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Re: Yakupov Interview [message #825439 is a reply to message #825436 ]	Mon, 11 September 2023 13:17

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CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 11 September 2023 12:47

From the interview it's pretty clear the Oilers should not have drafted Yakupov.

This I can get behind. I think part of a scouting staffs job is to of course identify the talent of a player. They also need to identify his flaws but they also need to figure out if that guy will be a fit for the team and where the team is located.

I do not think a shy player who potentially has confidence issues doesn't have a very good chance of doing well in Edmonton. It's not a huge City where as soon as a player gets 5 blocks of from the rink, no one has a clue who he is. You come to Edmonton or a City like it, every person knows who you are both fans and media. When you have a good game, you will be treated like you walk on water. When you don't, it will crush you. You have to be able to handle that. A guy like Yak, it doesn't sound like he had the personality or mental ability to handle playing in Edmonton. That doesn't take away from the Oilers making mistakes. They did make mistakes with him. But like I said, Eakins was his coach for a very brief portion of his entire career, just over 1 season. Eakins did a lousy job but if 1 guy for a fraction of your entire career is bad and you can't overcome that, that's on the player. Very, very few players development is completely seamless from day 1 on, there will be bumps in the road but they have to overcome those bumps. Doesn't sound like he could overcome that bump in the road.

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