Russian attacker Nail Yakupov following the exchange, past tense of Chinese Kunlun Red Star V “Avant-garde” the website of the Omsk hockey club reported.
It is noteworthy that Avangard also received the sporting rights of Canadian defender Turner Ottenbreit, and Kunlun received monetary compensation. Yakupov’s contract, 31, runs until the end of the season.
— Many thanks to the Kunlun Hockey Club for offering me a contract this summer. I am grateful to everyone who was there, especially the kind staff on the team. Life in hockey is such that you never know when you might get traded. I wish the club success and achievement of the initially set results,” Yakupov wrote on the Telegram channel.
Yakupov was selected by Edmonton with the first pick in the 2012 NHL draft, and he also played for St. Louis and Colorado. In total, the Russian played 350 league matches and scored 136 points (62 goals and 74 assists). Yakupov played for Avangard in 2020-2023, and with the team he won the Gagarin Cup.
This season, Yakupov played 27 matches for Kunlun, scored seven goals and assisted his teammates four times.
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