Both Russians have returned to the NHL. I wouldn't worry.

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Player: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, FW
Goalie: W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO

C: 3-Backstrom, 1-Getzlaf, Kesler, Ribiero, Stepan
LW: 2-Zetterberg(c), 1-Hall, 2-Benn(c), Pacioretty,
RW: 1-P.Kane(c), Wheeler, Burrows, Brunner, Silfverberg
D: 2-Edler, 1-Yandle, 1-Subban, Carlson, Zidlicky, J.Faulk, Souray
G: 2-Quick, Brodeur, Dubnyk, Emery
IR: Malone

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what about the SM-liiga factor????

1. Yakupov
2. Tarasenko
3. Granlund

how would adding huberdeau affect this?

1) Granlund - dont underestimate his 'situation'.

2) Yakupov - dont 'overestimate' his situation

3) Huberdeau ** since some one asked - Fla on the rise with bjugstad,huberdeau, solid core in place..

4) Tarasenko - hitch

If your league counts Goals and SOG I think you'd be silly not to take Yakupov. That's all he does. All the time.

I think the KHL factor may actually help.
If I'm one of these NHL teams, I'm sticking them on the club and not sending them down to risk an issue with them choosing the minors over the homeland.

Granlund bears his own risk...injury history.

So, swing for the fences...if you don't you'll never hit a homerun.

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G, A, PTS, 2W+OL, SV%, GAA
C: Tavares, Kopitar, Benn, Roy
LW: Hall, Vanek, van Riemsdyke, Nyquist
RW: Seguin, Carter, Yakupov, Tarasenko
D: Green, Fowler, Elliott, J.Schultz, Streit, Wisniewski
G: Price, Ward

Too early to say I told you so?

Way too early.

But boy, Tarasenko looks SICK.

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Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

way too early....agreed, the 'tank' off to hot start.

if we were to base rankings off 2GP it would look like this:

Tarasenko
Granlund/Huberdeau




Yakupov