It’s obvious that the relationship between the Edmonton Oilers and Nail Yakupov have been shaky, but now, it has all come to a head. There’s been tension on both sides, and now, Yakupov has reportedly requested a trade from the Oilers and would like to be sent to another team, the Edmonton Journal reports.
A Russian news website called Sports Express held a long interview with Nail Yakupov. Reporter Igor Eronko works for the Sports Express and conducted the piece, and then wrote an interesting comment on his English Twitter page.
Nail Yakupov: 'I asked a trade and #Oilers gave a permission to speak to other teams, about 8 of them were interested, but smth went wrong'
— Igor Eronko (@IgorEronko) March 27, 2016
Reporter Igor Eronko, who maintains an English-language Twitter account, said that Yakupov requested a trade at some point earlier in the season.