Chairman of the Board of Directors S.K.A. Alexander Medvedev in an interview with , he explained what positive aspects he sees in the updated roster of the Saint Petersburg club.
Last Sunday, the Leninskoye country sports club near St. Petersburg held a presentation of the SKA hockey team for the 2023/24 season in the KHL. Members of the St. Petersburg club also received bronze medals at the last Gagarin Cup.
– The strength of CSKA lies in the stability of the composition. Only three people left them off-season, but SKA again has a strong rotation, the list has been radically updated. Is it a plus or a minus?
– Judging by Euclidean geometry, it is undesirable to change more than a third of the composition. But there is also Lobachevsky’s geometry, which is confirmed by the successes, for example, of a club like the Vegas Golden Knights. This team gathered a team from all over the world, and the composition was significantly updated, including in the winning season.
It all depends on how relations develop within the team, how the leaders show themselves not only on the ice, but also in the locker room. There are such guys in SKA, and they are ready to lead the team not only with easy opponents, but also with the most principled, – Medvedev told .
In the last Stanley Cup, Vegas became champions for the first time in club history.
SKA will kick off the KHL regular season on September 2 with an away game against Dynamo Moscow. Last season, the two-time Gagarin Cup winner reached the Western Conference final, where he lost to eventual trophy winners CSKA Moscow.
Source : MatchTV
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