Simpleton
Rejoint: juin 2017
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Poor Nail Yakupov, he never stood a chance and is likely to remain considered one of, if not the, biggest 1st OA draft busts in NHL history. To be fair to the Oilers though, Yak was pretty much the consensus 1OA among hockey experts.
When I reminisce, I recall a one-dimensional player who struggled to figure out his role in a 5-man system. He sure could shoot the puck though, and his celebrations were fun to watch. Sometimes, when I am feeling a bit delusional, I wonder what might have been had the Oiler coaching staff forgiven his flaws and allowed him to play his game. Those old highlights can be tantalizing, he looked like a pretty solid trigger man for McDavid. Oh well.