Former head coach of the Russian national hockey team Vladimir Pluschev shared his opinion on the difference in level between the teams of the Eastern and Western conferences of the KHL.
SKA St. Petersburg leads the Western Conference standings, while Magnitogorsk Metallurg is in the East.
—There is also a battle currently taking place in the East, evenly. I can’t say that the East is far behind the West, if at all. Everything has been leveled. Due to the manipulations introduced by the KHL in recent years. I think a lot of the clubs they were counting on are no longer showing the hockey they need. But I won’t say that the East is lagging behind the West.
Now there will be playoffs – everything will be visible. It will become clear who is worth what, who is at what level, who rows where,” Plyushchev was quoted as saying by the Championship.
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