The Chicago Blackhawks were believed to be ready to trade for the lost 1st round draft pick Nail Yakupov if you believed the rumor mill on Thursday, but I think most Hawks fans almost had a sigh of relief that they didn’t end up making a move to get Yakupov.
Let’s really think about it, the one person that wouldn’t have liked him on the roster is Joel Quenneville which likes puck possession, confidence and speed and Yakupov only has one of those characteristics and oh by the way he doesn’t play defense.
So that being said the big winner in this non-trade has to be the current Chicago Blackhawks prospects who look to be getting one more player on the active roster.