The Worst NHL Combine Interview I Ever Had Was With Nail Yakupov! w/ Brian Burke 

"my favorite memory is scoring 20 hat tricks in a season." Yeah, that probably not the guy for us.

Brian Burke drafts players based on whether their dog breed is tough

Wish the Oilers put him on their Do Not Draft list too. What a wasted pick.

I love how he doesn't give a f*ck anymore and can just speak his mind. Whether he is correct or not is irrelevant..... it's just entertaining

Tomas Vanek was the 2nd guy. Burke brought him up in another interview that was nearly verbatim to this one.

“I don’t have a dog... a have a bear!” Burke “DRAFT HIM”

Burke: "What's your favorite hockey memory?" Nervous player: "Rottweiler." Burke: "Uh, what kind of watch is that?" Player: "My dad's my hero." Burke writes player's name on "Do Not Draft" list.

Yakupov's attitude landed him from Russia to Canada's Syberia all the way back to the real Syberia again.

"What kind of dog do you have?" "I hate dogs, I'm a hamster man Mr. Burke, hamster man all the way." "Welcome to Vancouver."

Gretzky: my favorite memory is scoring 600 goals in 50 games as a 16 year old against men. Burke: yeah we want more team oriented players, sorry!

It's like job interviews where they ask you asinine questions that have nothing to do with your skills, qualifications, or experience.

Remember that slogan during this years draft "Fail for Nail". Well little did we know it was "Nail's a Fail" all along.

dont worry the oilers amazimg scouts will draft him

I really think in the right organization under the right coach and GM, Yakupov actually could've been a good player. In Edmonton he got rushed playing to his hype with no development which is exactly what he needed. Similar to Justin Schultz. Edmonton management rushed players and crushed a lot of their potential from the start. This is coming from an Oil fan lol

Burke offered to drive Nail Yakupov to the airport right after he interviewed him.

"I'm not an intimidating guy", oh Brian your just being modest

"Well, I'm not really an intimidating guy..." REALLY BURKIE

You would think Yakupov would have some level of humility while being interviewed by NHL GM’s. He’s the biggest 1st overall bust in my lifetime. To be honest that whole draft class had a bunch of bums in it.

“Trevor Linden is supposed to come in Saturday (before the 1988 NHL draft) for a battery of physical and psychological tests,” recounts Burke, who was then the Canucks assistant general manager. “He calls me Thursday and says ‘Mr. Burke, my dad said I have to call you. I can’t make it.’” “Why?” “Well, it’s branding day at my uncle’s cattle ranch and I have to stay and help.” “What do you have to do?” “When the calves come into the pen I hold them down until they’re branded and castrated.” “I said, ‘Kid, you can skip these tests.’

My best memory was to work my ass off every day and shoot pucks in the net to get 60 goals last season!! Burke: what watch do you have????

Nail Yakupov #KHL now, lol. Could see that coming a mile away!

I'm super curious about the other player now

The other player he’s referring to is probably Thomas Vanek since he’s mentioned his name in other interviews

FAVORITE MEMORY --> 4 Unassisted goals. FAVORITE DOG ----> Female Maltese with pink bows on collar. FAVORITE WOMAN ----> Self serving, self absorbed Gold Digger. FAVORITE SEASON ---> The dead of winter. Lots of alone time. FAVORITE SPORT ---> Bodybuilding. FAVORITE RESTAURANT ---> Any Drive Thru FAVORITE CARD GAME --> Solitaire FAVORITE TENNIS MATCH ---> Singles FAVORITE WAY OF SPEAKING --> Monotone FAVORITE OPINION ---> Personal FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT AFTER A GAME ---> Hotel room

If he's saying the Leafs wouldn't have drafted Yakupov at #5 he's lying.

Let say Mario Lemieux's favorite memory had been breaking Lafleur's junior goal record... Burke would have past ? The Yakupov story comes out just because hes a Total bust.

As an Oilers fan, I never wanted us to take Yakupov. Seemed selfish, poor hockey sense, and not what the Oil needed. Hoped we’d take Ryan Murray who is maybe not having the career you’d expect from a #2 pick but it’s gone a hell of a lot better than Yakupov’s!

And that's why he played for 3 teams in 6 years as a first overall pick and hasn't been in the NHL the last 2 years.

I hate how interviews can get like out of hand! It’s crazy!

Looking back at the top 5 in Yakupovs year, Burke stole the draft.

I got s German shepherd. Can you draft me please?

"I won't name one kid because his interview was horrible... but he's still playing" Its a good thing you're not a GM anymore Brian

Team, team and team. Hockey is top tier game emphasis on we work together to make a win.

You look at the draft years later just to see yakupov went first , and think‘that guy’ Burke sums it up perfectly.

Daniel Sprong the other one?

Wrong answer!! You’re not drafted.

No he’s on every GMs “ do not sign list “

funny enough looking back Burke wasn’t playing around when he said, “I had Rielly at 1st.”

And what did Edmonton do

its so rare to hear an actual name given in a video like this..

Imagine being a grown adult and feeling that other grown adults want to hit a teenager for being snotty. Oh hockey culture.

Oilers should of put him on the do not draft list also.

There is one interview where he says one of the guys wanted to fight Yakupov. Oh I guess it was Lilles.

Smart guy, one of the best in the biz

As a Canucks fan, this Nail guy reminds me of Tryamkin

To bad Burke wasn’t the Oilers GM back then.

Talking about Tony DeAngelo

We all know the ending to the YAKUPOV story.

I'm sorry, but what? I am confused about his logic on the questions meant to throw people off. If you are asked what kind of watch or dog you have, wouldn't you just answer truthfully? Not try and come up with a lie that you think they might want to hear? Even though the question is about a watch or a dog?

I’d love to know who the other player Burke put on the list is

Where is the actual interview

Audio mixing on this is awful. RIP headphone users

1:00 that’s not a cup of coffee...

Why am I not surprised lol

Remember when we thought Yakapov was going to be a Sidney Crosby scoring 30 a year and getting 90+ points lmao

048 "I am not an intimidating guy" 1:27 "I try to catch them out"

Burke Took a lot of heat at the time for saying he would have taken Rielly first overall and it turns out he was right. I don’t think he was a good GM but I give him a lot of credit on that one.

you already know the other one is Tony Deangelo lol

The second player he is talking about is Patrick Kane .

Bobby O4R & Gordie How wood have never played a game apparently ( interview skills vs hockey skills )

What I got from this interview? I just bought my boy a Rottweiler.

ken holland seems like he woulda been a good used car salesman hes a magician

Then what did Edmonton do lol

OMG! Poor Nail! He's such a sweet and genuine person! Always a public favourite in Edmonton! Would always see him here in Vancouver when his team was in.... Great man he is

never heard of nail since the trade

He’s so intimidating lol

So curious about the second guy.

the other guy is Tomas Vanek

If only Edmonton put him on the do not draft list lmao

Wonder who the second guy was, P.K. Subban maybe?

the other guy was Thomas Vanek for those that don't know

what the hell is a professional questioner?

Brian Burke: "Hey kid..what kind of torture device do you have in your backyard right now?"

What’s your favourite team memory me scoring 60 goals 😂

He's on a local hockey focused radio show , half hour chat once a week. Surprise, surprise, he usually makes sense.

lots of info here in 3 minutes

Ok wtf I just realized Yakupov looks like Kevin Hart 😂

Shocker lol Put him on the top ten list of players who didn’t live up to the hype.

Lol that poor draft interview was probably Rickard Rakell. Thats why he traded that pick away

Lol at putting a 1st overall pick on a "do not draft list". Yes, he was a bust and hindsight is 20/20, but you're insane if you wouldn't draft a projected 1st overall pick in the 7th round.

I think the other was Josh Ho-Sang

They are hockey players- they should start with something challenging like “what’s your favorite color?” Then who’s your hero.

What type of dogs are you into? *Joe Exotic* : uhhh, wild tigers sir *Burkie* : DRAFT THIS GUY

Imagine if Burke asks big buff who is your hero and he says his mom and Burke puts him on the do not draft list. His mom was a single mom and got him to the NHL

Thomas Vanek was the other I believe

I wish the oilers put nail yakupov on the do not draft list

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Dog neutered or studded out? Answer, neutered. DO NOT DRAFT LIST!

Brian Burke with the 10th pick in 2015 : I don’t like this Mcdavid kid, put him on the do not draft list

Not drafting Yakupov was brilliant.

Who was the other worst interview guy? Any guesses?

Look at the 2012 first round. Edmonton ended up with the two worst players in Yakupov and, later, Griffin Reinhart. Literally anyone else in that round would’ve been better than those two. Goddam our scouting was horrorawful!!!!

And that was the right call. #1 overall, and he plays a few seasons in the NHL averaging 25 points per season then bolts back to Russia. Dodged a bullet.

Congrats nail on your nhl career

Welcome to the Penguins Burkey

Goddman I wonder who the other “do not draft list” player was! My guess is Josh Ho-Sang. I remember when the Isles picked him, in the interview right after he straight up denied he had any attitude problem and you could just tell he was an arrogant twat who would be nothing but problems. Look where we are at now!

I got a pomeranian, so I might as well use that as my reason why Burke never drafted me

Wonder if super Mario had all the answers @ 18 ???????????

A bad attitude won’t get you anywhere

'mirin his hair.