Guardian of MoscowDynamo » Ilya Konovalov in an interview with , he spoke about the difficult financial conditions during his stay abroad.
On June 12, Dynamo reached an agreement with Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and obtained the rights to Konovalov. The contract with the 23-year-old goalkeeper is one-sided.
Ilya in May last year signed a two-year rookie contract with “Edmonton but never made his NHL debut. Last season he played in the agricultural club “Edmonton” of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he played 17 games, reflected an average of 89.3% shooting, the reliability coefficient was 2, 73. In June, Edmonton put the Russian on an unconditional draft.
– What has the year spent abroad brought you, in principle?
— I tested my strength. We can say that I did not succeed, so I broke the contract. But on the other hand, I learned how the vertical is built there – junior leagues, AHL, NHL. I understood why a draft was necessary, how important the round in which you were chosen is. All kinds of household things, there you have to do a lot of things by yourself. For example, in the AHA, per diems are granted for leaving.
– How?
– For breakfast, $17, a team lunch, and for dinner, an additional forty dollars. To be honest, that money was never enough for me to eat. I had to pay out of pocket. Tipping should be left everywhere.
– It turns out that you spent a year in the NHL system at your own expense?
“Well not really. They still get paid. How small it is in the AHL. Still, I’ve accumulated something, but I haven’t lived there in a significant way. Plus the signing bonus.
– Is he in the AHL at about a hundred grand?
– 92,000 less tax. You have forty-five on hand.
To our knowledge, California has very expensive housing.
– Diman Samorukov (defender, also playing in the Edmonton system) and I rented a house in two. 4400 dollars in rent, plus you still have to rent furniture – about 500 dollars more per month, pay for a common apartment – about a thousand. The total is six thousand dollars a month for two. You can of course, and it was more modest to find accommodation. We had a nice house with a fenced yard.
Source : MatchTV
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