If I were the Oilers, I think I'd be more upset by it. Not taking a clean hit properly is one of the things that puts players at greater risk of injury (both players). Not to mention, Yakupov likely took himself out of the play longer than he would have if he just took the hit.
Having said that, I used to love when Huselius would dodge hits, but he wouldn't completely dive like that.
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