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If the Pens want Yakupov...the Oilers will want Maatta.
A lot more aswell which makes it not worth it, Maatta is going to be a STUD when he fully developed.
If the Pens want Yakupov...the Oilers will want Maatta.
Well, that's what they're there for, to be traded. Real question for me is whether Yakopov fits the third line, because there wouldn't be any place on the first, second, or fourth.
For ****s sake, come on man! You know Bylsma would have Yakupov as the backup goalie!
I'm not sure the sarcasm smilie is entirely appropriate.
If the Pens want Yakupov...the Oilers will want Maatta.
I'd be fine with moving Olli for Yak. We have too many D prospects as it is.
Olli + Dupuis + 1st
Wouldn't it be better to keep Dupuis and to package Maatta for the next Iginla or Morrow?
I'd be fine with moving Olli for Yak. We have too many D prospects as it is.
Olli + Dupuis + 1st
Maatta for Hal Gill. Let the Flyers deal with Shero's trash (Maatta).
What has Yak done to deserve all of that? Because of draft position? I would bet dimes to dollars that if there were a redraft both Maatta and Dupuis would have gone higher than they did. And not by an insignificant amount.
And Yak has not shown anything that says that he is the next Crosby or Malkin.
In a similar logic, do people assume that Puliot is ten times the prospect Maatta is because he went 8th overall?
Yakupov is closer to Ovechkin at the same age only in the sense that he's smaller, slower, less explosive, a worse stickhandler, not physical, and half as strong with a far less dangerous wrist shot.
In other words, he's not anywhere near belonging in the company you just put him.
Yakupov is closer to Ovechkin at the same age only in the sense that he's smaller, slower, less explosive, a worse stickhandler, not physical, and half as strong with a far less dangerous wrist shot.
In other words, he's not anywhere near belonging in the company you just put him.
Respectfully, I would bet that you would be very wrong.
Not every first overall is going to be Crosby or Malkin. Yakupov certainly isn't going to be either of them because he's a completely different style of player.
Yakupov is much closer to the Stamkos' and Ovechkins of the world. Sure he's not going to be a Crosby, but elite goal scorers are still valuable too. This kid has a lot of talent.
Heh.
I meant Despres. Still recovering from that flight.
And you seriously do not think that Maatta would not be drafted higher than 22nd and Simon Despres would not be picked higher than 30 in a redraft?
A lot of teams are going to regret passing up on Maatta
Heh.
I meant Despres. Still recovering from that flight.
And you seriously do not think that Maatta would not be drafted higher than 22nd and Simon Despres would not be picked higher than 30 in a redraft?
Why does it, er, Maatta? I mean matter.
I never really understood the concept of a re-draft. A draft is blind science. A re-draft is hindsight at its finest. Where's the fun in that?
These guys get paid a lot of money to figure out which of these players are going to make it BEFORE they actually do. They don't have the luxury of a re-draft. So what's the point.
Yes, if we had a re-draft, Martin St. Louis would be selected by SOMEBODY instead of being passed over entirely. Congratulations.
I was addressing the notion that we trade Maatta, Despres (you said Dupuis but initially I was thinking Despres in my up at 4:30 am and across the country flight addled brain, but the point remains) and a first for Yak.
I was wondering what Yak has done to deserve that much. Straight up for Maatta at this point seems fair enough, although I doubt the Oilers do that. But right now Maatta seems the better prospect given what they actually look like and moving aside draft position.
What has Yak done to deserve all of that? Because of draft position? I would bet dimes to dollars that if there were a redraft both Maatta and Dupuis would have gone higher than they did. And not by an insignificant amount.
And Yak has not shown anything that says that he is the next Crosby or Malkin.
In a similar logic, do people assume that Puliot is ten times the prospect Maatta is because he went 8th overall?
Yak was on a 29 goal pace last year as a rookie on a bad team.
There's no doubt that Olli would go much higher than he did, higher than DP, but Yak would still go a head of him. Adding a late 1st to move up to a top pick isn't exactly unheard of. Dupuis is there for the cap and because he's expendable and misused by DB.