Ready to turn on him already i see.
Daniel Winnick also has 5 goals and an assist in 4 games this year.
Some size and a Centerman. Would have been perfect in our #2 spot and we passed on him 9 times in 2004.
We suck at drafting.
Honestly, as long as he can hold his own defensively, that's good enough for me. There are other guys on the team that can't get by on offensive production alone but Yakupov can. If he's scoring 40 goals a season, I'm not going to bash him if he ends up being -10 on the season. Reminds me of the Hall vs Seguin argument. "Seguin is better defensively". I can not stress enough how much I don't care about that. These guys are goal scorers in the league to do just that. Worried about their defensive play? Put someone on their line that can cover for them while they're lighting up goalies.There is a lot of over reactions on both fronts in this thread. Yes it's early, but it's only a discussion on the internet.
For the record, I think Yak will be the more prolific scorer. I like him, but I do wish he was a centre, bigger and had a more developed defensive game, but whatever.
Take Bob McKenzie's advice. The first 2 weeks of a season mean very little. Galchenyuk is a good player and he might even end up being better than Yakupov...but 5 points in 5 games really means almost nothing. Especially when we're talking about who is going to be the better player over the next 15 years.
Honestly, as long as he can hold his own defensively, that's good enough for me. There are other guys on the team that can't get by on offensive production alone but Yakupov can. If he's scoring 40 goals a season, I'm not going to bash him if he ends up being -10 on the season.
Galchenyuk might end up being the better player, but at the time of the draft, we made the right choice.
Predictable, but embarrassing all the same.
An elite player from 2013 draft will fall and Oilers will be there to pick up a ransom. Don't worry, we will have our #2 center.
Predictable, but embarrassing all the same.
We got a surefire 40 goalscorer.
But instead we can instead get a MYSTERY player!
That mystery player could turn out to be anything!
he could even turn out to be a 40 goal scorer!!!!!!
Nobody is saying Yak is bad or turning in him, this thread is about who is the better player. Someone here picked Galchenyuk as the best player in the draft and the best fit for the Oil.