SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg told “” how the negotiations for the transition to the military team of Alex Galchenyuk were going, and noted the mutual interest in this agreement.
The SKA announced on Friday the signing of a two-year contract with the American hockey player.
– The KHL and more particularly the SKA have a very powerful player. Alex Galchenyuk told that everything was decided by your phone conversation while he was still in California. What did you say to the forward who played over 650 NHL games when you agreed to move to Russia?
— Alex — well done, followed us. He studied our system of play. We discussed with him specifically the tactics of the team, the way we train, the approaches we have. He communicated with our other players. He was completely satisfied with what he had heard. Galchenyuk understands that he plays hockey, which will help us and reveal it the best. This kind of hockey is close to him and Alex wants to play in our system.
It is very important that the head coach has good contact with the player, and I have that with Alex. Let’s not rest on our laurels and let’s not kid ourselves. It is important for us that Galchenyuk comes out and proves everything with deeds. I hope it will be like that. In general, we are happy that a hockey player of this level came to see us. As they say, with the help of God. Because it’s not easy to have such a player. We are very happy that he chose us and we chose Alex. There is mutual interest here,” Rotenberg told .
Galchenyuk was selected third overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Previously, the 29-year-old forward played for Montreal, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Ottawa, Toronto and Colorado.
Source : MatchTV
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