“I think we won’t lose much because we have quite serious competition within our league.
Mayorov on the detention of a Russian hockey player in Poland: “I tend to believe that there is no espionage there”
Of course, you still want to prove yourself on the international stage, competing with Canadians, Czechs, Swedes, Finns… While we are deprived of this opportunity, but the Russian Ice Hockey Federation is trying to do something. Here in the spring there was a series of matches “Russia 25”.
It’s a big loss that we weren’t playing at international level, but I think when we come back we won’t be whipping boys. Especially considering the motivation we will have – both coaches and players.
Also, I don’t see that, at least in European hockey, any sort of global transformation is happening. Weakened the Swedes. Weakened and the Finns, because we don’t play in the KHL. We have a strong championship – I can’t compare it with the NHL, but there’s nothing like it in any European country. Hence the failure of the Finnish team in the last World Cup,” Mayorov told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
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