Athletistic / Hockey. World hockey champion and former goalie of the Russian national team Mikhail Biryukov spoke about Nikita Serebryakov’s game in the KHL playoffs. According to the expert, the goalkeeper did not fully realize his potential at SKA.
“I certainly don’t count the current playoffs as an asset for Serebryakov. When he left Admiral for SKA, I said that playing in a club with the aim of reaching the playoffs was not only psychology. There, you have a big workload and at 50 years old in shooting, one of your mistakes may not be noticed. In such teams, you could, for example, make 48 saves and miss two goals. easy.
But when we play SKA, we don’t have 50, but 12 or 15 shots, and you have to work on them all. In addition, you have a huge psychological burden – three times heavier than the physical one. Different priorities. In my opinion, Serebryakov has not yet played as well as he could,” Biryukov quotes Sport Day by Day.
Nikita Serebryakov was recognized as the best goaltender of the 2022/2023 KHL season. He joined SKA at the start of the regular season from Admiral Vladivostok. In the playoffs, the goalkeeper played 10 matches for SKA, won five victories with a save percentage of 92.1% and a safety factor of 2.24. SKA lost in the second round of the playoffs to Avtomobilist (1-4 in the series).
Source: Sport
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