Before “Ak Barca » Yevgeny Svechnikov who previously played for NHL club San Jose Sharks, told the family always dreamed he would play on the same team as his brother Andrei.
Svechnikov became an Ak Bars player on August 11. The contract with the 26-year-old Russian is designed for two seasons. He played in the NHL last season with the San Jose Sharks. Brother Yevgeny Andrei Svechnikov since 2018, defends the colors of the Carolina Hurricanes.
– How did you decide to move to Ak Bars? I don’t think you accepted it right away.
– It’s true. But I am very happy, and one word will not suffice. It was a difficult decision for me and for my family.
I waited a long time for the best option. And I was even tired of waiting, but Ak Bars was still in touch. I am grateful to the club’s management, general manager Marat Valiullin, for helping with the transition. Thank you for your understanding and no haste. And in the end I landed here. Kazan is my home, I grew up here as a player, as a young man, I came here when I was 14… And now I’m back. An incomprehensible, but strange sensation. But I’m happy with this turn in life.
– Is it true that you had a contract ready with Carolina? But playing in the same team with his brother Andrey Svechnikov is a unique moment.
I don’t know where this news comes from. I really don’t understand where they come from. Is it working insiders, the yellow press?
There have been discussions about this, of course. I had an interest. I don’t know the interest of the Carolinas themselves. All of us in the family have always wanted and want me to play on the same team as Andrey. It is our dream.
But some things didn’t fit. There have been negotiations, and not only in this off-season. And before that, there was a lot of communication from both my side and my agent. But we have not reached the optimal variant. I wouldn’t want to discuss now what ultimately didn’t happen. But we did not give up on our dream. Maybe one day we will.
– When will Andrey also move to Ak Bars?
“Ha, well, let’s think like this,” Svechnikov told .
The FONBET regular season of the KHL Championship kicks off on September 1 with an Opening Cup game between CSKA and Ak Bars.
Source : MatchTV
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