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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Um, Yakupov was a consensus first overall pick. The only other guy they could reasonably have taken was Ryan Murray and Murray hasn't exactly been lights out at the NHL level. You take what the draft gives you when you're picking first overall. I don't fault him for that decision at all.
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Consensus yes but he wasn't a universal pick for #1. Moreover, he wasn't so far above other players in that draft that the Oilers should have picked him, ignoring the long-term needs of the organization.
I would have picked Reily or dealt the pick.
Yak was a poor first overall selection. I said it then. I say it now.