Interesting question,MMmmm.
Yakupov will gel with Gagner and MPS immediatly and his game will translate flawlessly to the NHL so i see him scoring 20+ goals this year from the 2nd line and because i see Gagner realising the need to support Yakupovs shooting prowess with a double pronged shooting threat and hence scoreing at a career pace himself there will be lots of assists to go around,I think Yakupov will be close to a PPG.
Schultz will also see his game translate well to the NHL and as mentioned he will be eating up the PP minutes and racking up the points,I see him also as close to a PPG player.
I think the deciding factor will be how Yakupov does on the second PP unit,and because I think he will be deadly efficient due to his natural quick release and excellent decision making I say Yakupov takes the contest in the last 8 games of the year as Schultz is forced to tighten up as the Playoffs approach and games get more intense.At this exact time our style will still be generating PP opportunitys so it will be a toss up aside from Schultzes slower pace 5 on 5,which will show itself with about 8 games to go.Moma2 thinks Yakupov will earn the Rookie scoring title but Schultz will win the Calder because of his 5 on 5 scoring that helps us into the playoffs.RNH will benefit most from Schultz points wise and Gagner will benefit most points wise from Yakupov.I also call RNH and Sam 1/2 in the team points race this year.Sorry Ebbs but this is a new game 5 on 5 now with J Schultz and we will really see the effect multiplied at the NHL level,the points will be much more evenly spread out on the 1st line,|Ebbs goal scoring % will likely hit a career high this year with Schultz presenting a consistant threat from the outside but his assists will suffer.Its the Gagner/Yakupov connection I am most excited about,we already had very good{now great with J.S} offense from the back end but we did not have great secondary scoring from our 2nd line which we will now have.
We are going to force teams to alter their defensive setups and break their top pairings to adjust to this secondary threat,and this just makes execution easier for everyone at the NHL level.And draws more penaltys as well.