Teufelsdreck
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The Oilers have had so many extremely high picks that they've been able to move on from their Yakupov misjudgment.
This was not a great draft. Again I don't know who of the players that were in true consideration for 1st overall that year would have been considered a good number 1 pick had they been picked.
It was a fantastic draft for defensemen... we all just had our eye off the ball leading up to it.
I don't hate you. But I strongly disagree with this statement
Yeah, but if he doesn't turn it around fast it's going to stay that way.
I'd have to believe, especially given what we know now, that had either of these guys gotten to play full seasons in 2011-12, one of them, particular Galchenyuk, would of been the concensus No.1 guy.
A draft with Gally as the No.1 guy is damming weak.
The guy is an unbelievable human being. That's what hurts to see him struggling so much. My prayers are with him.
As crazy as it sounded then, Jankowski could still end up being the best player from that draft
yes he did , he was given all the top 6 minutes that the coach could, to make him succeed... God back with the Nordiques, he even played with Joe Sakic
The Oilers have had so many extremely high picks that they've been able to move on from their Yakupov misjudgment.
Yak could probably seal it with an epic miss of an open net from a few feet away uncontested.
If he doesn't do that quick though, he has a couple more years to try to salvage his career to beat out Stefan.
Yeah, I remember watching Lawton and wondering why the heck he was playing so many minutes and then having to have a friend remind me who he was. He will always be the biggest first overall bust. He never had a season as good as Nail's first.
...Or does he get one last chance?
People have been hopeful he'll turn it around for years. I wish him well, but at this point, it looks like he just doesn't have it.
People say Daigle was a bigger bust because he was more hyped. He was certainly a better player than Yakupov, though. He wasn't any good defensively either (at least until late in his NHL career), but he was a lot better offensively.
Stefan, Wickenheiser and Lawton were mediocre-esque players who could play in a team's top six or nine without causing damage. None of them was ever close to being a top player, but they were all far from the worst players around as well.
Yakupov is basically one of the worst forwards in the NHL.
If he can produce in COL, maybe he'll manage to prolong his career. Perhaps a team like Vegas will pick him up and he can score 45 points for the Knights while they look for better players...
As of now, Yakupov has never scored 20 goals or 40 points in a season.
I still have faith in Yak tbh. He works so hard that there's no way in my mind he could falter forever. I feel like he's been in two bad situations and it looks like he's going to be in another one this season but hopefully he can work out well for Colorado. I didn't watch him play in St. Louis but he did well in Edmonton with centres who carry the puck well (Roy, McDavid) so hopefully someone on the Avs can help with that. That said, if he doesn't improve then he's definitely looking like the worst 1st overall forward picked
Like others have said, he's such a likeable guy and I really want him to succeed. Go Yak go
That was Mikhail Grigorenko I think.Wasn't there some weird controversy over Galchenyuk's age?
Daigle put up a couple 50 point seasons, but that was in a very offensive time in the NHL, not like todays low offense era.
Now that the title is fixed. No, Yakupov is not the worst forward drafted first overall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Gauthier_(ice_hockey)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Veilleux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lawton