franck5890 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Alexei Yemelin Position: Defenceman Shoots: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 187 Born: 25 Apr '86 Born in: Togliatti, Russian Federation (former_USSR) Drafted: Montréal's 3rd round choice, 84th overall, in 2004 Acquired: Montréal's 3rd round choice, 84th overall, in 2004 Location: Ak Bars (RSL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1970 Habs Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Unless Mr. Gainey can sign this guy I do not expect him to be a Montreal prospect for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HABFANDOG Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 does anyone have any news on how he is doing this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greek Hab Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I don't know if this is accurate or not, but apparently in 26 games thus far in the 2007-08 season; Yemelin has 0(zeros) in goals and assists, but has 53 penalty minutes, and he has a +/- of -3. From looking at Alexei's stats, either he's acting as the sole enforcer on the team, or he's he not moving his feet and is taking dumb penalties. Here's his profile on RussianProspects.com. His stats are all the way at the bottom. Again I don't know if this site is reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I don't know if this is accurate or not, but apparently in 26 games thus far in the 2007-08 season; Yemelin has 0(zeros) in goals and assists, but has 53 penalty minutes, and he has a +/- of -3. From looking at Alexei's stats, either he's acting as the sole enforcer on the team, or he's he not moving his feet and is taking dumb penalties. Here's his profile on RussianProspects.com. His stats are all the way at the bottom. Again I don't know if this site is reliable. no clue if the site is reliable. if it is true than maybe, just maybe, he wasn't lying when he said that he was pressured into staying in russia but really wanted to be in the nhl...maybe he's disappointed?! doubt it. ak bars is a crazy good team. he might just be trying to find his footing - he must be the youngest on the team, no? it's a low scoring league in any case, from what i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jennifer_rocket Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 no clue if the site is reliable. if it is true than maybe, just maybe, he wasn't lying when he said that he was pressured into staying in russia but really wanted to be in the nhl...maybe he's disappointed?! doubt it. ak bars is a crazy good team. he might just be trying to find his footing - he must be the youngest on the team, no? it's a low scoring league in any case, from what i remember. Weird though. 0 points? That doesn't seem right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Weird though. 0 points? That doesn't seem right. it's a bit odd. doing some research, i did find out that he in fact has one point and only six players on the team have more than ten points...his plus minus is about average, i imagine (+13 is the high and -13 is the low and there's a pretty wide range in between). but i have no idea how much ice time he gets or how his age compares to the avg. not great by any stretch, but timmins lauded him for his mean streak, didn't he - i just hope those minutes didn't include a suspension anywhere...their most productive dman has 22pts, is plus ten and has 63 minutes of penalties...so it might be a system?! lol. i found all that on the ak bars website, if you can sort of read russian...Ak Bars Official Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 it's a bit odd. doing some research, i did find out that he in fact has one point and only six players on the team have more than ten points...his plus minus is about average, i imagine (+13 is the high and -13 is the low and there's a pretty wide range in between). but i have no idea how much ice time he gets or how his age compares to the avg. not great by any stretch, but timmins lauded him for his mean streak, didn't he - i just hope those minutes didn't include a suspension anywhere...their most productive dman has 22pts, is plus ten and has 63 minutes of penalties...so it might be a system?! lol. i found all that on the ak bars website, if you can sort of read russian...Ak Bars Official Site when you do a translate on the ak bars stat page, you get this: http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%...=en&ie=UTF8 It says Emelin has 1pt in 27 games. Meanwhile, Petrov has 2 pts in 3 games & Morozov has 31pts in 27 games. Tough to say what to make of it though as we dont know tons about that league etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 when you do a translate on the ak bars stat page, you get this: http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%...=en&ie=UTF8 It says Emelin has 1pt in 27 games. Meanwhile, Petrov has 2 pts in 3 games & Morozov has 31pts in 27 games. Tough to say what to make of it though as we dont know tons about that league etc. petrov was playing in switzerland. nice to see him playing for the best team in russia - assuming it's the former hab... do they trade in the euro leagues and that's why he's only played three games?! all the more reason to follow ak bars then : ) and to keep it relevant to yemelin: maybe he can get some helpful hab hints from petrov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedLightRacicot Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 We lose his rights June, 2008 and he still has a year left after that with Ak Bars, I don't think he will every play for the Habs. Thanks Bigbsy and Greek Hab for posting the stats anyway, one can always dream dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greek Hab Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hold up there RLR, I did some digging in the Archives of our players last season, and found this, involving Yemelin's signing with AK Bars. Posted by Link 67 (June 19, 2007) Easy folks, His Agent is also dumbfounded by it all, and blames "Extra" pressure on the part of the Russian team for what happened. He claims that behind closed doors Emelin wants to be here immediatly, he feels Emelin was heavily pressured into the contract and its not in fact what he wants. They did the same thing to him as they did to Malkin, there is much more to this story than "He turned his back on the team". Behind the scenes we don't see what kind of pressure these desperate Russian teams place on these young guys, to the point of intimidation and threats even. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070619...1006/CPSPORTS01 the article is in french but the part i'm talkin abut, and I quote in translated form "It's clear that Alexei was a victim of Pressure to stay over there. Its a shame, he's ready for the NHL and its in the NHL that he wants to play. The fans in Montreal would have loved him because he is fearless on the ice." And to go along with Link's post, bigsby replys. (June 19, 2007) if that's true, that he was pressured, than no wonder he didn't comment on the out-clause. unless ak bars removed the clause it's a russian labour clause and accompanies all contracts - so it is possible that he'll 'defect' like malkin did. i believe the pressure exists and look at what happened with malkin. i'm not ready to bail on this kid for whatever reason he signed with ak bars. i'm a delusional optimist i guess, and i still hope he makes his way here sooner rather than later. And then, I remember reading this awhile back “We would’ve liked to have him here, but it’s not a bad thing for him to play one more season in Russia. He’s on a good team in a very good league, so his development will continue,” says Timmins. Link From what Trevor said, it doesn't really sound like they have given up on Alexei...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest russianhabsfan Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 it's a bit odd. doing some research, i did find out that he in fact has one point and only six players on the team have more than ten points...his plus minus is about average, i imagine (+13 is the high and -13 is the low and there's a pretty wide range in between). but i have no idea how much ice time he gets or how his age compares to the avg. not great by any stretch, but timmins lauded him for his mean streak, didn't he - i just hope those minutes didn't include a suspension anywhere...their most productive dman has 22pts, is plus ten and has 63 minutes of penalties...so it might be a system?! lol. i found all that on the ak bars website, if you can sort of read russian...Ak Bars Official Site Maybe he's underperforming on purpose so they have to let him go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greek Hab Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Wow, what are the chances of this poping up. Emeline tells his story to Radio-Canada. (video is on the side) Only in French. http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports/hockey/2...-enquete.shtml# Emelin says he regrets signing with Kazan's AK Bars and would have prefered to go play in the NHL since its the top league in the world. They also spoke with his north american agent, who thinks his Russian agent (Mark Gandler) might have tricked him into signing in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest russianhabsfan Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 You'd be surprised what Russian mafia can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedLightRacicot Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hold up there RLR, I did some digging in the Archives of our players last season, and found this, involving Yemelin's signing with AK Bars. Posted by Link 67 (June 19, 2007) And to go along with Link's post, bigsby replys. (June 19, 2007) And then, I remember reading this awhile back “We would’ve liked to have him here, but it’s not a bad thing for him to play one more season in Russia. He’s on a good team in a very good league, so his development will continue,” says Timmins. Link From what Trevor said, it doesn't really sound like they have given up on Alexei...yet. You have done well my son! Honestly I didn't even want think about Emelin anymore because it depressed to me too much, now there is hope and life can go on! Thanks for the links, Redlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Wow, what are the chances of this poping up. Emeline tells his story to Radio-Canada. (video is on the side) Only in French. http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports/hockey/2...-enquete.shtml# Emelin says he regrets signing with Kazan's AK Bars and would have prefered to go play in the NHL since its the top league in the world. They also spoke with his north american agent, who thinks his Russian agent (Mark Gandler) might have tricked him into signing in Russia. that's from TODAY? that is soooo weird. maybe he wants to be a hab so much he's reading this thread to learn english. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourtrax Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Things are very sketchy in Russia as far as players getting pressured into signing with teams. Malkin is obviously the most high-profile case but I imagine this kind of thing goes on all the time. Let's hope Emelin can one day get himself over here, sign a contract, and suit up for the CH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greek Hab Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 that's from TODAY? that is soooo weird. maybe he wants to be a hab so much he's reading this thread to learn english. lol. Yup from today. And if anyone is interested, a more detailed interview is going to be on CBC Radio-Canada tonight at 21:00h (9pm). It's all in French though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yup from today. And if anyone is interested, a more detailed interview is going to be on CBC Radio-Canada tonight at 21:00h (9pm). It's all in French though. i'm going to try to check it out. if anyone else does, i'd appreciate it if you wouldn't mind posting a recap in case i don't see it. i'd like to hear what he has to say. totally bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JL Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 How is he doing in the Russian league? Would he be ready to step right in with the big club and take one of the spots immediately, or would he have to do like Valentenko and have to grind his teeth in the AHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 How is he doing in the Russian league? Would he be ready to step right in with the big club and take one of the spots immediately, or would he have to do like Valentenko and have to grind his teeth in the AHL? It's so tough to judge a player that young playing in the Russian league especially just going on stats, I know the year before Ovehckin came to the NHL had something like 13 goals and 27 points in 40 games, the next season he scored 52 goals and a 106 points in the NHL. I wish I got the chance to see him play over there, then you can get a real idea of where he's at. Pierre Mcguire said he's ready to play in the NHL and I believe he said this kid is our best prospect on the back end (over even Mcdonagh). Take that for what's it worth, but Emelin did look outstanding at the world juniors when I got to see him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JL Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 It's so tough to judge a player that young playing in the Russian league especially just going on stats, I know the year before Ovehckin came to the NHL had something like 13 goals and 27 points in 40 games, the next season he scored 52 goals and a 106 points in the NHL. I wish I got the chance to see him play over there, then you can get a real idea of where he's at. Pierre Mcguire said he's ready to play in the NHL and I believe he said this kid is our best prospect on the back end (over even Mcdonagh). Take that for what's it worth, but Emelin did look outstanding at the world juniors when I got to see him there. Hockey's Future has him ranked as our 12th best prospect, with only McDonagh and Fisher ahead of him in defensemen, while O'Byrne is 13th on that list to give us an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hockey's Future has him ranked as our 12th best prospect, with only McDonagh and Fisher ahead of him in defensemen, while O'Byrne is 13th on that list to give us an idea. if you look at the above posts it says he's not having a very good year at all. one point, -3 and 53pim. but, if we're talking outside stats, then i think he's nhl ready also. i watched the world's and he was outstanding, especially after markov got injured - and playing with the big nhl guys - hence the excitement of getting him over here. sounds to me like he doesn't want to be in russia and that's why his season has had a rough start. but perhaps we'll more after his interview this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JL Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 if you look at the above posts it says he's not having a very good year at all. one point, -3 and 53pim. but, if we're talking outside stats, then i think he's nhl ready also. i watched the world's and he was outstanding, especially after markov got injured - and playing with the big nhl guys - hence the excitement of getting him over here. sounds to me like he doesn't want to be in russia and that's why his season has had a rough start. but perhaps we'll more after his interview this evening. That interview with Emelin was done last summer, so I doubt that we'll find out anything earth shaking that we haven't heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigsby Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 That interview with Emelin was done last summer, so I doubt that we'll find out anything earth shaking that we haven't heard before. really? how do you know it's not a new one? brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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