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[Rumour] Nail Yakupov has interest signing with Canucks


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29 minutes ago, HKSR said:

A $1M 1-year deal would make some sense.  Since his draft year, he has always iterated his favourite team was Vancouver and his idol was Bure.  If playing on the Canucks drives him to succeed, we'll likely have a 25+ goal scorer for free.

id even do 2 years at 3 mill per.  any higher then that though is to steep. he is probably more deserving of a 1.5-2 mill contract but id pay him extra if we can secure him.  he could be a good long term fit as a secondary scorer.

 

as long as he doesnt beat out Dahlen of a roster spot lol.

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either pto or 1 year at $1 mil or less and see if playing where he wants combined with it being his last chance, plus being surrounded by travis green, the sedins and bo horvat can turn his career around. 

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i'd give him only at PTO

and see how he does in training camp and exhibition games

and only offer him a contract if he plays well enough and appears to be a good fit

 

he did not work out with the oilers playing with mcdavid.. wtf?

so he clearly needs to rework his game and approach

and showed nothing really while with st louis

he therefore brings nothing on his resume except that he was #1 overall in the past

 

he must earn a contract to be with this club or i say just pass on him

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3 minutes ago, Rush17 said:

id even do 2 years at 3 mill per.  any higher then that though is to steep. he is probably more deserving of a 1.5-2 mill contract but id pay him extra if we can secure him.  he could be a good long term fit as a secondary scorer.

 

as long as he doesnt beat out Dahlen of a roster spot lol.

He's not worth anywhere near that though.

 

40 games and 9 points last year - 64% offensive zone starts with middle and top 6 forward linemates.

 

Realistically, that has him on the verge of waivers / not making an NHL roster.    He's at the point where there is no more riding pedigree - 1st overall means literally nothing - it's a show-me situation for him, unless he's fortunate enough to find a reckless GM. 

 

He's already made over 16 million coasting on pedigree.  He needs to sign for what marginal bottom 6 make and play/produce for his next contract imo. 

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1 hour ago, Adarsh Sant said:

I put this in the Canucks Free Agency thread but I guess this deserves it's own thread cuz 1st overall pick and all.

 

If he signs for under 2 mil, sure why not

Because he is useless and terrible and it would take a roster spot from a player that actually deserves to be in the nhl.

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5 minutes ago, oldnews said:

He's not worth anywhere near that though.

 

40 games and 9 points last year - 64% offensive zone starts with middle and top 6 forward linemates.

 

Realistically, that has him on the verge of waivers / not making an NHL roster.    He's at the point where there is no more riding pedigree - 1st overall means literally nothing - it's a show-me situation for him, unless he's fortunate enough to find a reckless GM. 

 

He's already made over 16 million coasting on pedigree.  He needs to sign for what marginal bottom 6 make and play/produce for his next contract imo. 

We don't need him and honestly this will likely be his last year in the nhl. The individual you quoted said 3 million per, wtf?? That's crazy!!

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Just from an age perspective, he's just 23 and will be entering his prime years soon.  He obviously has skills and is not completely unable to play in the NHL.  

Perhaps some better training, a better leadership group and a more communicative coaching staff may be what turns his career around.  

 

A cheap sub-2 million/year deal with maybe 1 or 2 years seems very fair.  

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