Very excited to see Yakupov suit up.
Straight Points keeper league. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie.
F: Nicklas Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Henrik Zetterberg, Zach Parise, Logan Couture
D: Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Alot of those guys are probably coming from terrible situations, so to move the family to US is probably a goal of all of them. Odds are thats why they might even play hockey. Of course I am not sure of each specific situation, but I know that a lot of Russia is not luxurious. Thats just me speculation of course, and could be an ignorant assumption.
Whats Yaks goal/assist predictions. I think he could possibly get 20 goals depending on if he starts in Edmonton.
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Wow consider me in on Yak then.
I have 1st pick in my 8 player keeper league and am planning on taking him.
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It's tough to throw out an estimate on g/a totals because, frankly, 1st overall EDM rookies haven't had a good history of playing full seasons thus far haha. Hall played 65 and RNH played 62.
If Yak played a full season I could see him hit 65... but I'll go with an estimate of 69 GP 26G, 24A, 50P.
I havent watched much of him, just from what I read on here and on sites. Their 1st overalls certainly do not have a good injury history though, touche.
Its amazing that they've had such a string of high picks and yet still do not try to get a defensemen. Once they get themselves some nice blue liners, they will be a force. I understand they couldn't pass on Yaks but Murray had to be enticing for Edmonton.
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Top end defensemen aren't easy to get - we have plenty of second/third pairing guys.
Hell, look at Philly - looking for a #1 d-man and threw out two $100M+ contract offers and struck out on both. Top pairing d-men don't grow on trees, that's for sure.
But if Smid stays true to form from last year, and Petry continues to develop, and Schultz proves effective... it's a lot of ifs... but if it all comes together, we'll at least have a serviceable d-corps next year.
Also I'm a big Murray fan but the gap between him and Yak was huge... the BPA available in the past 3 drafts has been a forward, and by a large margin at that.
yea they couldnt pass from what I read...schultz was a great nab for them.
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