2017/18 reclamation project

[Keep Your Stick On the Ice 67]

The whole team?

[Andy Pred 48 337]

So the Yak is up for grabs, will he bolt to the K or would he take a low deal to give it another shot? I'm in for a year deal at $1.5m and hope he see's the Wings as his salvation and performs to his potential level. If we got 35-45 points out of him it would be a steal, he could also turn into a star player that he should be already, i feel with Yakupov he just hasnt found the right fit, maybe the Wings could be that fit, I think we have nothing to lose on this at all.

[ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022]

32 minutes ago, Andy Pred 48 said:

So the Yak is up for grabs, will he bolt to the K or would he take a low deal to give it another shot? I'm in for a year deal at $1.5m and hope he see's the Wings as his salvation and performs to his potential level. If we got 35-45 points out of him it would be a steal, he could also turn into a star player that he should be already, i feel with Yakupov he just hasnt found the right fit, maybe the Wings could be that fit, I think we have nothing to lose on this at all.

Yakupov said "I would love to play for Vancouver"

[krsmith17 7,191]

1 hour ago, Andy Pred 48 said:

So the Yak is up for grabs, will he bolt to the K or would he take a low deal to give it another shot? I'm in for a year deal at $1.5m and hope he see's the Wings as his salvation and performs to his potential level. If we got 35-45 points out of him it would be a steal, he could also turn into a star player that he should be already, i feel with Yakupov he just hasnt found the right fit, maybe the Wings could be that fit, I think we have nothing to lose on this at all.

Yeah, I'd take him on a short term, low cap hit, show me deal for sure. I still think he has the potential to be a good middle 6 winger.

[nowhere2005 13]

FWIW, Grigorenko not being qualified by the Avs.

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[dmbongreyst 14]

2 minutes ago, nowhere2005 said:

FWIW, Grigorenko not being qualified by the Avs.

 

 

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For such a bad team his stats weren't bad. His assist total went down but his goals and shooting percentage went up. His faceoff percentage went up considerably too. 

[ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022]

Avs are morons. Jump on this kid. 

[nowhere2005 13]

Avs are morons. Jump on this kid. 

#BigBody #NetFrontPresence

[ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022]

Just now, nowhere2005 said:

#BigBody #NetFrontPresence

#Barely23 #Former1stRounder #PlayedOnGodAwfulAvsTeams

[krsmith17 7,191]

3rd line

Svechnikov - Grigorenko - Yakupov

[nowhere2005 13]

I'd rather we go after some of these reclamation projects, such as Grigorenko than any of the older UFA's. Low risk, high reward should be the approach. Only sign older players on one year deals, with the intent of shipping them out at the trade deadline.


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[xtrememachine1 795]

4 hours ago, Andy Pred 48 said:

So the Yak is up for grabs, will he bolt to the K or would he take a low deal to give it another shot? I'm in for a year deal at $1.5m and hope he see's the Wings as his salvation and performs to his potential level. If we got 35-45 points out of him it would be a steal, he could also turn into a star player that he should be already, i feel with Yakupov he just hasnt found the right fit, maybe the Wings could be that fit, I think we have nothing to lose on this at all.

I'm curious to see how he'd do on the Wings.  He's low risk, high reward and I've wanted him ever since the first trade rumors about him came out.  I don't know if Detroit, or more accurately, Blashill, is the right place for him.  Seeing our younger players regress this past year under him, my confidence in Blash to turn someone like Yakupov around is pretty low.  Yakupov could turn things around, but I feel like he'd need to be on a team that's like the perfect fit for him. 

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

Is Larionov still his agent?

[nowhere2005 13]

Is Larionov still his agent?

Yes.

[DickieDunn 2,571]

Blashill would have him running for the KHL after a day of practice

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[theman19 47]

I'd love to see grigs and yak.

Yak-grigs-foo?

[nyqvististhefuture 1,002]

Give yakupov  a shot , cost is cheap and upside is there , nothing to lose

[ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022]

Canes sign son of Chris, Jake Chelios. He's done pretty decent in the AHL for Charlotte. Played for MSU previously, and with Chris in the organization, I'm sure we had our look at him, but still part of me kinda wanted.

[Andy Pred 48 337]

We had plenty of looks at him as he was part of 3-4 prospects camps. looks like he is a late developer and has some nice numbers the past 2 seasons in the A

[Andy Pred 48 337]

Could Kenny look at getting Grigs and Yak on a combined $3-4m cap hit for a year, then offload 2/3 of the higher profile players in the trade off for that top D or does Kenny look at getting some help on the D from the FA pool on short deals. With all these unqualified RFAs suddenly on the market its made for an interesting and somewhat deeper pool to pick from.

 

[amato 3,210]

14 minutes ago, Andy Pred 48 said:

Could Kenny look at getting Grigs and Yak on a combined $3-4m cap hit for a year, then offload 2/3 of the higher profile players in the trade off for that top D or does Kenny look at getting some help on the D from the FA pool on short deals. With all these unqualified RFAs suddenly on the market its made for an interesting and somewhat deeper pool to pick from.

 

The unqualified RFAs are a bit interesting but a lot of them will likely still sign before hitting free agency. And some of the ones that do become UFA on July 1st might just be using it to gauge their market value. I don't know anything for sure but those seem like likely outcomes for a lot of the unqualified guys. 

[BadgerBob 297]

1 hour ago, Andy Pred 48 said:

Could Kenny look at getting Grigs and Yak on a combined $3-4m cap hit for a year, then offload 2/3 of the higher profile players in the trade off for that top D

 

This is out of Kenneth's element. Too much wheeling and dealing in this scenario, not enough tire kicking and liking of the current team.

[Andy Pred 48 337]

3 hours ago, BadgerBob said:

This is out of Kenneth's element. Too much wheeling and dealing in this scenario, not enough tire kicking and liking of the current team.

yep, my bad Bob. I was getting carried away with the potential of obtaining 2 young former first round picks for peanuts and easing our cap situation. 

[frankgrimes 1,836]

On 27.6.2017 at 4:15 PM, nyqvististhefuture said:

Give yakupov  a shot , cost is cheap and upside is there , nothing to lose

Wouldn't be against it because if it doesn't work out you only lose a bit of money and if it works out you can flip him for picks.

[krsmith17 7,191]

13 minutes ago, frankgrimes said:

Wouldn't be against it because if it doesn't work out you only lose a bit of money and if it works out you can flip him for picks.

If it works out, why would you flip him for picks? If a 23 year old, former 1st overall pick works out here, I'd want to keep him as part of the future. I wouldn't trade him for a pick(s) in hopes that we can draft a 17 year old kid that may or may not become an NHL player.