The head coach “Washington” Spencer Carbery expressed hope that the current situation will benefit the Capitals hockey player Evgeny Kuznetsov .
On Saturday, Washington entered the 31-year-old Russian into the draft on waivers. Kuznetsov has already completed the NHL’s assistance program and has been cleared to practice with the team.
“As a coach and as a person, I sympathize with him. I only hope for the best outcome for him and his family following this whole situation.
Have I contacted the team about the situation with Kuznetsov? Yes I did it. He’s been in the organization for a long time, some players on our team shared the same locker room with him for many years. “I felt like I was indebted to him,” journalist Tariq El-Bashir quoted the coach as saying on social media.
Kuznetsov played 43 games with Washington this season and scored 17 points (6 goals and 11 assists). The striker’s current contract with a salary of $7.8 million runs until the end of the 2024/25 season.
Source : MatchTV
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