The Edmonton Oilers announced Monday the re-signing of Nail ... Yakupov’s reputation as a poor defender and pure offensive player, would then be Yakupov fared poorly on the defensive side of the ...

Nail Yakupov ... could be re-signed relatively cheaply. Since coming over the Oilers, Roy has skated 236 minutes with Yakupov at 5-on-5, but the pairing hasn’t fared well in the puck possession ...