WC: Kazakhstan 2022 roster talk

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Eye of Ra

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Kazakhstan have a new import. Swedish Jakob Lilja.

 
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Good player, this Lilja guy.

Mikhalis - Valk - Lilja
Dawes - Starchenko - Panyukov

Pretty good top 6.
 
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Is Antropovs kid eligible or would he have to spend a few years playing there first?
 
These pesky Swedes... :sarcasm: First Henrik Karlsson leaves the team camp on the eve of the last tournament, now Lilja stabs them in the back.
 
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With dual eligibility you're going to represent the stronger team that calls you up, that's how it goes.
 
There's something funny here with the whole Lilja debacle. I mean, the guy doesn't seem to have any other connection to Kazakhstan except having played for Barys for the last two seasons. And let's not forget that there's another requirement for dressing for a country than having played there for two seasons - being a citizen of said country. And you usually have to very consciuously apply for a citizenship.

So, if Lilja applied for a Kazakhstani citizenship, I honestly can't blame the Kazakhstani officials for assuming that he intends to play for them - because why else would he do that? Or did they also grant him the freakin' citizenship without asking him first? "Oh, hai, we have a surprise for you - here's your passport. Now come play for us, ok?"
 
There's something funny here with the whole Lilja debacle. I mean, the guy doesn't seem to have any other connection to Kazakhstan except having played for Barys for the last two seasons. And let's not forget that there's another requirement for dressing for a country than having played there for two seasons - being a citizen of said country. And you usually have to very consciuously apply for a citizenship.

So, if Lilja applied for a Kazakhstani citizenship, I honestly can't blame the Kazakhstani officials for assuming that he intends to play for them - because why else would he do that? Or did they also grant him the freakin' citizenship without asking him first? "Oh, hai, we have a surprise for you - here's your passport. Now come play for us, ok?"
I'm going to assume you are new here. :D Kazakhstan and Belarus (to a lesser extent) KHL franchises operate as base teams for their respective national teams, foreigners are almost exclusively signed with a view to naturalize them as soon as possible. It is a contractual (at least at verbal level) obligation to show up for national team in spring.

Lilja definately doesn't have to go through conventional process of applying for citizenship, passports are handed out like candy in Kazakhstan. The real hurdle is playing required two/four seasons for Kazakhstan club otherwise whole Kazakhstan NT roster would be bought mercenaries. Lilja has simply decided that he doesn't want to be a part of national team and that has caught Kazakhstan hockey by a surprise hence this confusion.
 
I'm going to assume you are new here. :D Kazakhstan and Belarus (to a lesser extent) KHL franchises operate as base teams for their respective national teams, foreigners are almost exclusively signed with a view to naturalize them as soon as possible. It is a contractual (at least at verbal level) obligation to show up for national team in spring.

Lilja definately doesn't have to go through conventional process of applying for citizenship, passports are handed out like candy in Kazakhstan. The real hurdle is playing required two/four seasons for Kazakhstan club otherwise whole Kazakhstan NT roster would be bought mercenaries. Lilja has simply decided that he doesn't want to be a part of national team and that has caught Kazakhstan hockey by a surprise hence this confusion.
Such a sad way to run a National team
 
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I'm going to assume you are new here. :D Kazakhstan and Belarus (to a lesser extent) KHL franchises operate as base teams for their respective national teams, foreigners are almost exclusively signed with a view to naturalize them as soon as possible. It is a contractual (at least at verbal level) obligation to show up for national team in spring.

Lilja definately doesn't have to go through conventional process of applying for citizenship, passports are handed out like candy in Kazakhstan. The real hurdle is playing required two/four seasons for Kazakhstan club otherwise whole Kazakhstan NT roster would be bought mercenaries. Lilja has simply decided that he doesn't want to be a part of national team and that has caught Kazakhstan hockey by a surprise hence this confusion.
Btw do you feel like having a KHL team has increased the quality of Kazakhstan players in general? I am not against that part, I just feel it is a bit stupid with the import-thing.
 
Btw do you feel like having a KHL team has increased the quality of Kazakhstan players in general? I am not against that part, I just feel it is a bit stupid with the import-thing.
Marginally at best. It has provided a platform for couple of players to carve out better KHL careers (lets say Mikhailis, Panyukov, maybe Starchenko). To improve player quality money needs to be put into kids hockey not in elite club team, or to put it bluntly, you can't polish a turd.
 
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I'm going to assume you are new here. :D Kazakhstan and Belarus (to a lesser extent) KHL franchises operate as base teams for their respective national teams, foreigners are almost exclusively signed with a view to naturalize them as soon as possible. It is a contractual (at least at verbal level) obligation to show up for national team in spring.

Lilja definately doesn't have to go through conventional process of applying for citizenship, passports are handed out like candy in Kazakhstan. The real hurdle is playing required two/four seasons for Kazakhstan club otherwise whole Kazakhstan NT roster would be bought mercenaries. Lilja has simply decided that he doesn't want to be a part of national team and that has caught Kazakhstan hockey by a surprise hence this confusion.
I'm not new here, and I'm aware of all this, thank you. I don't think you quite got what I mean. You see, even if you're going to clear all the bureaucratic hurdles out of the lane when it suits you, you still probably need to keep the subject informed of the fact, and - most importantly - get their approval. No matter how deep into the third world you are.

Lilja here is acting like the invitation came out of the blue - says his "phone's been ringing like crazy ever since the news came out", which suggests that somebody just decided to naturalize him without telling him first. So, no matter whether it's Kazakhstan or whatever country that relies on imports to strengthen their NT, how in the heck do you blindside a player with the news that he's been issued a new citizenship?
 
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32 candidates still in it. Team in Riga and played yesterday and lost to Latvia 0:5 (0:3;0:1;0:1).

Forward Pavel Akolzin (#18): "This mus never happen again! We did not play together for a long time. For many guys season ended early. For some guys it was the first game in 4 months. About the game. We crapped in the first period, lacked discipline and the opponent capitalized. In second and third period game was equal and at times we even dominated. We were very close to scoring, but their goalie played a great game.
The arena was very warm. We practiced at another rink and arrived here only yesterday. There was cold and totally different ice. Legs felt heavy and it was difficult to move. " More in Russian: Павел Акользин: «В будущем нельзя подобное допускать»

Kazakhstan roster:
20Sergey Kudryavtsev05.04.1995.kgcm
31Andrey Shutov04.03.1998.kgcm
4Egor Shalapov27.01.1995.kgcm
6Leonid Metalnikov25.04.1990.kgcm
9Jesse Blacker19.04.1991.kgcm
28Valeriy Orekhov17.07.1999.76 kg185 cm
55Ivan Stepanenko12.11.1995.84 kg188 cm
58Viktor Svedberg24.05.1991.kgcm
7Emil Nurgaliev20.04.1996.kgcm
10Nikita Mikhailis18.06.1995.74 kg173 cm
14Curtis Valk08.02.1993.kgcm
15Egor Petukhov28.02.1994.kgcm
18Pavel Akolzin25.11.1990.kgcm
22Kirill Panyukov22.05.1997.80 kg185 cm
24Kirill Savitskiy09.03.1995.86 kg183 cm
26Mikhail Rakhmanov27.05.1992.kgcm
48Roman Starchenko12.05.1986.kg986 cm
64Arkadiy Shestakov24.03.1995.78 kg180 cm
65Samat Daniyar24.01.1999.68 kg181 cm
68Dmitrii Gurkov03.06.1996.kgcm
69Dmitrii Shevchenko15.12.1995.kgcm
88Yevgeniy Rymarev09.09.1998.kgcm
89Anton Sagadeev06.09.1993.kgcm
96Alikhan Assetov26.08.1996.86 kg187 cm
 
Yep, Boyarkin went down with injury. Paving way probably for yet another naturalization... Rumyantsev from reports was by far the best goalie in the local league, so I imagine he will be the starter.
 
Kazakhstan against Latvia today:
20Sergey Kudryavtsev05.04.1995.kgcm
82Ilya Rumyantsev15.10.1995.kgcm
2Adil Beketayev23.04.1998.kgcm
4Egor Shalapov27.01.1995.kgcm
6Leonid Metalnikov25.04.1990.kgcm
7Emil Nurgaliev20.04.1996.kgcm
9Jesse Blacker19.04.1991.kgcm
28Valeriy Orekhov17.07.1999.76 kg185 cm
58Viktor Svedberg24.05.1991.kgcm
10Nikita Mikhailis18.06.1995.74 kg173 cm
14Curtis Valk08.02.1993.kgcm
18Pavel Akolzin25.11.1990.kgcm
22Kirill Panyukov22.05.1997.80 kg185 cm
24Kirill Savitskiy09.03.1995.86 kg183 cm
26Mikhail Rakhmanov27.05.1992.kgcm
48Roman Starchenko12.05.1986.kg986 cm
64Arkadiy Shestakov24.03.1995.78 kg180 cm
65Samat Daniyar24.01.1999.68 kg181 cm
69Dmitrii Shevchenko15.12.1995.kgcm
77Sayan Daniyar05.10.1999.kgcm
86Dmitriy Grents10.06.1996.80 kg183 cm
88Yevgeniy Rymarev09.09.1998.kgcm
96Alikhan Assetov26.08.1996.86 kg187 cm
 
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