From
where I sit it looks like a petulant young man needs to keep his mouth shut...
I
can empathize with Yakupov. He's off to a terrible start. His team
stinks. And he's not getting the ice time he wants. I can even see
his logic. After all, how is he supposed to fix his game, if he's
not on the ice to fix it? In spite of all that, he had no reason to
start moaning publicly about it. Guess, what...that tactic doesn't
work. The question that Yakupov didn't address is who should get
less time, in order for him to get more. Right now he's 12th
on the team in points (4), but tied for 2nd in games
played (17). Which of the players above him should be told to sit
down so he can play more? Eberle? Nugent-Hopkins? Hall? Gagner
hasn't done much. But he's only played 6 games. It's easy to find
Nail Yakupov's name on the plus/minus charts. It's at the bottom.
He's a liability in his own end and inconsistent on offence. Yet, there's
an easy way for Yakupov to get more ice time. Play better. Stop
bitching about how you deserve to be out there and make it impossible
to take you off the ice.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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