Sabres All Time Euro Team

[GASabresIUFAN]

Mogilny isn't European. Not even close.

Yes the town Alex is from is the Asian part of Russia. However Russia is considered a European country as the Capital, Moscow, sits in the European part of the country.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Yes the town Alex is from is the Asian part of Russia. However Russia is considered a European country as the Capital, Moscow, sits in the European part of the country.

 

Istanbul is traditionally viewed as the cut off point.  When you cross the Bosphorus you enter Asia.  Therefore, one could make the argument that all of Russia is in Asia and a significant portion of Ukraine and Belarus is, as well.

[Eleven]

Yes the town Alex is from is the Asian part of Russia. However Russia is considered a European country as the Capital, Moscow, sits in the European part of the country.

 

By that argument, someone from Martinique is also European.  Mogilny isn't from just over the Urals.  He's from the Chinese border--the easternmost part of the Chinese border.

[Neo]

Sabres All Asian Team

 

Taro Tsujimoto and Alexander Mogilny

[Randall Flagg]

Sabres All Asian Team

 

Taro Tsujimoto and Alexander Mogilny

Does Cliff Pu count?

[Weave]

Istanbul is traditionally viewed as the cut off point.  When you cross the Bosphorus you enter Asia.  Therefore, one could make the argument that all of Russia is in Asia and a significant portion of Ukraine and Belarus is, as well.

 

I seem to remember being taught that the Ural mountains delineate Asia and Europe.

 

Here it is:

 

The modern convention of the Europe-Asia boundary (from south to north) follows the Aegean Sea, the Dardanelles-Sea of Marmora-Bosporus, the Black Sea, along the watershed of the Greater Caucasus, the northwestern portion of the Caspian Sea and along the Ural River and Ural Mountains

 

So, we're both right.

Edited May 10, 2018 by We've

[Neo]

Does Cliff Pu count?

I have to say “no”. Born in Canada.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Neo

[DarthEbriate]

Stop making countries that span across continents!

 

(I'm pointing my finger at you, Russia. And you, Turkey! And don't think I can't see what you're doing... Australia.)

[Doohicksie]

L1  Vanek Ruuttu Mogilny

L2  Satan (Drafted as LW) Hecht Afinogenov

L3  Khmylev Girgensons Kotalik

L4  Varada Larsson Grosek

Ex  Mikael Andersson (I just couldn't put Kozlov or Leino on this list)

 

D1 Ristolainen Virta

D2 Zhitnik Smehlik

D3 Tallinder Kalinin

D4 Johansson Teppo  (D left off - Spacek, Lydman, Sekera, Krupp, Svoboda, Ehrhoff

 

Hasek, Enroth

 

How many current (and near future) prospects will be on this list in 5 years?

[SwampD]

I'm putting Spacek on the roster just for the post game interviews.

[GASabresIUFAN]

How many current (and near future) prospects will be on this list in 5 years?

That is a great question, especially with Jbot’s focus(?) on European players (or should I say Eurasian).

 

You could probably almost build a full roster right now with prospects (this isn’t an evaluation of their likelihood to make the list long-term)

 

Olofosson Asplund Nylander

Weissbach Davidsson Karabacek

Glotov

 

Pilut Dahlin

Laaksonen Budik

Nyberg

 

Ullmark

Johansson

Luukkonen

[Doohicksie]

I'm putting Spacek on the roster just for the post game interviews.

 

Only if John Scott can ham it up in the background.

[etiennep99]

Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Scandinavia.

 

Countries like Austria, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Germany.

 

 

Ummm, that's Czechia now, for some inexplicable reason.

No love for Jiri Dudacek?

 

The media seemed to call him Doo-Duh-Check.   But I meet a slovak who knew him. His name was Doo-Dah'-Check, emphasis on second syllable. [disclosure: I am not a Slovak.]

By that argument, someone from Martinique is also European.  Mogilny isn't from just over the Urals.  He's from the Chinese border--the easternmost part of the Chinese border.

 

And New Caledonia, Nouvelle-Calédonie, is European too. As are St. Pierre & Miquelon, French Guiana, & Réunion  among others.

 

Oh. Forget not French Polynesia!!! Ooh La La!

And the Penguins have a bunch of French players from Terre Adélie.