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Originally Posted by Fan69
Nothing like phaneuf. Phaneuf doest have yaks stick work or his close in shots. Yak will be a better skater and doesnt come with the as long as im scoring. I don’t care attitude.
Yak is going to surprise a lot if people.
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I watched a profile on Yak a few weeks ago that had an interesting stat… Amongst the top-ranked defencemen in this draft, Yak had by far the highest rate of one-vs-one stick handling attempts when he had the puck. I might be describing that wrong but the overall message was that he tries to beat players with his hands/skills more than most other defencemen… at a rate more equivalent to skilled forwards. Not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing as far as projecting his future but it was an interesting perspective taken on him.