Whelp.
Yakupov will be a healthy scratch for third straight game. Hitch says he doesn't need to need do anything different, just not one of top 12.
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) November 8, 2016
You can’t argue with this logic, I suppose. Not because it’s necessarily right, and you could probably bust out some FancyStats if you’re Robb and disprove (or justify!) it. You can’t argue with it because it’s just hard to argue with. If this is what Hitch thinks, then this is what Hitch thinks. And it’s true. The top 12 is fine without Nail Yakupov (or Ty Rattie, or Magnus Paajarvi).