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Originally Posted by Leehh
Yakupov was way more physically mature at draft but TT is catching him slowly. His stickhandling, passing, skating and slapper is already way better than Yakupov's and after he gets slightly more strength he will just fly through him like a g6.
Can you honestly say that Yakupov impressed you more in this wjc, or in last years where he was same age as TT is now? I'm pretty sure that you're forgetting the fact that Yakupov is nearly one year older than TT is.
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The bolded are arugable at best, I do believe Teravainen is the better playmaker of the two, but Teravainen's skating is not better than Yakupov's, especially in a straight line. Teravainen's a great young player and may end up being as good or better than Yakupov (personally, I'm not Yak's biggest fan), but at this point you'd have to say Yakupov has a clear edge on TT.
As to this thread, Teravainen easily over JG.