A few thoughts:
1. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
2. How great is it watching the Oilers AND Canucks struggle? Though the Canucks haven't shown it regularly on the scoreboard yet, it's clear that team is about to implode too.
3. Back to Yakupov: How did this kid actually think this would be an ok comment? If he had been interviewed immediately after the news came out I'd give him a pass on reacting emotionally. He had time to evaluate the feedback, process his next steps and form a response to the questions he knew he'd be asked. And THIS was what he thought would elicit the best response? Give that kid $6,000,000, this is too good to end.
4. Myers for Yakupov (regardless of the pieces put together to make it work) would make be cry. For one, Yakupov would no longer be an Oiler. Secondly, I think Myers in another environment would dominate. If Myers is available, I really hope Calgary is in the mix. With the cap we have available, we need a player like this. And (if someone told me 2 years ago I'd be typing this next part, I'd laugh at them) Calgary has some great depth up front that needs to be thinned. With a good handful of prospects, and immense density at 2nd and 3rd lines, Calgary can definitely afford to put a package together for Myers.
5. Despite how much I'm loving it, and a few comments above... it is starting to get a bit irritating that this team seems to be perma-terrible. Someday, I'd love for there to actually be a rivalry again.