“Metallurg is considered one of the favorites, but I doubt that they can win the Gagarin Cup championship. They do not have such a prospect. In my opinion, this is an untrained team, although she showed an improved game this season. They have experienced players, who know how to put pressure on the opponent, but I don’t really like their style of play. “Metallurg” seems too heavy and slow to me. Personally, I prefers the game of Larionov’s team, but, alas, they lost, “commented Kozhevnikov.
Magnitogorsk won the series with Amur with a score of 4-2 and advanced to the second round of the KHL playoffs. After the completion of the first round of the Gagarin Cup, a reclassification of the teams will take place, thanks to which Metallurg will find out its next opponent.
- Kozhevnikov spoke about Fedorov’s future at CSKA after his elimination in the first round of the playoffs
Source: Sport
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