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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
Yakupov, for sure.
He can drive the net, and he's got a release. He wont be an elite NHLer, but he's got the tools to be a trigger man for Gaudreau, in the same mold as Cheechoo, Burrows, et al.
It'd probably take some time to beat the bad habits out of him. But not as long as it would take to develop a 2nd round pick into the middling AHLer which that pick would most likely yield.
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Attitude and character go a lot further than a good release. Yakupov is someone I'd avoid over Lazar based specifically on the fact that Yakupov has a bad attitude towards the game which is exactly why he has plummeted so far from 1st overall, to being traded for garbage, to the point where he's expected to be KHL bound by the start of next year. With Lazar you got a player who acknowledges he's been bad and acknowledges he wants/knows he can be a bigger player. Clear choice is Lazar IMO.