F Samu Bau - HIFK U20, U20 SM-sarja (2023, 162nd, ARI)

[MMC]

Saw this Finnish forward listed a notable prospect for 2022, can someone tell me more about him?

Samu Bau at eliteprospects.com

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[Artorius Horus T]

Unusual surname.

edit : i found few results from ancestry.com
Old German or Chinese related last name

 

[wings5]

Saw this Finnish forward listed a notable prospect for 2022, can someone tell me more about him?

Samu Bau at eliteprospects.com

Idk about these notable prospect lists , he didn’t stand out at Ivan Hlinka

 

[Antiillafire]

Is he an nhl prospect though? I don’t think he was better than guys like Sotek, Suchy, or Sykora who are all border line draft prospects.

 

[Albatros]

Unusual surname.

edit : i found few results from ancestry.com
Old German or Chinese related last name

Seems like a Karelian Orthodox family to me, many such people were evacuated to other parts of Finland during WWII.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Big hard working two-way center. Very limited offensive upside. Doesnt have the hands or shot or any other special qualities. Does his job at 4 center. Not in my top15 Finns. Borderline 7th round pick

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Seems like a Karelian Orthodox family to me, many such people were evacuated to other parts of Finland during WWII.

Ancestery.com didn't mention any russian related to Bau, or any other site for that matter.
It can be randomly picked surname, that happen as well. People do change their family names sometimes.

 

[Albatros]

Ancestery.com didn't mention any russian related to Bau, or any other site for that matter.
It can be randomly picked surname, that happen as well. People do change their family names sometimes.

Karelian is related to Finnish rather than Russian, although there are many loanwords. It's common for such bilabial plosives to be voiced in Karelian that are voiceless in Finnish. Therefore a similar Finnish surname could be Paukku.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Karelian is related to Finnish rather than Russian, although there are many loanwords. It's common for such bilabial plosives to be voiced in Karelian that are voiceless in Finnish. Therefore a similar Finnish surname could be Paukku.

I'm putting my money on Chinese anchestry and old German, than Karelian
Paukku? no, no way, my opinion at least.

One thing thou, Kalevala is a huge thing what comes to languages and history and misinformation what comes to Karelia
and actual facts about Karelia.

 

[Kahvi]

Oh for f***s sake who cares where his surname comes from.

 

[Albatros]

I'm putting my money on Chinese anchestry and old German, than Karelian
Paukku? no, no way, my opinion at least.

One thing thou, Kalevala is a huge thing what comes to languages and history and misinformation what comes to Karelia
and actual facts about Karelia.

Bau appears to come from the pogosta of Salmi in Karelia, in the area there are also other similar names like Balbatsu and Bloigu that all seem to refer to the personal attributes of the original bearer (talkative or loud).

Katiha - Karjalatietokanta

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Oh for f***s sake who cares where his surname comes from.

I found the conversation interesting and informative. Though I'm still hazy about the Kalevala history and mythology.

 

[neelynugs]

Big hard working two-way center. Very limited offensive upside. Doesnt have the hands or shot or any other special qualities. Does his job at 4 center. Not in my top15 Finns. Borderline 7th round pick

who's in your top 15?

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Arizona

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Played for Finland in Gothenberg. Noticeable but not overly impressive.

Playing for first-place Ilves in Liiga he has one goal but is -15 in 32 games.

Any reason to believe he receives an ELC?

 

[rt]

Played for Finland in Gothenberg. Noticeable but not overly impressive.

Playing for first-place Ilves in Liiga he has one goal but is -15 in 32 games.

Any reason to believe he receives an ELC?

I think he will get an ELC.