SKA N DefenderIkita Zaitsev In an interview with , he said that during the Stanley Cup final series, he was worried about “Florida “, since several Russian hockey players played in the team.
Florida with keeper Sergei Bobrovsky Before Vladimir Tarasenko and protective Dmitry Kulikov In seven games, they defeated Edmonton in the Stanley Cup Final and won the trophy for the first time in history.
— What do you think about the result of the Stanley Cup Final?
— I didn’t have any premonitions until the seventh game. But I was rooting for Florida, where many Russians were playing. Although I also have many acquaintances in Edmonton – the same Hyman or Brown, with whom I played on the same team for seven years.
I supported the Panthers, and in the seventh game the situation was purely “50 against 50”. It’s good that our boys won the Stanley Cup. The same Dima Kulikov has been playing in the NHL for many years and will soon play his thousandth game. A great pro, and now he has become a champion. Bobrovsky was an excellent goalkeeper for Florida. And then fate thanked him. Sergei won his first Stanley Cup, and for Volodya Tarasenko it is already the second trophy. A real fighter of the playoffs with a strong character, “Zaitsev told .
On Thursday, SKA announced the signing of a four-year contract with Zaitsev. During the 2023/24 season, the hockey player played 38 games with Chicago in the NHL regular season, scoring two goals and giving five assists. Previously, Zaitsev played in the NHL for Toronto and Ottawa, and in Russia he played for Sibir and CSKA.
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