RW Nail Yakupov - Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik, KHL

[DisgruntledGoat*]

I would take Bobby Clarke over any Ovechkin.

As would anyone who actually knows anything about Bobby Clarke.

That was a bad analogy

 

[RipsADrive]

Highlights from the last game posted on the Oilers board by s7ark. Make sure to watch his second which was a beauty. (At 3:20)

 

[sanitysrequiem]

Nice goal. He's playing well it seems. Question for people who watch the khl. In that highlight package alone I saw two goals scored (the first one and yakupovs) by what I'll tentatively call "flip wrist shots." And by that I mean wrist shots that don't have a high velocity but are accurate enough to pick a corner. It seemed the shooters did it intentionally since the goalies were so out of place. So just wondering if the quality of goaltenders is lacking and that something like this is a regular occurrence? You would rarely see goals like that in the NHL.

 

[Fulcrum]

Nice goal. He's playing well it seems. Question for people who watch the khl. In that highlight package alone I saw two goals scored (the first one and yakupovs) by what I'll tentatively call "flip wrist shots." And by that I mean wrist shots that don't have a high velocity but are accurate enough to pick a corner. It seemed the shooters did it intentionally since the goalies were so out of place. So just wondering if the quality of goaltenders is lacking and that something like this is a regular occurrence? You would rarely see goals like that in the NHL.

Quality of goaltending is just fine, remember - there are quiet a few of NHL goalies, Bryzgalov, Rinne, Bobrovsky, Varlamov, Khudobin.

Rinne said that it's actually harder to be a goalie in KHL, since the passing is back and forth and will make your head spin. He said that in NHL, the players will take a shot whenever they get a chance from standard positions. So it's more predictable.

As for NHL, there are a fair share bad goals too (just ask leafs fans about their G). Obviously the overall quality is slightly higher in NHL, not going to argue that, but the goalies in KHL are world class too.

 

[Soundwave]

Highlights from the last game posted on the Oilers board by s7ark. Make sure to watch his second which was a beauty. (At 3:20)

Second goal is sick.

 

[Philly85*]

Nice goal. He's playing well it seems. Question for people who watch the khl. In that highlight package alone I saw two goals scored (the first one and yakupovs) by what I'll tentatively call "flip wrist shots." And by that I mean wrist shots that don't have a high velocity but are accurate enough to pick a corner. It seemed the shooters did it intentionally since the goalies were so out of place. So just wondering if the quality of goaltenders is lacking and that something like this is a regular occurrence? You would rarely see goals like that in the NHL.

I fail to see how Yakupov's goals were "flip wrist shots". Sounds like a suspicious, thinly veiled jab at the player. His first goal in particular was a laser beam wrister low blocker. His second goal was an accurate wrist shot with plenty velocity about 10 feet out.

 

[OF17]

I fail to see how Yakupov's goals were "flip wrist shots". Sounds like a suspicious, thinly veiled jab at the player. His first goal in particular was a laser beam wrister low blocker. His second goal was an accurate wrist shot with plenty velocity about 10 feet out.

I don't think it has to be. Nail seems to know how to switch up his shot. If someone thinks that some of them wouldn't have beaten NHL goalies, I don't think that that in itself is a condemnation of his NHL potential.

 

[s7ark]

Yakupov continues his great start to the season with a 2g, 1a night. One goal was ES, the other was an empty netter.

13GP - 10G - 4A - 14P

 

[Worraps]

Quality of goaltending is just fine, remember - there are quiet a few of NHL goalies, Bryzgalov, Rinne, Bobrovsky, Varlamov, Khudobin.

Rinne said that it's actually harder to be a goalie in KHL, since the passing is back and forth and will make your head spin. He said that in NHL, the players will take a shot whenever they get a chance from standard positions. So it's more predictable.

As for NHL, there are a fair share bad goals too (just ask leafs fans about their G). Obviously the overall quality is slightly higher in NHL, not going to argue that, but the goalies in KHL are world class too.

This.

Goaltending is probably the area where the lockout infused KHL comes closest to the NHL in talent.

 

[Oilin Toronto]

Yakupov continues his great start to the season with a 2g, 1a night. One goal was ES, the other was an empty netter.

13GP - 10G - 4A - 14P

I keep hearing so many posts about how overrated Yak is. I cannot wait till the season starts, and he pots 30+ in his rookie year.

 

[dem]

Yakupov's numbers are off the charts for his age.

Look what Ovechkin did... and then look at Yak.

Ovechkin stat line after his draft year
37gp 13g 14a 27pts

Crazy

 

[YEGJuniorFan]

Worst first overall since Stefan.

 

[MikeModano9]

I don't even think Yak is playing in the top 5 on his team for TOI either. Getting limited minutes along with he really has no "superstars" on his team it's crazy he continues to produce at this rate.

 

[YEGJuniorFan]

When Edmonton media asked Oilers head scout Stu Macgregor what he liked most about Nail, he answered "whenever I saw him in alone on a goalie he never missed". Now obviously the team that just drafted him is going to pump his tires but Yakupov really is a special breed of goal scorer. His shot is ridiculous.

 

[MBauer]

Yakupov's numbers are off the charts for his age.

Look what Ovechkin did... and then look at Yak.

Ovechkin stat line after his draft year
37gp 13g 14a 27pts

Crazy

When Oveckin was playing in the RSL scoring was much lower, Yakupov looks great but doesn't compare to Ovechkin at the same age.

 

[nabob]

When Oveckin was playing in the RSL scoring was much lower, Yakupov looks great but doesn't compare to Ovechkin at the same age.

The goalies in the KHL this season are of a higher quality than past seasons. Yakupov is scoring aqt an unseen rate for a 19 year old on a weak team while getting limited ice time. You are right it is unfair to compare them at the same age. Yakupov is performing much, much better.

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

The goalies in the KHL this season are of a higher quality than past seasons. Yakupov is scoring aqt an unseen rate for a 19 year old on a weak team while getting limited ice time. You are right it is unfair to compare them at the same age. Yakupov is performing much, much better.

Sorry, they are not comparable.

 

[Team_Spirit]

In before Yakupov scores 50 goals/100 pts as a NHL rookie LOLOL. #keepdreaming

 

[hototogisu]

Onto the next thread.