SKA before Evgeny Kuznetsov In an interview with , he said that he was not yet ready to go to Chelyabinsk for permanent residence, and also assessed the prospects of moving to Traktor in the future.
A Stanley Cup winner with the Washington Capitals, Kuznetsov has signed a contract with SKA St. Petersburg. The deal with the 32-year-old forward is for four years. The hockey player finished the 2023/24 season with the NHL club Carolina Hurricanes, with whom he had previously terminated his contract.
— So far, everything has happened so that I am not yet ready to go to Chelyabinsk. Not so much to Traktor, but to the city itself – it would be very difficult for me there. And it takes time to readjust a little. It would be great now, you know, to leave Washington via Raleigh. [город, где базируется «Каролина» — ред.] directly to Chelyabinsk – I would not have had a quiet life. It would probably be impossible for me to go out at all.
I have nothing against the Traktor organization. It’s my home, right? But I made a very difficult decision psychologically. And I repeat that there were many factors here.
— You spoke with Traktor management, were you understood?
– Naturally, of course.
— Pavel Datsyuk, at the end of his career, came to his native motorist, Ilya Kovalchuk graduated from Spartak. So you do not cancel Traktor for yourself?
– Yes, if you still need me (laughs). And there will be such a desire. Here it’s not like I choose where I want to play. Here both sides must agree. So we’ll see how it goes, “Kuznetsov told .
Kuznetsov graduated from Traktor. For the team, he played 251 games in the KHL and scored 167 points (78 goals and 89 assists). He made his NHL debut in March 2014 and won the Stanley Cup with Washington in 2018. In March of this year, he was traded to Carolina. In total, he played 743 games in the NHL regular championships and recorded 575 points (173+402); in the playoffs, he scored 73 points (33+40) in 97 games.
As a member of the Russian national team, Kuznetsov became a two-time world champion and also twice won bronze at the world championships.
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