“It’s not my decision I’m not playing, obviously I couldn’t be happy about it. So, it’s a coach’s decision and nothing I can do about it.”

“I’m not shocked, I just want to play. The four lines are playing good, winning the games and it’s coach’s decision to not put me in the lineup. So I can’t say anything. But the team played good, guys are working hard ... but I couldn’t be comfortable with that.”

-Nail Yakupov after being scratched by the St. Louis Blues for three straight games. Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has more.