SKA before Sergey Andronov in an interview with , he said that he does not understand why recently KHL teams often refuse the services of the most experienced players.
Previously, the Sports Ministry approved the return of the limit of five foreign players to the KHL. Starting from the 2024/25 season, Russian league teams will be able to register a maximum of five foreign hockey players, including a maximum of one foreign goalkeeper. Starting from the 2023/24 season, Russian teams in the Fonbet KHL Championship could not include more than three foreigners in their application for matches.
— Don’t you think that increasing the limit to five foreign players per club has not harmed Russian veterans? It is now more difficult for our illustrious Olympic champions to find work.
— I think the return of the five foreign limit changed the league. But in general, I can’t say why the leaders of Russian KHL clubs began to be so skeptical of quite old players.
Yes, the league has become younger. But young people should take an example from someone in the game, turn to experienced partners. I’m not saying we are such role models. But that’s how hockey works. And I still can’t understand why people are now abandoning this. After all, in the KHL we have a lot of senior players of a good level, and they can strengthen any team by playing well and consistently.
But it turns out that an entire layer of actors is literally devalued. And I can’t say that they are already old or in bad condition. Now everyone understands that you have to be in good physical condition if you want to play in the KHL. And now there are no such sloppy hockey players who, at 30 years old, can barely move.
The teams followed a certain course. But I don’t know why yet. It’s a mystery to me,” Andronov told .
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