SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg answered a question about the possible signing of a contract with the Russian striker Evgeny Kuznetsov .
On Thursday, the NHL officially terminated Carolina’s contract with Evgeny Kuznetsov, who was set to receive $7.8 million for the 2024-25 season, with the salary split 50-50 between the Hurricanes and Washington. As of now, the 32-year-old forward is officially an unrestricted free agent. According to , he will sign a four-year deal with SKA .
— First: it is too early to make official public statements before signing the contract. Second point: Zhenya Kuznetsov personifies our hockey: both Russian and Soviet. As for my thinking about the game and my skating. He is one of the best players in the world, if not the best, he proved it in the NHL, in the playoffs with Washington, when he won the Stanley Cup, when he was the top scorer of the tournament. In other words, he has already proved everything to everyone. But today, Zhenya has a very serious motivation to prove everything to everyone again. He will play in the KHL, that’s 100%. I want to ask you a question, dear journalists, would you recruit Evgeny Kuznetsov if you had the opportunity?
– Certainly.
– Here is your answer. “I have no more questions to ask you,” reports the correspondent, according to Rotenberg’s words.
Last season, Kuznetsov scored 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists) in 43 games for Washington and added 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 30 games for Carolina after the trade.
The forward played for Traktor Chelyabinsk from 2009 to 2014.
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