LW Arthur Kaliyev (2019, 33rd, LAK)

[JoVel]

That name is a bit too Russian for some GM's.

 

[Albatros]

That name is a bit too Russian for some GM's.

Of Turkic/Islamic origin rather than Slavic.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I REALLY hope that the Oilers somehow land him.

 

[thekernel]

Ludicrous that he wasn't taken already, if you ask me. Nux fan hoping we get him at 40......and I would have been cool with him at 10!

 

[lakai17]

I REALLY hope that the Oilers somehow land him.

I imagine he'll be off the board by then. Although we'll see. Otherwise still some other decent options for the oil with their 2nd roinder.

 

[LoveHateLeafs]

Or not.
Just look at Sean Day.

The problem with work ethic, is that it can't be taught. You have it or you don't.

And if for some reason you develop it, it's from within yourself, which, in short, is a crapshoot.

So is the draft, especially once you get past twenty.

 

[scoutman1]

When ever i watch him i reply pavel brendl days lol not the same player but i think some know what i mean

 

[MMC]

Welcome to LA!

 

[FinPanda]

Damn LA Kings killing the draft.

 

[EP40 AKA Lil Wayne]

So what if the kid isnt going in to the corners to fight for the puck. If he learns it, first line material right there, if he don't then put him on second line with someone to feed him the puck and someone to retrieve him the puck. Cant believe he got passed on.

Edit: Congrats to LA!

 

[Mats26]

Can't believe we got Kaliyev and Turcotte. Bjornfot was also projected as a first round talent. Basically 3 first rounders.

 

[William H Bonney]

As a Kings fan, I'm stoked to get him here. They need his type of offensive upside in the organization and with at least 2 years before the Kings may be decent again, he'll have plenty of time to work on his game.

 

[dirk41]

Kaliyev should’ve gone in the early first. He’s going to show that scouts overthink things. They need to pay attention to the relevant base rate.

 

[AmericanDream]

NHL GMs might have woken a sleeping giant...a lot of teams to prove wrong my friend, enjoy the journey - need any help just call up Alex DeBrincat..

 

[Jacob]

Did he maybe fall because of a questionable immigration status or even age? It seems peculiar that no source can nail down what country he was born in.

 

[William H Bonney]

Did he maybe fall because of a questionable immigration status or even age? It seems peculiar that no source can nail down what country he was born in.

There's been a couple unsubstantiated rumors about his age from no-names who I assume have no sources. If the hockey media found any evidence to support reporting that rumor, I'm sure they'd be all over it because they'd love to play that angle especially as he fell. And if any of them did, I haven't seen it.

I think the reporting now is pretty consistent that he was born to Russian parents in Uzbekistan and they moved to NY when he was a baby. Could they have forged his papers? Sure, I guess anything's possible but I'm not sure why they'd have even considered it: if you believe the rumor, he was 3 -- why would his parents care to fake documentation and risk their immigration status just to say he was 1? What would they gain? In terms of immigration status, in what way? He definitely has an American passport. You can't play in the USAH Player Development Camps without documented citizenship and he's played in 3 of them.

One thing about "reporting" on youth hockey, and just the internet in general, is that it can be so lazy. The first source to document something about a young prospect, regardless of validity, is then lazily used around the hockey community as gospel. Just take Jack Hughes. It was pretty funny how long everyone thought he was Canadian because EliteProspects listed his nationality as Canadian because he was playing in Toronto - including some notable prospect/hockey reporters. This despite the fact that his brother was playing for the NTDP at the time, his parents were both known commodities and easily searchable with documented backgrounds, and he was one of the best known 14/15 year old prospects in the world.

 

[kilowatt]

Can't believe we got Kaliyev and Turcotte. Bjornfot was also projected as a first round talent. Basically 3 first rounders.

Well the Kings had two first round picks and an early second, so I would hope that they would get basically three first rounders.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Did he maybe fall because of a questionable immigration status or even age? It seems peculiar that no source can nail down what country he was born in.

FWIW this guy I don't know or vouch for claims that's the case:

 

[895]

Did he maybe fall because of a questionable immigration status or even age? It seems peculiar that no source can nail down what country he was born in.

@William H Bonney

 

[kilowatt]

FWIW this guy I don't know or vouch for claims that's the case:

So a random person on twitter claims someone at a draft table told him this, and seven retweets later follows it up with a "wow, this blew up"? Okay then. I think we're safe here.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

@William H Bonney

Make sure to read the last line everyone.

 

[GoCaps2004]

I literally lost brain cells reading that.

 

[kilowatt]

Make sure to read the last line everyone.

OP's response to the top comment is the nail in the coffin here:

ngl, I'm pretty high right now and I can't tell if this is genius or stupid.

How deep does this go? Straight to the top? Putin? Trump? The Clintons? NASA?

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I think it has to do with his lack of skating speed & maybe he's slightly eccentric like Bryzgalov ?

 

[TopT]

I do find it strange we have different reports where he was born