C Nikita Alexandrov (2019, 62nd, STL)

[Domme90]

First 2 assists yesterday.

 

[The Lean Bergmann]

First 2 assists yesterday.

He was a healthy scratch after the first two games. Now he's back and played on the fourth line. I guess he got a pep talk from his coach

 

[The Lean Bergmann]

Today he scored his first goal for KooKoo.

 

[Frenzy31]

1g and 1a in his las two games. His ice time has gone up from 10 minutes to 18. Go figure production goes up with that.

 

[The Lean Bergmann]

Nikita's season in Finland is over. KooKoo lost against Ilves Tampere in the first playoff round with 6:4 goals (they played two games).

He played 28 regular season games plus 2 playoff games.

He scored three goals and six assists. Most of the time he was part of the 3rd and 4th line. Maybe 4 or 5 games on the 1st line.

Tilastot | #74 Aleksandrov, Nikita | Liiga

 

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[GermanSpitfire]

Sucks he choose to represent Russia being born in Germany, and coming up through the German system…. Understandable though.

 

[Atas2000]

Sucks he choose to represent Russia being born in Germany, and coming up through the German system…. Understandable though.

He is russian. Just like Barkov who chose to turn his back on his people.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

He is russian. Just like Barkov who chose to turn his back on his people.

I understand, he’s got duel citizenship and wanted to play for the more competitive nation. Just like Heatley before him. Just the fact he was developed through the German system makes it odd.
Seeing a last name like “Alexandrov” would look weird for a German anyway

 

[Atas2000]

I understand, he’s got duel citizenship and wanted to play for the more competitive nation. Just like Heatley before him. Just the fact he was developed through the German system makes it odd.
Seeing a last name like “Alexandrov” would look weird for a German anyway

Not weirder than Zverew or Özil anyway.

And Kölzig IIRC went through NA development and still represented Germany.

 

[Maverick41]

It is and should be an individual decision. Some make the decision based on how they feel, if they have strong feelings for one of the countries they could represent. If Alexandrov feels a stronger connection to Russia then it would not make much sense to play for Germany.
Others may make the decision based more on pragmatism. If they are not good enough to play for the better team, they'll fall back to playing for the weaker team. Or if they are good enough to play for either country they choose the stronger one.
You will always have situations where you wish that a player had chosen "your country" to represent, but I could never get upset with the players who makes a different choice.
I would also have love to see Alex Ciernik represent Germany instead of Slovakia, but that's the way it goes.

I am pretty sure fans in Poland would like players like Borzecki, Rutkowski, Dziambor, Szuber or Bettahar to play for Poland instead of Germany. But at least at the junior level they are/have been playing for us.

 

[Caser]

I understand, he’s got duel citizenship and wanted to play for the more competitive nation. Just like Heatley before him. Just the fact he was developed through the German system makes it odd.
Seeing a last name like “Alexandrov” would look weird for a German anyway

Actually the most interesting thing about this situation is that he hasn't got dual citizenship (as then he wouldn't be able to represent Russia by IIHF rules), so yeah, he was born and raised in Germany, but never accepted it's citizenship.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Actually the most interesting thing about this situation is that he hasn't got dual citizenship (as then he wouldn't be able to represent Russia by IIHF rules), so yeah, he was born and raised in Germany, but never accepted it's citizenship.

Didn’t know this, thanks for the info. Very weird indeed.

 

[Caser]

 

[Antiillafire]

It is and should be an individual decision. Some make the decision based on how they feel, if they have strong feelings for one of the countries they could represent. If Alexandrov feels a stronger connection to Russia then it would not make much sense to play for Germany.
Others may make the decision based more on pragmatism. If they are not good enough to play for the better team, they'll fall back to playing for the weaker team. Or if they are good enough to play for either country they choose the stronger one.
You will always have situations where you wish that a player had chosen "your country" to represent, but I could never get upset with the players who makes a different choice.
I would also have love to see Alex Ciernik represent Germany instead of Slovakia, but that's the way it goes.

I am pretty sure fans in Poland would like players like Borzecki, Rutkowski, Dziambor, Szuber or Bettahar to play for Poland instead of Germany. But at least at the junior level they are/have been playing for us.

Indeed. Players will choose the nation that feels represents them the most or they feel most connected to. I wish Matthew Knies represented Slovakia, and i am sure Ukrainians hoped Myklukha would stick with Ukraine. Czechs im sure would be welcome to have Peterka on their team.

 

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Debuted in the NHL.

 

[stl76]

Debuted in the NHL.

He played very well too in limited minutes. Not sure he is ready for the NHL full time (could probably use a little more AHL time) but he looked like a guy who belonged. Think he will have a legit NHL career...really smart player.

 

[stl76]

Very nice assist by Alexandrov on this goal for his first career NHL point:



Beat you to it @Caser