinblood — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:32:54 +0000

fak. well thank god he is not the last 1st rounder signed. close to it but meh.

not sure what the delay was. the contract is already made or you.

By: Racki

Racki — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:22:40 +0000

He will strip Horcoff of #10

Just kidding.. everyone knows I like Horcoff. I can’t see Yakupov having the balls to ask him for it, but who knows.. maybe Horcoff will ‘coff’ it up. But that is his actual number. If not, maybe he’ll drop the 0… #1!

By: chucker

chucker — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:18:09 +0000

Metal&Oil:
I think we overpaid Wonder what # he will wear???

He’s no Gagner. Maybe 96 for Bure or 8 for Larionov?