general manager “Avant-garde” Anton Kurianov in an interview with , he said that the simultaneous presence of such masters as Nikita Gusev and Vladimir Tkachev in the team is unlikely for a number of reasons.
During the KHL regular season, Gusev set a league record for the number of points – 89 (23 goals + 66 assists) in 68 matches. The 31-year-old striker also has 10 points (3+7) in nine Gagarin Cup matches. Gusev has been playing for Dynamo since 2023.
Tkachev, 28, scored 75 (20+55) points in 58 games, adding 11 (0+11) points in the playoffs. In 2022, the club graduate returns to Omsk.
Earlier, reported that Gusev’s representatives were asking Dynamo for a contract with conditions comparable to the deal for Avangard striker Vladimir Tkachev. The Dynamo striker could receive a salary of more than 100 million rubles next season, excluding individual bonuses, which amounted to around 30 million rubles for the 2023/24 season.
— Last offseason, Avangard negotiated with Nikita Gusev, who has not yet renewed his contract with Dynamo Moscow. Is it a great luxury to have Gusev and Vladimir Tkachev on the roster?
— It depends on how things go with the lower levels, team depth and rebuilding. If you can lock yourself in with young people, then…
On the one hand, it’s a luxury, because Gusev and Tkachev both need a lot of playing time, the former majority. This is probably still a downside. It is difficult to divide a piece of meat between them.
And when we spoke with Gusev, he made it clear that Moscow was his priority place of work. And let’s be honest: Tkachev is our local crowd favorite. One of our best players, our star. Probably, one of those hockey players is enough for us, who really likes to play with the puck. There is no point in keeping the same second,” Kuryanov told .
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