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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yakupov is a high-risk, low-reward player in a trade. You will have to give up a bunch to get him, but you have to teach him to care about both a team game and a three zone game. And if you push too hard, he flees back to Russia. If I'm anyone else, I'm kicking tires on Eberle or RNH because you are more likely to develop them. I would stay away from Yakupov.
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I think I'd kick tires on Shultz as well. On the oilers he looks bad, but on a team with decent depth he'd be a good #5 or #6 and could develop into a second pairing guy.
He's going to be ruined at this rate.