He can still win face offs and move the puck though, main reason I would consider it, is if Alex Semin and his agent are in any way pushing it in order for him to sign in NJ, Like I said they share the same agent and are both Russian and familar with Kovalchuk. Yashin would come cheap and if it brought Semin to NJ Id say do it. We have seen it before with Kovalchuk and Hedberg, Hedberg was buddies with Kovalchuk from Atlanta and shared same agent as Kovalchuk. Got to remember between Sykora Parise and Ponikarovsky they put up over 60 goals, you don't just not replace that. I think bringing in Semin and Yashin could help big time.
- Jeff_121
If SEmin needs yashin then hell no to both. Semin does not have the negotiating power to be demanding that. Jagr played 3 seasons over the KHL and was putting up ppg numbers. That got him 50 points, and he was pretty tired at the end of the year. I can't imagine Yashin, who hasn't played an 80 game schedule since 06-07, will last very long especially considering he has one of the worst work ethics.
