Chief referee KHL league board member Alexey Anisimov believes that hockey fans can be satisfied with the start of the new KHL season due to the large number of unexpected results.
After 13 matches, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv leads the Western Conference standings, CSKA Moscow is sixth, and SKA Saint Petersburg is ninth. Togliatti Lada, which returned to the KHL, occupies second place in the East, just behind Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
— Everyone is probably happy that we once again have a more unpredictable championship than last year. Everyone agrees with this. This is exactly what the league was trying to achieve, what fans prefer.
Even in the summer, I understood that everything would happen like this – but we still have to return to this issue at the end of October and consider this period. At the end of November, almost 50% of the matches will have been played, and then the table [получится] more specific and more meaningful. Last season, some clubs were first in September and then failed. And the end of October is already a serious break.
As for whether you are satisfied or dissatisfied, you can be happy for your colleagues in the hockey workshop, who can produce an excellent level of hockey without having such a big salary. It’s good and welcome. “I don’t support any club, but if I were a simple fan who had nothing to do with the KHL, I would be very happy,” Anisimov said at the Championship.
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