hockey specialist Leonid Weisfeld in an interview with he assessed the striker’s level Vladimir Tkachev .
Tkachev last season scored 2 points (0+2) in four NHL games for “Los Angeles ”, and in 46 games AHL had 35 points (9 + 26), including the playoffs. The forward was unable to gain a foothold in the Kings, spent most of the season in the AHL and moved toAvant-garde “.
– Why can’t the talented striker Tkachev find his team?
— Tkachev has a high level of individual skill. But he does not elevate the team to the next level. There are hockey players who can immediately see that one team is with him and another is without him. Umark was like that at Salavat Yulaev, Morozov at Ak Bars, Mozyakin at Magnitogorsk, Kovalenko at Lokomotiv, Kaprizov or the same Radulov at CSKA. Tkachev can become a player of the same level. But so far this has not happened.
– What does Vladimir need in order to grow?
– Well, look – Tkachev was the top scorer of the season in SKA. And suddenly the people of St. Petersburg part with him quite easily and painlessly. This is a very serious call! Whatever the disagreements, no club will give up their most productive player so easily.
If, for example, we rate players on a ten-point scale, then nine to ten will be awarded to those who lift the team to another level because of their play. I remember once asking one NHL scouts: “Who will win the Stanley Cup? He first replied, “Well, what are you? How can that be predicted?” Then he thought about it and said, “Although you know… If Lemieux is doing well and going through the season injury-free, then Pittsburgh. That is to say that Lemieux is a hockey player who radically changes the game of his club. Now in the NHL, the team’s game depends, for example, on McDavid, Makar, Kucherov, Vasilevsky… Their defeat is a real drama.
Source : MatchTV
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