Sochi coach Andrei Nazarov in an interview with he explained why there are hardly any specialist fighters in the KHL.
— Does your team need a strong badass or are they all already extinct, like the dinosaurs?
“The badass is no longer needed in modern hockey,” Nazarov said in an interview with . – A real badass is a highly specialized fighter. If there are only two in the league, who are you going to fight? You have to have a guy in the roster who can fight, but at the same time plays good defense, is useful in the minority, catches pucks on himself… He’s the kind of combat hockey player whose every team needs. And not even in one. They will be useful.
– Do you feel sorry that the days of tough guys are over? Or, on the contrary, thank God, because many hockey players suffer from a concussion after the end of their career.
– You know, it’s too late to regret and there’s nothing. As the saying goes, don’t cry for the lost. Not only hockey has changed, all of life. It just happened before our eyes, so we notice it.
– Practice shows that tough guys make good coaches. For example, Craig Berubi from St. Louis. And you are one of them.
We have played at the highest level and seen it all. In other words, they were in the heart of the matter, but they did not have the necessary skills to assume the first roles in the teams. But we understand perfectly how everything happens in hockey, we know all the nuances. And we can pass on our experience to current players.
Source : MatchTV
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