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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Yakupov hasn't even played 50 NHL games. I think it's way to early to say that he is not progressing at an acceptable rate. It's hard to even measure progression after such a short time.
The funniest thing about the Oilers right now is Justin Schultz getting 25 minutes of ice-time a game.
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Not to be picky but including this season he is at 52 games games over the span of almost two years. All he has is a monster couple games at the end of last season. His points per game is right around where Sven is with way more ice time. Look at Galchenyuk, he looks noticeably better this year. You can definitely see the growth there. I know it is early but I just think he looks like he isn't progressing and IMO it has to do with the team he is on.
Regarding Schultz, he was a -21 last year and is sitting at -4 already this year. The oilers are desperate to try and make it work giving him all those minutes, but he looks like a fish out of water sometimes.
Speaking of desperate, how funny was it seeing the oilers pull their goalie with almost 4 minutes left in the game in the 4th game of the season.