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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Yakemchuk is an older kid and I'd be concerned about his skill translating. He has a size and reach advantage in junior that allows for some sick looking dangles, but those advantages disappear at the NHL level. I'm not sure those impressive dangles are going to happen against men his size and guys that play at a higher tempo. His shot doesn't look that great and he seems to have some challenges with positioning and playing on the defensive side of the puck. Seems a risky pick.
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He scored over thirty and was over a point a game on a garbage team? I would be more concerned with parehks dangles and mediocre defense not translating as yak will be at minimum a bottom pair. If parehks offense doesn’t translate he will head to russia. Yak has size, hands , skating is average will improve, Good shot long and short and he didnt get a point a game because he cant see the ice?
I have yak ahead of parehk no question.