Prospect Info: 2014 NHL Draft / Pick #118 - Igor Shestyorkin (G) - Part III

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Can I ask, though, why it really matters? Like I get why turning Fasth into Fast was stupid, it's already written in the Latin alphabet so dropping the H was just lazy. But going from Cyrillic script to Latin, it gets transliterated all kinds of ways. Just seems like much ado about nothing, personally.

I don't get why they don't just stick to Shestyorkin, which is the name he uses on his jersey already. I've gotten used to it over the years, and there's really no reason to change it. I just feel they should stick to what they use as the Latin translation in Russia. That's where the players are from. It makes sense.

Want to know how they spell Ovechkin in the Netherlands? Ovetsjkin.

That makes my head explode.

 

[duhmetreE]

We can go with Shesty

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

We can go with Shesty

I am just going to refer to the team as New Erk Rangers from now on

 

[nyr2k2]

I don't get why they don't just stick to Shestyorkin, which is the name he uses on his jersey already. I've gotten used to it over the years, and there's really no reason to change it. I just feel they should stick to what they use as the Latin translation in Russia. That's where the players are from. It makes sense.

Want to know how they spell Ovechkin in the Netherlands? Ovetsjkin.

That makes my head explode.

Russia has its own internal standard for this, much of the rest of the world follows an ISO standard on it, and the US has its own standard.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Russia has its own internal standard for this, much of the rest of the world follows an ISO standard on it, and the US has its own standard.

Well, it's not as annoying as Ovetsjkin, but Shesterkin still bugs me

 

[nyr2k2]

Well, it's not as annoying as Ovetsjkin, but Shesterkin still bugs me

Shesterkin looks stupid. I don't like it and would prefer we use Shestyorkin, but it is what it is.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Shesterkin looks stupid. I don't like it and would prefer we use Shestyorkin, but it is what it is.

I will still wear my Shestyorkin jersey when I make it over for a Rangers game once he is on the team

 

[Harbour Dog]

Can I ask, though, why it really matters? Like I get why turning Fasth into Fast was stupid, it's already written in the Latin alphabet so dropping the H was just lazy. But going from Cyrillic script to Latin, it gets transliterated all kinds of ways. Just seems like much ado about nothing, personally.

Dear Diary,
Today I learned a new word.

 

[Synergy27]

I just think it's very easy to, in hindsight, judge draft picks which just isn't fair.

It's only not fair if you didn't have, and voice, an opinion in real time. Everyone on this board that was here to participate in the epic McIlrath draft thread has every right to shit on that pick for the rest of their lives.

 

[Ola]

Russia has its own internal standard for this, much of the rest of the world follows an ISO standard on it, and the US has its own standard.

Yeah, and Swedish state TV — for a long while at least — has two different standards due to which part of Russia you are from.

The US standard is easy to pronounce but to me it does seem less accurate. In Russian, how accurate is Federov for example? When it’s pronounced in Russia it sounds a bit more slavic, like Fjoderoff.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Well, it's not as annoying as Ovetsjkin, but Shesterkin still bugs me

You might say that it... Shestirks you.

 

[ZiGOODejad]

I don’t care how anyone spells his name. I care about how well he plays and if he can play well when he gets here.

 

[RGY]

Lets just go with IGORRRRRR

 

[Crease]

Death, taxes, and arguing over transliteration of Russian hockey names.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I think the confusion is that "e" is the letter in Cyrillic that produces the "yo" sound, but it sounds like "yo".

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I think the confusion is that "e" is the letter in Cyrillic that produces the "yo" sound, but it sounds like "yo".

Yes. Syomin turns into Semin, Artyom turns into Artem etc.

But as I said: I just got used to "Shestyorkin" over the last 6 years watching him.

 

[kovazub94]

Let’s just accept both spellings for now and switch to a common denominator once Igor gets his name onto a Rangers jersey, (unless you fasth chose to follow @Inferno standard).

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Wrong thread.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Wrong thread.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Let’s just accept both spellings for now and switch to a common denominator once Igor gets his name onto a Rangers jersey, (unless you fasth chose to follow @Inferno standard).

I will be that guy haha.

I just think it's funny he has "YORK" in his name and they change it

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yawn...our boy with another 25 save shutout vs the team behind them in the standings.

23-4 record
.951 save % (1st in the KHL)
1.15 GAA (1st in the KHL)
9 Shutouts (3rd in KHL) (#1 and #2 who have 10 shutouts have played 11 and 18 more games than him)

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Yawn...our boy with another 25 save shutout vs the team behind them in the standings.

23-4 record
.951 save % (1st in the KHL)
1.15 GAA (1st in the KHL)
9 Shutouts (3rd in KHL) (#1 and #2 who have 10 shutouts have played 11 and 18 more games than him)

GAA isnt sub 1.00. Bust.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

GAA isnt sub 1.00. Bust.

He needs a 54 save shutout in the final game of the season to break the single-season record for save percentage. They play Traktor who had 13 shots on goal today

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

He needs a 54 save shutout in the final game of the season to break the single-season record for save percentage. They play Traktor who had 13 shots on goal today

Yeah not happening!

 

[romba]

Shstrkn

Just drop all vowels, problem solved.