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Originally Posted by Habsfan09
Will be interesting if Yakupov finally decided to live up to his potential.
There was reams of paper written about whether he'd ever gotten a fair shake in Edmonton in terms of quality linemates - from one source:
"Since joining the league, Yakupov's five most common centermen at 5v5 have been Sam Gagner (596:14), Derek Roy (534:15), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (426:05), Mark Arcobello (296.34) and Mark Letestu (215:51)."
Those who believe it (which to some extent include myself) fully expect that now that he's off to a good start, Duchene will be traded and his next centreman will be Soderberg or something.