tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post786369991160764297..comments2024-01-22T03:25:10.561-08:00Comments on Bruins 2011 Draft Watch: 50 in 30: #8 Mika ZibanejadKirk Luedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079201231943829805noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-86134171902831174622011-06-14T12:26:16.789-07:002011-06-14T12:26:16.789-07:00The soundtrack should be "young, fast, irania...The soundtrack should be "young, fast, iranians" by the F.U.'s. A boston band to boot. <br /><br />Excellent read man. Love it!collinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433281340385961561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-75682541036089179252011-06-13T14:27:34.985-07:002011-06-13T14:27:34.985-07:00Yeah, maybe he did!
That would be great, so we co...Yeah, maybe he did!<br /><br />That would be great, so we could solve this riddle, once for all.gustavaqvisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605929707484957069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-72654130097270917552011-06-13T13:52:56.507-07:002011-06-13T13:52:56.507-07:00Maybe he North American-ized it!
I don't know...Maybe he North American-ized it!<br /><br />I don't know. Maybe a writer for whomever drafts him can get him on the record. If I can get to the top prospects luncheon on Thursday, I'll try to get him on video with the definitive word.Kirk Luedekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079201231943829805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-147442934355777262011-06-13T13:45:17.118-07:002011-06-13T13:45:17.118-07:00Wow, that's very weird! Sorry about that.
In ...Wow, that's very weird! Sorry about that.<br /><br />In an interview that I read on Djurgården's website he says that it pronounces like Sibb-an-jadd (The Swedish J is like the American Y). You can read the article here:<br />http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=7897<br />(He says it at the very end of the interview.)<br /><br />That combined with the fact that a commentator with a very good reputation who I know, named Anders Fredriksson, stated that his name did not contain any "e"-sound, made me pretty sure.<br /><br />But if you have heard it with your own ears, I don't know what to believe really. I havn't met him in person so I havn't got his word on it being without the "e".<br /><br />Perhaps he's pretty confused about it himself, haha.<br /><br />Take care.gustavaqvisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605929707484957069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-14370185449056524502011-06-13T12:15:26.663-07:002011-06-13T12:15:26.663-07:00Appreciate the feedback, Gustav.
As for how his n...Appreciate the feedback, Gustav.<br /><br />As for how his name is pronounced- if I hadn't stood there when Brian Duff of NHL Network asked him specifically how to say it and heard it with my own ears, I'd defer to you.<br /><br />Sorry, but based on hearing it come from Zibanejad himself, your Swedish hockey commentators have it wrong. He clearly drew out the "e" and put a "soft j" on it. I used to pronounce it the way I heard it in the Swedish videos posted on You Tube, but there was a clear difference when he said his name in Toronto.<br /><br />Take it up with him. ;-)Kirk Luedekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079201231943829805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412386431911254107.post-14927232170802277982011-06-13T10:41:08.958-07:002011-06-13T10:41:08.958-07:00I was about to comment this the last time you wrot...I was about to comment this the last time you wrote about Zibanejad (As "a guy you should know") but I couldn't post it for some reason.. <br />So here's a little feedback on that article.<br /><br />Great article and outstanding job as usual!! The best source of information concerning the NHL Draft no question.<br /><br />As a Swede, I've wathced him a lot and I gotta say I'm absolutely sold on this guy. A big favourite of mine. He's just the whole package, can really do it all.<br /><br />Secondly, don't put too much weight in his numbers, because the Swedish stastistical system is pretty misleading when it comes to young players. Even if you don't play a single minute or just two or three in the game as an extra forward, which is very often the case for young players includning Zibanejad, you get registered for playing the game. So that explains why young Swedish players' numbers can look terrible at senior level at times. For example, Magnus Pääjärvi put up a putrid 35-1-2-3 record in the 07-08 season, but in fact he probably played about 15 "real games" (I'm very aware of that because I'm a big fan of Timrå). So while Zibanejad is registered for 29 games this season, I believe that he played just about 18-20 perhaps where he played more than five minutes.<br /><br />At last, I would like to straighten you up when it comes to the pronounciation of Zibanejad. Most North American experts and commentators, I heard it at the Fasthockey.com all the time on their U-18's broadcasting (no offense, the do a great job of providing hard-reached games to us hockey lovers), pronouces him the way you just spelled: Zee-bahni-yad. But it is actually wrong.<br /><br />Mika Zibanejad is pronouced Mika Zee-bahn-YAD. The accentuation is on the YAD and the "e" is not pronouced at all. So no "bahni".. I really do hope that the NHL commentators do not say it the wrong way, assumed that he reaches NHL level of course. I fear that they just might haha..<br /><br />Otherwise, except for that very small thing, absolutely superbly written as usual! Keep it up!<br /><br />// Gustavgustavaqvisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605929707484957069noreply@blogger.com