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Except he did change. He came in and was reasonably productive right away. 12-13 in 48 games had 31 points. 13-14 in 63 games with Eakins had 24 points. 14-15 in 81 games (31 of which with Eakins) had 33 points. 15-16 in 60 games had 24 points before being traded.
in 252 NHL games with the Oilers, he had 112 points and 50 goals. a 0.44 point per game player on the worst team in the league.
That's disappointing for a 1st overall pick, but if he was coached to round out his weaknesses, he could have been a steady producing player still.

Eakins clearly didn't like Yakupov and put no effort into putting him in a position to succeed. Would he have turned into a superstar with adequate coaching? no. Could he have been a serviceable 2nd line player? very likely.

Consider our 2nd line wingers last year had Kane, Foegele, Yamamoto, Kostin, Puljujarvi and their point totals, Yak would have been the top of any of them (though Kane missed half the season)

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