Former KHL club defender Nikita Shields in a conversation with , he said that Nikita Gusev turned into “Dynamo” is a top player, but not a team leader like Ilya Kovalchuk.
On Tuesday, Dynamo announced the signing of a one-year contract with Gusev. The day before, defender Igor Ozhiganov became a Blue and White player.
– Gusev is a star, a top player. Of course, he will strengthen Dynamo’s attack. Nikita is an experienced and titled hockey player. It’s great for the Dynamo team that they signed him.
Will Dynamo become a Gagarin Cup contender after signing Ozhiganov and Gusev? Hard to say. Yes, a great defender and a top striker have arrived, but you need to understand how they will interact with their partners, how quickly they will find mutual understanding, that three will take over from the same Gusev. Still, Dynamo remain a young team, just like last season, they just added more skills. I cannot say that these signings radically increased the chances of the “blue and white” for the Gagarin Cup.
Yet Gusev is not a top player, like Ilya Kovalchuk, around whom the team was built, who helped the coach. Nikita is a different hockey player in that regard,” Schitov told .
Last season, Ozhiganov played 62 games with SKA in the KHL regular season, scoring 37 (11+26) points, as well as 15 playoff games, scoring 7 (2+5) points.
Gusev also played for SKA. He has 49 (23+26) points in 37 regular season games and 12 (5+7) points in 13 playoff games.
Source : MatchTV
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