General manager “Washington » Brian McLellan spoke about the transfer of the striker Evgenia Kuznetsova V”Caroline “, emphasizing that the loss of the player will be important for the club.
On Friday, Carolina announced the transfer of the 31-year-old forward following a trade with the Capitals. On March 2, the capital club offered the Russian to the waiver draft immediately after learning that Kuznetsov had completed the NHL player assistance program and was cleared for training. Not a single club in the league has started to take away the rights to the striker. As a result, Washington sent Kuznetsov to the Hershey farm club.
“We have been in talks with Carolina for a long time about what this trade could look like. After four or five days it was all over with what we had.
Kuznetsov means a lot to us. Everyone will remember the goal (against Pittsburgh in 2018), the championship, his play in the playoffs. He’s a funny, interesting guy, and his skill and skating level is off the charts. He entertained our fans. Evgeniy did a great job. You know, we’re going to miss him. We tried all options to get everything back on track, but unfortunately it all ended like this,” McLellan was quoted as saying by russianmachineneverbreaks.com.
Kuznetsov is a Stanley Cup winner with Washington, for whom he has played throughout his NHL career since 2014.
Source : MatchTV
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