The Big Story
Blues Acquire Nail Yakupov – by Adam Steevens: St. Louis Game Time
The former #1 overall pick who the Oilers were rumored to be giving away for basically nothing got given away for basically nothing. The comparable trade here is nothing because the Wings don’t have $2.5M in cap space for that guy and have a ton of forwards already trying to make the team.
It’s even funnier when you consider the Oilers moved Yak so they could sign Kris Russell though.
The #Oilers have agreed to terms with Kris Russell on a one-year contract. The d-man has scored 177 points in 573 @NHL games. pic.twitter.com/lcz3xU1bDX
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 8, 2016
In Red Wings Land
Tomas Tatar hopes World Cup provides lift heading into Red Wings season – By Ansar Khan: MLive
Tatar’s got a good attitude coming into the team from a good World Cup showing. He doesn’t want to put a number on expectations, but he is expecting himself to do better. On a slightly weirder note, I just can’t help but think that Blashill’s entire plan to go with forward “pairs” and the fact that neither Nyquist nor Tatar are on a pair right now indicates that Ken Holland still has him on watch to not get attached to both of them.
I dunno, just wildly speculating there.
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