Moscow CSKA clearly showed that everything was going wrong for them, the army team did not even try to correct the situation in the first round of the KHL playoffs against Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” the former head coach of the Russian national team told Vladimir Pluschev .
For the second time in the history of the KHL, last season’s finalists did not advance beyond the first round of the playoffs. On Friday, 2023 Gagarin Cup finalists CSKA and Ak Bars completed their fight for the trophy.
CSKA lost to Lokomotiv (1-4) in the best-of-four series and Ak Bars lost to Avtomobilist (1-4).
— CSKA and Ak Bars are two teams that, of course, competed this year for the Gagarin Cup. But everything that happened to the teams throughout this season indicated that they had very big problems that could not be resolved throughout the season. “Ak Bars” somehow saved face, but CSKA demonstratively showed that everything was so bad for them that they did not even try to correct the situation in the first round. I think more questions should be asked of the CSKA management, and not of the coaches,” Pliushchev told .
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