general manager “Avant-garde” Anton Kurianov told that the departure of the attackers Arseniy Gritsiouk And Sergei Tolshinsky after the 2022/23 season, it was a big loss for the Omsk club.
Tolchinsky played for Avangard from 2020 to 2023. After his contract with the Omsk club ended, he joined SKA. The 29-year-old striker made 200 appearances for Avangard, during which he scored 49 goals and provided 106 assists.
Gritsyuk is a student of Avangard. After the end of the 2022/23 season, the 23-year-old striker refused to renew his deal with the Omsk club and signed a contract with SKA. He played 144 matches for the club, in which he scored 41 goals and provided 47 assists.
Both Avangard forwards won the Gagarin Cup in 2021.
— How was Avangard affected in the playoffs by the fact that you lost Tolchinsky and Gritsyuk a year ago? Is there any chance of getting them back?
– Of course, it’s a big loss – two best attackers are gone. One was entirely his and the second was in the music video. This is a ready-made, majority composition. Arseny and Sergey influenced the team’s game, they played for Avangard for a long time. They are masters, and let’s be honest, it is difficult to find such hockey players on the market who can create, score and decide the outcome of a match. It is almost impossible to return them. Who will give them? They were bought out, taken away and Tolchinsky still has a four-year contract.
— If the option presents itself, will you fight for these players? Or do you consider them a “cut piece”?
– Personally, I do not think so. I spoke with Tolchinsky and Gritsyuk. Anyone who will help us and be useful to Avangard – we will consider them. We all make mistakes. We all have something to say. But again Tolchinsky left for better conditions. We could have given more, but we thought differently. He made a choice. But we communicate with the same Seryoga, we always stay in touch. This is the life of hockey. If we had a choice between ten Tolchinskys, that would be one thing. But there are very few players on the market who can decide the moment and who will be followed by the fans,” Kuryanov told .
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