Nail Yakupov: Coming Home is a documentary on Oilers 1st overall pick Nail Yakupov’s return “home” to Sarnia from his new home in Russia playing in the KHL.

Steve “Dangle” Glynn (me) and fellow Nations contributor Andrey Osadchenko drove to Sarnia to watch Yakupov in action and have two in-depth interviews with him. We also sat down and spoke to Yakupov’s good friend and former teammate Alex Galchenyuk, the Montreal Canadiens’ covetted 2012 3rd overall pick.

I did a simulation of the draft on http://oilers.nhl.com 
No…
NO….
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did a simulation of the draft on http://oilers.nhl.com 

No…

NO….

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last LFR video of the season is up! Trying to evaluate the nightmare that was this Leafs season:  
http://www.stevedangle.com/lfr5-game-82-seventh-hell-mtl4tor1

New video: My appearance on CBCSports.ca’s Hockey Night Online today with talking about the Montreal Canadiens’ firing of Pierre Gauthier: 

http://www.stevedangle.com/cbc-video-the-hab-nots

New LFR video is up: Talking about Wilson getting fired, Carlyle getting hired, and I think there was a game, too.http://www.stevedangle.com/ron-wilson-fired-randy-carlyle-hired-lfr5-game-65-a-good-start-tor3mtl

New LFR video is up! Leafs get their asses handed to them on Mats Sundin night - but it’s a good thing. http://www.stevedangle.com/lfr5-game-56-sundin-night-rant-mtl5tor0

Well played.

Well played.

Who won the Cammalleri trade?

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The Trade
To Montreal: Forward Mike Cammalleri, goalie Karri Ramo, and a 5th-rounder in 2012
To Calgary: Forward Rene Bourque, forward Patrick Holland, and a 2nd-rounder in 2013

The Stats
Mike Cammalleri – Age 29 – $6,000,000 cap hit through the 2013-14 season
GP 38 – 9 Goals – 13 Assists – 22 Points – 10 PIM
Rene Bourque - Age 30 – $3,333,333 cap hit through 2015-16
GP 38 – 13 Goals – 3 Assists – 16 Points – 41 PIM

The Facts

Via CapGeek.com: “The move opens up all kinds of cap space for Montreal, as the Canadiens can now add a cap hit of approximately $8.2 million at the deadline without requiring any long-term injury relief. The Flames stayed cap compliant by putting several players on long-term injured reserve, but once their roster returns to full health, they’ll need to trim more than $2.5 million in cap hits.” 
Hosting the #2012WJC chat for the bronze medal game with 2-time Canadian World Junior gold medalist PK Subban! Join in! http://apps.facebook.com/nikepressurepit

Hosting the #2012WJC chat for the bronze medal game with 2-time Canadian World Junior gold medalist PK Subban! Join in! http://apps.facebook.com/nikepressurepit

If the  weren’t allowed to have a non-french-speaking captain, they would have never gotten this moment