The Tampa Bay Lightning trade deadline will be interesting to watch this season. Over the last several seasons, they’ve been active with deals. It started with Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow.
Kailer Yamamoto scored twice as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 7-1 on Thursday night. Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and two
Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist and scored the winner in the eighth round of a shootout as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting New York Islanders 4-3 Thursday night.
As the NHL’s most recent expansion franchise, the Seattle Kraken began with a rag-tag cast of players. These players’ original teams decided not to protect them, opting to retain others instead.
Former Edmonton Oiler Kailer Yamamoto and current Oiler Xavier Bourgault have several similarities. Both are right-handed shots, both former 22nd overall
The Seattle Kraken added to their forward depth, signing Kailer Yamamoto to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. The Spokane, Washington-born winger spent his entire NHL career with the Edmonton Oilers before being traded and then bought out by the Detroit Red Wings this offseason.
The Seattle Kraken have signed the Kailer Yamamoto deal. This contract is for one season and carries a cap hit of $1.5 million for the 2023-24 season. Yamamoto is a Spokane, Washington native and the deals allows him to come home.
The Seattle Kraken have signed Pacific Northwest native Kailer Yamamoto.
What a week it has been for Kailer Yamamoto. First, he was traded by the Edmonton Oilers (with Klim Kostin) to the Detroit Red Wings. Then the 24-year-old winger was immediately bought out by the Red Wings, making him an unrestricted free agent (UFA).
The Seattle Kraken are returning Kailer Yamamoto to his home state. The Spokane, Washington native and former Edmonton Oiler has signed a one-year, $1.5M deal with the NHL’s youngest franchise.
Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has expressed openness to the idea of bringing back forward Kailer Yamamoto on a cost-effective one-year contract.
The Detroit Red Wings placed recently-acquired forward Kailer Yamamoto on waivers Friday for the purposes of buying out his contract. He came to Detroit Thursday in the deal that also brought Klim Kostin to the team.
About 24 hours after the team acquired him, the Detroit Red Wings are set to buy out the final year of Kailer Yamamoto’s contract.
The move will save Detroit $2.66M of Kailer Yamamoto’s $3.1M cap hit for this season, at a cost of $533k on their cap for next year.
The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forwards Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for future considerations, the clubs announced Thursday morning.
With the NHL buyout window now open, discussions have arisen in Edmonton regarding potential players who may draw the attention of the general manager for a buyout.
The Edmonton Oilers and former first-round pick Kailer Yamamoto appear to be coming to a crossroads.
After a disappointingly early playoff exit, the Edmonton Oilers are headed into another pivotal offseason.
Granted, it’s only one list, but Kailer Yamamoto sits atop of it. This list is Frank Seravalli’s Daily Faceoff potential NHL buyout candidates list and the Edmonton Oiler’s forward is deemed the most likely of five different players who could see their run end with their respective teams.
Kailer Yamamoto scored with 3:03 left and the visiting Edmonton Oilers held on to eliminate the Los Angeles Kings with a 5-4 win in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round series on Saturday night.
Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto appeared on Daily Faceoff’s first trade targets board heading into the offseason. Yamamoto, 24, has had a tough season with the Oilers drawing in for just 58 games scoring 10 goals and 25 points.
Is Kailer Yamamoto too small and too susceptible to big hits to be effective long-term for the Edmonton Oilers? It’s a valid question that comes following a 6-4 victory where the Oilers defeated the Seattle Kraken and Yamamoto scored but got hit repeatedly and bumped around like a pinball in a machine full of quarters.
The Edmonton Oilers have something up their sleeves. For a week now, the hockey world has been wondering how they would clear enough cap space to activate Kailer Yamamoto.
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He can’t technically step back out onto the ice until February 12, 2023, but Kailer Yamamoto looks and sounds ready to return for the Edmonton Oilers and that will inevitably lead to trade questions.
The 23-year-old finished with career highs in goals (20), assists (21) and points (41) in 81 regular-season games for the Oilers last season.
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