Nice to see that sort of talent from Sarnia, along with a couple of others.
Be nice to see a top 10 draft slot, like that Stamkos kid-he's doing alright
With all the talent that the Isles are ending up with from Sarnia-Matt Martin, Dibennideto, Katic-wonder if the Isles finish poorly enough to grab him in 2012?
I keep saying it, but my goodness 2012 is shaping up to be a terrific draft. The high-end talent, especially with European players (many who are playing in NA, mind you), is amazing.
Yakupov
Frk
Galchenyuk
Grigorenko
Right now I think those 4 could potentially go top 10 in 2012. And Yakupov is my favorite of the bunch.
right now he's definitely looking like a top-10 2012 pick. One thing to consider is that he is playing with some pretty good players right now and sarnia likes to play their top line in some great offensive situations.
Top ten? Right now he's contending for #1 I'd say. He's clearly top 3 at the very least.
This is basically what would have happened if a player like Kovalchuk were to play in the OHL at 16. I'm glad the euro kids are coming over to NA a bit earlier now as it can really ease their transition to the pro game.
right now he's definitely looking like a top-10 2012 pick. One thing to consider is that he is playing with some pretty good players right now and sarnia likes to play their top line in some great offensive situations.
if he is "just" looking like a top 10 for 2012 then i just wondering who are looking like a top 3 ?
i've noticed that commentators in NA are saying his name in a very wrong way
he is Turkic ethno-linguistic group man, Tatar by nation..
his name isn't Nail like Neil, it's Nhai'l (Naai'l soft "L" like in French and long "A" like British prounounce back-have or american sun-bus)
also he's a muslim which is cool imho - not much muslims playing pro hockey-) the most famous outside of NA Danis Zaripov of Ak Bars and Russian NT i guess
...he is Turkic ethno-linguistic group man, Tatar by nation..
his name isn't Nail like Neil, it's Nhai'l (Naai'l soft "L" like in French and long "A" like British prounounce back-have or american sun-bus)...
I didn`t understand any of that, but I will take your word for it. I have a hard time pronouncing French names, let alone some of these Russian names.
That`s cool that he is Muslim. I had no idea. I wonder how his game is affected during Ramadan. I`m sure there are many Muslim athletes in other sports (baseball, football, basketball), but I don`t follow those other sports too closely. And I don`t know of any Muslim hockey players. Very neat.
right now he's definitely looking like a top-10 2012 pick. One thing to consider is that he is playing with some pretty good players right now and sarnia likes to play their top line in some great offensive situations.
He's not really playing with that great of players. Sarnia has Galchenyuk and Yakupov who are prett ymuch the only high end talent there. Guys like Kerbashian, Peters etc aren't anything that special and were playing there last season when the team was dead last.
Yakupov and Galch are special players, wouldn't be surprised to see Sarnia finally build a legit threat around these 2
I didn`t understand any of that, but I will take your word for it. I have a hard time pronouncing French names, let alone some of these Russian names.
That`s cool that he is Muslim. I had no idea. I wonder how his game is affected during Ramadan. I`m sure there are many Muslim athletes in other sports (baseball, football, basketball), but I don`t follow those other sports too closely. And I don`t know of any Muslim hockey players. Very neat.
Yeah, there's been some in basketball and football, but very few in hockey. Kadri's one, and I think Ramzi Abid was too, but it's neat if Yakupov is as well.
I didn`t understand any of that, but I will take your word for it. I have a hard time pronouncing French names, let alone some of these Russian names.
That`s cool that he is Muslim. I had no idea. I wonder how his game is affected during Ramadan. I`m sure there are many Muslim athletes in other sports (baseball, football, basketball), but I don`t follow those other sports too closely. And I don`t know of any Muslim hockey players. Very neat.
lol man, his name isn't Russian he is isn't Russian, he is Tatar from Tatarstan
just for you to see the difference there is a list of players who plays for Nail last team from MHL Reactor Nizhnekamsk it's mostly packed with local players from club system sport school i will underline names and surnames which aren't Slavs but Tatar:
Alshevski Stanislav
Alshevski Jaroslav
Berezin Maxim
Bobikov Artem Valiev Airat Galimov Ansel Galimov Emil
Efremov Anton
Zabornikov Stanislav
Ivanov Maxim
Kandakov Leonid
Kanifadin Dmitriy
Kostev Ion-Georgi
Levanov Nikita Mamedov Timur Mansurov Ruslan
Matveev Stanislav
Mironikhin Roman
Nesterov German
Popov Sergei
Seleznev Jacov
Sergeev Andrey
Troshin Vladislav Fattakhov Shamil Khalikov Aivaz
Khokhryakov Peter Shakurov Dinar
Jakhont Vsevolod Ziazov Airat
Kulikov Pavel
underlined are tatars names and surnames
Nail Yakupov is probably as typical tatar name as is Mike Johnson for US.
Judging by their looks I'm sure that Kirill Petrov and Maxim Mayorov are tatars too. But they have russian names because either they are Christian or they have russian father/tatar mother.
One friend of mine has russian name but he is tatar-christian. Another has russian name but he's a tatar who's grandgrandfather changed his name during 1920-s when he run away to Middle Asia from Soviets.
Thank you for the cultural lesson. I will admit to being very naive about such things. I had not even heard of the Tatars before.
I assume, from what I read in the links above, that his nationality will still be considered Russian and that he will play International hockey for Russia, correct?
Thank you for the cultural lesson. I will admit to being very naive about such things. I had not even heard of the Tatars before.
I assume, from what I read in the links above, that his nationality will still be considered Russian and that he will play International hockey for Russia, correct?
No problem mate
his nationality is Tatar it's written on his documents which is given at birth in Russia but his citizenship is Russian, he is tatar but citizen of Russia, as well as i'm
We are second in population after Russians, mostly we're living in Volga-Ural region (originally it's our land before the conquest of Ivan The terrible and slavic intervention) but now adays tatar diaspora is spread everywhere in Russia.yes ofc everysportsmen with Russian citizenship are playing for Russia there is no Tatarstan hockey team or Tatarstan football/soccer team on paper Tatarstan and Bashqortostan(another turks nation which are sub-ethnos of Tatars - they are Bashqorts) are Republics with own goverment we have own presidents own flag and etc but still part of Russia, it's like French Canada or Scotland of UK and so on kinda independent in some ways
well yet the biggest difference between Russians and Tatar/Bashqorts is that we are turkic poeple and 95% of us are sunni muslims
sorry for off-top thou it's about Nail ethinicity)
if the Leafs can manage to hold on to a first round pick in 2012, and somehow be worse than they are now, they could have a franchise player to build around
his nationality is Tatar it's written on his documents which is given at birth in Russia but his citizenship is Russian, he is tatar but citizen of Russia, as well as i'm
We are second in population after Russians, mostly we're living in Volga-Ural region (originally it's our land before the conquest of Ivan The terrible and slavic intervention) but now adays tatar diaspora is spread everywhere in Russia.yes ofc everysportsmen with Russian citizenship are playing for Russia there is no Tatarstan hockey team or Tatarstan football/soccer team on paper Tatarstan and Bashqortostan(another turks nation which are sub-ethnos of Tatars - they are Bashqorts) are Republics with own goverment we have own presidents own flag and etc but still part of Russia, it's like French Canada or Scotland of UK and so on kinda independent in some ways
well yet the biggest difference between Russians and Tatar/Bashqorts is that we are turkic poeple and 95% of us are sunni muslims
sorry for off-top thou it's about Nail ethinicity)
So then is Tomas Tatar a Tatar as well? It sounds obvious, though I don't know anyone named Joe Canada so it could be a coincidence.
that was good one
