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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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People don't mention this enough, Yakemchuk's birthday was 2 weeks away from being in last years draft, where would he have been ranked last year, 2nd-3rd round maybe? certainly not top 10.