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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I seem to recall an interview at the World Juniors where I came away thinking he was a punk and I was glad the oilers picked him up. I don't remember Anyone know what I'm talking about?
What if this is mostly on him? What did the oilers do wrong here except fail to do due diligence?
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Actually, the story on yakupov at the last world juniors was that he REFUSED to do interviews because he was struggling so much during the tournament. You couldn't keep him away from the cameras during the draft 6 months earlier when the questions were all about how special a player he was and how great it will be to go #1 overall. I remember him even jumping in on interviews with galchenyuk and gurgenson the day before the draft to get more exposure.
But when the questions at the world juniors were about addressing problems in his game and how he was struggling... He refused to do interviews. I knew from day one this kid had an attitude problem and I knew it would blow up in Edmonton's face. Happy to see them struggling with it.