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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
He must have thought Barkov was Russian. Can't blame him, it sounds kinda Russian. Might even be a Russian name. But for those who don't know, Barkov is indeed Finnish.
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We have a sizeable Russian minority in Finland too, like all of Eastern Europe.
Yeah, Alexander Barkov is clearly a Russian name, not Finnish, and Sasha actually has a dual-citizenship. So technically you can call him a Russian too, so not much of a mistake. But he's lived his whole life in Finland and plays for Team Finland, so more a Finn.
(Barkov Jr is a son of a former Soviet player Alexander Barkov Sr. who moved to live and play Finland in the mid-nineties. )