Athletistic / Hockey. Severstal director Nikolai Kanakov responded to rumors about the imminent transfer of Torpedo striker Alexei Kruchinin to the Cherepovets camp.
“This is a… complete lie. Absolutely! The fact that Kozyrev met Kruchinin during the match, greeted him and asked how he was, does not mean at all that we are negotiating with him. Andrei Leonidovich worked in Nizhny. for a year, Novgorod knows all hockey players well and knows how a person can communicate with any player.
It’s the same story with Kruchinin and Sizov. It’s Torpelo’s in-house kitchen, and they cook there themselves. Therefore, I don’t think it’s directly related: if we negotiate, it means he was removed from office. Kruchinin is an adult hockey player. He has the right to choose any team. “Soon he will be an unrestricted free agent,” Kanakov said on “Championship.”
Alexey Kruchinin was suspended from the main Torpedo squad just before the start of the playoffs. According to media reports, this was due to his decision to leave for Severstal.
Note that Torpedo lost in the first round of the KHL playoffs to SKA (1-4 in the series), and Severstal lost to Spartak at the same stage of the Gagarin Cup (1-4 in the series).
Source: Sport
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