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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I really have no clue what Yakupov's value is, but I'm sure the Oilers are over-pricing him. But there are reasons why he was a first overall pick. My pure guesswork would peg his value at a late 1st, or a prospect that also needs a change of scenary.
In some ways Yak for Drouin makes sense, but I would think the Oil need to add.
Yak+2nd for Drouin.
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Yes there were reasons and one is that it was a terrible draft year devoid of any franchise player or even elite talent. Also in junior he was strictly a north/south skater that used his speed and decent shot to torch OHL goaltenders. He was never great at using his linemates and never had to play a team game as I recall they tried to teach him the defensive part of the game because coming from Russia he was raw but just ended up letting him loose as that's what he did best and in junior it worked. IMO he's the classic case of a guy that has the ceiling of a dominant junior player.