C Victor Stjernborg - Växjö Lakers, J20 Nationell (2021, 108th, CHI)

[theslatcher]

Victor Stjernborg at eliteprospects.com

Smart, hard working, two-way center. Likes getting in front of the net and scoring from there. Hit a growth spurt during the summer where he also bulked up a fair bit.

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[VictorLustig]

He apparently made his SHL debut this thursday. Sounds like he made a good first impression.

 

[theslatcher]

First SHL goal.

 

[theslatcher]

And following that game, & goal; his first SHL apple.

 

[theslatcher]

Playing C today, first time for him in the SHL AFAIK, on third line.

 

[neelynugs]

elite prospects says his name is pronounced kran-bor. is that right? reminds me of stanislav nets-cash, where it was way off from the look.

 

[Prntscrn]

elite prospects says his name is pronounced kran-bor. is that right? reminds me of stanislav nets-cash, where it was way off from the look.

You can hear his name in the beginning

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

That is very peculiar.

Can anyone give us a Swedish grammar lesson on why his name looks like it’d be pronounced to a native English speaker so much differently than it’s pronounced to a native Swedish speaker? Usually the discrepancies are very small.

 

[CLW]

That is very peculiar.

Can anyone give us a Swedish grammar lesson on why his name looks like it’d be pronounced to a native English speaker so much differently than it’s pronounced to a native Swedish speaker? Usually the discrepancies are very small.

His name is made of two parts Stjern - borg = Star Fort/Fortress. Stjerna is an old spelling of the word stjärna (star). The Swedish language has different s/sh sounds, some that are not usually found in English. In this case the Stj sound is close to the English Sh in shoot. The g in borg is a j sound (like Y/es, not J/ane) *bor-j* and not a hard g like the *Borg* in Star Trek. Same with the word varg - var-j (wolf)

 

[Seiza]

That is very peculiar.

Can anyone give us a Swedish grammar lesson on why his name looks like it’d be pronounced to a native English speaker so much differently than it’s pronounced to a native Swedish speaker? Usually the discrepancies are very small.

Here's a short grammar lesson for you.

The first part of his name, Stjärna (Stjern), is pronounced /ˈɧæːɳa/. The [ɧ] phoneme is unique for the Swedish language. It's a voiceless postalveolar fricative, read more on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative.

Sheep and ship are similar words in English, but the pronunciation is a bit different.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Thank you to both of you! Hopefully he makes the NHL. How many announcers won’t pronounce his name correctly? I’d guess a lot.

 

[jfrank21]

sounds like she is saying victor cranberry with a heavy accent....interesting. I have this guy pegged to the Wings in the 2nd or 3rd round, at least that's what I hope when I do the draft sim.

 

[theslatcher]

Thank you to both of you! Hopefully he makes the NHL. How many announcers won’t pronounce his name correctly? I’d guess a lot.

Announcers rarely pronounce Swedish names correctly anyway so that's par for the course.

 

[thethinglonger]

Some footage from a game in April:

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Chicago

 

[KOS21]

so, he is known as more of a defensive C...why isnt more being said about what he is doing in the Allvenskan his last 7 games?.. i know its not the SHL, but still an 18 yo "defensive C" putting up pretty good numbers. im wondering if anybody can give me a scouting report on him,

 

[Mrfenn92]

Makes Sweden world junior camp roster

 

[Mrfenn92]

Signs 2 year extension with vaxjo. Signed through 24-25 now.