Interview with Nail Yakupov 

Amazing story!

@@dropping_gloves I would love to see Nail playing with Connor and Leon under the current management with the current Roster. Holland can make it happen maybe ?

It was a really bad match for both sides for him to go to Edmonton.

@@mvd4436No it was a perfect fit, the Oilers needed a natural shooter to compliment RNH and Hall, and the Oilers dynamic style of play and Nail Yakupov was perfect, the OIlers Coaches and Management and ownership were shortly thereafter in the middle of many many dyslexic changes concerning the Teams Leadership Identity and style and this created many problems that hurt the FRanchise. Nail Yakupov was a perfect fit when he was drafted as his 1st year proves, then Oilers made core value changes that were huge mistakes mostly ,then green Rookie fool Eakins destroyed everything by going bushleague and completely defensive with the system. Nail Yakupov is a DYNAMIC SHOOTER, he is not a static shooter like Ovie, Nail needs possesion and movement , Ovie needs an open spot and solid stance.The day Eakins was hired the Oilers sewered a#1 Overall Natural Shooter who today would be putting up 50-60 goals a year with Connor and Leon because today the Oilers play the way they were when he was drafted which was why he was drafted. Everything about Nails progress was perfect including his destination until Oilers ownership crapped the bed and let bad planning and inept managers screw everything up. Nail still is tailormade made for a System like the Oilers now use. Nail was never properly showcased after his move from Edmonton he was treated like a broken 1st overall and he was not helped to recover his confidence he was abandoned.... and for these things the Oilers are still paying dearly .....there will be no SC for Mcdavid unless Nail and Gagner the 2 who got hosed the worst are on the Team. 8 years in and no Cup is called a 100% success rate. 2 more years of the grinding gears and Connor Mcdavid bounces to Toronto with zero Cup wins as an Oiler .Then the Curse is over. History will speak for itself.

Great person, zero hockey iq

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Yakupov is never getting anywhere near the NHL again lol.

@@brucemckinlay9739 I would say he has a better chance of returning to the NHL than the Oilers do of winning a Stanley Cup before Mcdavids historic career is over, if anything the Oiles will be a sidenote on one of the greatest runs of futility the League has seen in its history. lol lol lol

@@BobsUruncle-dl7cs hahaha. Ok champ

@@brucemckinlay9739 Mcdavids ripping up the years and there is no Cup in sight. You better go back and check the comments on Eckholms YT Playoffs videos last year because "someone" gave him a hot tip that the Oilers were going to be executed via the slot or "slotered"....many games before it was actioned upon them. The Oilers demise was System based and they were surgically removed by a Hockey tactician that cannot be bested. Surgically removed again because the Sweep to the Aves was also System focused and was no fluke either.Champ.

@@LEON..D What parts were you most impressed by? The ones that reflected the reality of the 2023 Playoffs?

Nice spin but not accurate , Nail; is still in his 20s and is in his Prime and deserves to be given a proper shot @ the NHL . Nail was blackballed and for every year he has lost so will Mcdavid and Leon and the rest of the Oilers lose their SC Dreams.Lots of money in Edmonton and lots of Honey but NO STANLEY CUP FOR CONJOBS.Same for Mcavid one could say he had a lot of NHL games and made some money but now he has to think about life after the NHL with his new wife because there is no SC coming in Edmonton, unless Nail is there to. Book it Dano.People will remember Mcdavids and Lowes and Katzes failures in Edmonton much much longer than Nails blackballing.Proof in the Pudding is that the Oilers will be in deep"endemic" trouble exiting their own zone this year and in transtioning the n-zone . Eckholm just might have a bad year

We agree! Thanks for checking it out.

I bet you he would crush it playing with a mature Mcdavid and a mature Leon my god he could be a cheap 4th line addition that could potentially be bumped up and become a 40 goal guy. I say give Nail a shot in Edmonton now.

One the Oilers need to repent to, or Mcdavid will never see a SC in Edmonton. The years are flying by now.

Nail Yakupov NEVER EVER BLAMED ANYONE. Note that its important . He has matured beyond his past now, no grudges no blame no bitterness, nothing an arsehole like Burke would expect. Understand that this player was blackballed then go into a full stop before you misconstrue things. I 100% respect John Scott for allowing Nail Yakupov a chance to have his voice heard over and above the bitter revenge fueled buffoon Burkes.

Bring him back hes in his Prime now.

He hindered the development of ducks prospects too! Guy has a horrible track record with young talent! Obviously not all his fault, but still…

@@MuhammadZegras The entire Chapter of sneaking Dellow through Eakins into the NHL was a dry run for Dubas and Keefe. There are some real pieces of shit working @ the NHL level. Its the dark underbelly of Pro Sports. Edmonton was a hot mess because Kevin Lowe did not know how to build or run a Team he just knew how to be a Plumber on one.

@@MuhammadZegras Eakins was in bed with Dellow figuratively speaking . It was a complicated situation and we will never get the whole story because mountains have been moved to keep it covered up. Somebody did a bad bad bad thing that hurt someone vulnerable actually someone not named Nail who is handicapped, and they undermined that persons life really really badly by wrongfully depriving them of legitimate opportunity . Seems to have brought them a little bad luck huh? No #1 Overall has ever been mishandled then blackballed to hide that fact like Yakupov was in Edmonton, fact is the Team could not possibly properly groom and handle all the #1 picks and they were to stupid to see that and to apathetic to make trades to thin the herd early on.

Passive aggressive approach , we can all see how intelligent and well spoken Nail Yakupov is today and the cowardly attacks on hockey iq are typical of haters who are usually trying to protect one or more of the arseholes who worked together to derail Nails NHL career.. Nail worked his arse off and was doing really well to start his NHL career then his care and maintenance as a #1 overall was thrown to the dogs or Eakins if you will. Nail Yakupov was blackballed and anyone who doesnt admit or aknowledge that must have just fallen off the Turnip Truck themselves. See what we did there? Eakins was a conjob fraud who worked with Dellow to rip off other peoples work and he should have never ever been allowed near those young Oilers. Nail has some diehard fans in his corner and they have and will continue to stand up for him. I dont have to lie to protect the NHL or Brian Burke or Kevin Lowe or Craig Mactavish or Dellow or Eakins or the Volunteer working for the Oilers Site Comments section who betrayed Edmonton and traitored out to Dellow/Dubas and the rest of the so-called"online advanced stats groupies/kids" conjobs who were snuck into the NHL through the backdoor during a tumultuous time in NHL history .

Dallas Eakins is a man of low moral substance that crucified a young #1 Overall pick who had yet to experience any type of Coaching Stability...yes Eakins is a POS.