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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
So because some people have a different opinion of Yakupov than you do, it must be baseless, rivarly talk. Ok then.
You like Yakupov, that's fine. I am not a fan of his selfish style. Never was. I also don't think that he is what their lineup needed (already having Eberle and RNH). Argued before the draft that they should have traded the pick (not sure how that makes it a baseless, rivalry thing, but whatever).
I think draft picks get over-valued on draft day because of the hype and the potential of shiny new faces. IMO, that pick would have gotten the Oilers more then than Yakupov would get them now.
It is ok to disagree.
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It has nothing to do with liking him or not. I don't like him as a player, I think he's a punk. It's about the content of my previous post which you don't address, ie. minimizing risk.
And as I understand the reasons you don't like him have little to do with his production or stats and more on your own perception of his character. Well frankly you don't have a clue about his character besides making up stories because he's on a rival team. I'm just looking on his numbers, Jr. NHL-E, rookie season stats and concluding that the guy is most likely a front-line scorer. I know I know, you don't like stats as evidenced in a previous post and prefer your own biases, that's fine. But I'll stick with the numbers because I know my own biases fail me.
And I'm saying even if he wasn't what they needed he right play was to still draft him. You can get a heck of a lot more for him now than on draft day.