On the June 4th Oilers Now, Bob Stauffer makes a comment during the Nail Yakupov segment. He states that Nail Yakupov's Sarnia Sting aren't as elite as the other CHL teams that had a top 3 draft pick stationed there. This statement is true, but it doesn't reflect badly on Yakupov, at least it shouldn't.
Sarnia Sting Regular Season
September
With Nail
1-2
1G, 4A
October
With Nail
10-3
11G. 18A
November
With Nail
3-4
Without Nail
1-2
Total
4-6
6G, 6A
December
With Nail
2-1
Without Nail
2-6
Total
4-7
3G, 4A
January
With Nail
1-2
Without Nail
4-5
Total
5-7
1G, 1A
February
With Nail
5-4
Without Nail
2-0
Total
7-4
8G, 2A
March
With Nail
2-2
Without Nail
1-3
Total
3-5
1G, 3A
With Nail Yakupov: 24-18
Without Nail Yakupov: 10-16
To sum it all up, Sarnia was a .500 team in the 2011/12 campaign. With Nail Yakupov they were a .571 team, if Sarnia had him in the line up they would generate 4 more wins and maybe a couple more OT losses. So they were a better team with him, obviously. Without Nail Yakupov they are a .385 team or a 26 win team. A huge difference in performance. Nail Yakupov had a pretty positive impact on his team and not having him in the line-up hurt them. So when Bob Stauffer tries to downplay Yakupov, remember: he doesn't use any context. Yes, even with having Yakupov a full season Sarnia would only have 38 wins, but Yakupov boosts his team performance by 4 wins. Could you say that about Taylor Hall?
In 2009/10:
Windsor Spitfires: 50-18 (again, losses include OT and shootout, too), .735
With Taylor Hall: 46-11, .807 which equals a 54 win season.
Without Taylor Hall: 5-6, .455 which is a 30 win season.
So Taylor Hall is equal to Nail Yakupov when looking at team performance, they both represent 4 win increases to their respective teams. Bob is right in that the teams are clearly in separate classes, but the impact of these two players mirror each other. Would you draft Taylor Hall first overall again? I would.
Nail Yakupov is the best player in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft
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