Three times world champion Alexei Tereshchenko in an interview with , he reacted to the fact that the official NHL website did not include a single Russian in the league’s top 30 best defensemen.
Colorado’s Cale Makar has been recognized as the NHL’s Best Defenseman by the league’s official website. The highest place among the Russians was taken by Tampa defender Mikhail Sergachev, who was in 31st position. Another Russian, Philadelphia player Ivan Provorov, took 49th place.
“The generation in which we grew up good defenders is over,” says Aleksey Tereshchenko. “Everything comes from school, from learning from an early age. The problem with defenders has already surfaced and soon there will be no attackers. How many forwards have we recently played in the NHL? A whim ! I’m not taking the generation born in the 80s and early 90s. Which of the young forwards did well in the NHL?
– That is to say, is it fair that ours are not in the top 30 of the NHL?
– Sure. This is only a statement of the current state of affairs in the hockey world. Not only do we have no defensemen in the NHL, but we also don’t have center forwards. Only Zhenya Malkin remained. So far, only wingers and goalkeepers are entering the stars. Yes, there are problems with them in the future. Because the problem is the staff. And now I’m not talking about players, but competent children’s coaches. They just don’t exist.
Source : MatchTV
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