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Yes, he's going to bolt to the KHL and make 100,000,000 rubels which can now buy you a big Mac meal. No one is bolting to the KHL, the league is going to sh*t, they can't pay their players, and the ones they can pay get paid the Russian currency which has completely tanked.

The KHL thing is complete BS now.

Speaking of Yakupov, someone tweeted an interesting stat the other day -- both Yakupov and Galchenyuk had the same number of NHL games and the same number of goals (Gally must have scored one in his last game and Yak didn't, because he's now one goal ahead). Galchenyuk has had the benefit of playing on a much better team, so it could be argued that Yakupov's scoring is more impressive. And don't look at the +/- without also considering the respective goal differentials of the two teams.

So, while Galchenyuk is the "golden child" Yakupov is a bust, yet they are a lot closer than you'd think.

Lol. 100,000,000 rubles

PS I also think that deal blows donkey

Actually a Big Mac costs 89 rubles (latest update of the Big Mac Index), which is $1.36 USD (or about 75 below the foreign-exchange of the price in the US).

Kinda puts those $5 foot-longs to shame, eh?

Sens won't get McDavid but they can damn sure have Konecny. Not because he's a 67 but because he has a ton of skill, just small.

Konecny is failling hard. He has been at his worst in his most important year .

As for the gm, it will be Shero if I had to guess right now

wprager wrote:Speaking of Yakupov, someone tweeted an interesting stat the other day -- both Yakupov and Galchenyuk had the same number of NHL games and the same number of goals (Gally must have scored one in his last game and Yak didn't, because he's now one goal ahead).  Galchenyuk has had the benefit of playing on a much better team, so it could be argued that Yakupov's scoring is more impressive.  And don't look at the +/- without also considering the respective goal differentials of the two teams.

So, while Galchenyuk is the "golden child" Yakupov is a bust, yet they are a lot closer than you'd think.

Galchenyu, has to be up there with most overrated young players. He has potential and is decent right now but the way he is talked about is nuts.

Sens might be able to grab Marner, Strome, or Crouse

I think Crouse goes top 5... seems like a future Leaf to me lol.

Also I think Shero is a logical guy to come in.

wprager wrote:Actually a Big Mac costs 89 rubles (latest update of the Big Mac Index), which is $1.36 USD (or about 75 below the foreign-exchange of the price in the US).

Kinda puts those  $5 foot-longs to shame, eh?

and with all those rubbles yak can buy even more big macs that he could in america. he'd get paid more and the cost of living is lower. win-win! if only there wasn't so many russians in russia i'd think about it...

so I guess Murray is set to pick his own replacement this summer? (am I late with the news?)
i'm good with that. i think he can pick a good succesor. I know everyone is saying shero but does anyone see another guy for the job?
I hope murray stays along as advisor.

Whoa. How did we get on the Yak train? No thank you. I don't feel like he's the best reclamation project.

Shero makes a lot of sense. Cup winner for one and two he's been sort of lurking around Ottawa for a while, almost certainly meeting with Murray and co.

Flo The Action wrote:so I guess Murray is set to pick his own replacement this summer? (am I late with the news?)
i'm good with that. i think he can pick a good succesor. I know everyone is saying shero but does anyone see another guy for the job?
I hope murray stays along as advisor.

Doug MacLean, Pierre McGuire

Ev wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:so I guess Murray is set to pick his own replacement this summer? (am I late with the news?)
i'm good with that. i think he can pick a good succesor. I know everyone is saying shero but does anyone see another guy for the job?
I hope murray stays along as advisor.

Doug MacLean, Pierre McGuire

Nick kypreos, Elliotte Friedman.

spader wrote:Whoa. How did we get on the Yak train? No thank you. I don't feel like he's the best reclamation project.

Don't think anyone is on the "Yak train" per say but if you think about what kind of deal straight up the Sens would get for Lehner, risk for risk (neither is a sure thing) then it makes sense. That said there are other ways to go including the draft (Konecny) for that highly skilled winger.