hockey agent Dan Milstein told “” that he periodically communicates with management “Vancouver about the extension of the agreement with the Russian striker of the team Andrei Kuzmenko .
In June of last year, Kuzmenko signed a one-year rookie contract with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks for $950,000. Before that, the striker played for CSKA and SKA. Due to 26-year-old Kuzmenko in the first NHL season, he already has 43 (21+22) points in 46 games. The player’s personal best is 53 points the previous season for SKA.
Andrey Kuzmenko went to the NHL as an unrestricted free agent. And he was offered a contract by almost every club in the league,” Milstein recalled.
– Well, still, a difficult scorer in the KHL – and goes to the minimum contract for a beginner.
– In recent years (he) came out a lot of clubs. Me and my North American Gold Star hockey team believed in Andrey even more than he believed in himself at one point. But it exceeded the personal expectations of many.
Almost all pundits and managers believed that Kuzmenko would score around 40 points in the first season. And it would be a great success. The Vegas general manager suggested he would have 60. But Andrei pleasantly surprised everyone by scoring 40 points midway through the season!
– And if you look at the first 40 games of your career, then Kuzmenko scored more points than Panarin, Kaprizov, Tarasenko at the start.
– Andrey scores points with almost everyone in the team, see for yourself. At the same time, he is currently only in the second majority brigade. He continues to adapt to North American hockey. And they get along well with Ilya Mikheev and Pettersson.
– Negotiations on a new contract between Kuzmenko and Vancouver have already started?
– We talked about Andrei several times. Can we talk about official negotiations, but we are constantly talking. So last Thursday in Florida, we spent the whole day with President Jim Rutherford and General Manager Patrick Alvin. We talked for seven or eight hours and not just about Andrei. So contacts are continuing steadily, and where and how Kuzmenko will sign a new contract – you will find out in due time.
Source : MatchTV
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