Maybe a bit off topic but I thought someone here could answer this, was Semin really 5'11 175 when drafted or was this a typo? I'm also thinking since he is from Russia they may not have had any measurements and there was some unfamiliarity.
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Looking at it now the season he left back to Russia he was 19 years old of course 20 by March. He came back after three seasons at 22-23, so all those years in Russia going undetected, very possible to grow at age 19-23. Just don't expect that much growth.
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escuchar, hablar en Inglés solamente, porque si no puedo hablar mi idioma materno francés (mis mensajes fueron borrados), entonces no se debe permitir que hablan un idioma eso no es tuyo.
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Pretty sure Semin was only 15 when we drafted him. That would explain a lot.
I am joking.
I like Semin. He is one of our scrappier forwards. At least he dropped the gloves. That's a helluva lot more than the brassiere snapping the rest of his teammates do on their best nights. Semin rallied the team versus the Flyers. He has a breaking point. I like that in a player.
I met Semin through my hockey playing buddies at F'Fax Ice Arena back in his draft year when we had a Tpaktop team there and then Team CCCP... and yes, he was even more shy then, skinny (about 175 and about no taller than 6'
so yes, I can attest that he was indeed just about the stats you are asking about.
Always been a fan of Semin even before hoping the caps would draft him. He has always been a streaky scorer since the beginning. I think many here bash him for not showing up but a streaky player is a streaky player. Wouldn't have gotten past the Rangers this past season without him. He was great on the PK for the first half of the season or so. He was taken off the 2nd half I can't remember why. Maybe an injury issue.
escuchar, hablar en Inglés solamente, porque si no puedo hablar mi idioma materno francés (mis mensajes fueron borrados), entonces no se debe permitir que hablan un idioma eso no es tuyo.
Yo sé hablar un poco de varios idiomas
escuchar, hablar en Inglés solamente, porque si no puedo hablar mi idioma materno francés (mis mensajes fueron borrados), entonces no se debe permitir que hablan un idioma eso no es tuyo.
Yo sé hablar un poco de varios idiomas
bon on pourra parler en francais un peu, je m'en fous. Perreault nous entenderait
Pretty sure Semin was only 15 when we drafted him. That would explain a lot.
I am joking.
I like Semin. He is one of our scrappier forwards. At least he dropped the gloves. That's a helluva lot more than the brassiere snapping the rest of his teammates do on their best nights. Semin rallied the team versus the Flyers. He has a breaking point. I like that in a player.
100% he did. He was our best player and he started the shift in momentum in that series. The last 4 games the ice was tilted. After he started scrapping and pushing back then alot of other players did too including Backstrom who crosschecked Upshall (?..maybe it was Richards) in the face blatently after a whistle.
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Maybe Semin will be a captain one day in Russia 10 years from now. Sure it was one time, but it was huge. And it got me to a game 7 for the first time in a long time. We won the bongo game too FWIW. The way the team rallied behind him in that Flyers series, you can't teach that stuff. Either it happens naturally or not at all. I dont remember the Nick cross check, but I remember Erskine got on board too with the enough was enough, if we lose, its on our terms. And our defensemen collectively even started clearing the crease with authority. Something we havent done in playoffs since.
when it comes down to it, semin is one of the hardest players i can recall to correctly understand. he's supposed to be a playoff fail. yet many of the caps biggest goals have come off his stick. most of the caps playoff wins have come with at least one goal from him.
he's supposed to be soft, yet he's very scrappy and scrappiest when its biggest.
he's supposed to be a defensively liability, but he's arguably the bst pk'r on the squad.
he has his problems. there's no question. but it seems that what they are often manifest in a different way than the reality
Semin is all over the board. Player of the month in the entire NHL to pulling your hair out knowing that the hooking call is coming in 3.. 2.. 1. People now just seem like we have to react to everything we see or hear, and he brings out the full range of reactions, usually in every single game. Perhaps that's why so many want to trade him, they dont want to deal with the roller coaster of emotions.
Goal scoring is not a simple science. It's dynamic, not static and predictable. He is such a dynamic player, you get to see the extremes. People call it being inconsistent. He must be one of the most dynamic players in the league. I personally find his game very entertaining.
