Metallurg head coach Andrei Razin, in a conversation with , spoke about the upcoming match against SKA, in which the Stanley Cup winner could play for the St. Petersburg club. Evgeny Kuznetsov.
On Friday, Metallurg announced that it had extended the contract with Razin until the end of the 2025/26 season.
— “Metallurg” has already started the training camp. How are the first days going?
— We have already had our first training session, journalists were invited there. The players wore cylinders. A weekly shock cycle is underway. All the guys were ready, except for three guys who were after surgery. These are Danila Yurov, Roman Kantserov and Denis Zernov. They are prepared according to an individual program.
— Those championship cylinders? You practiced them last year too.
— I give them to the players from Saratov. Of course, they are modernized.
— Evgeny Kuznetsov in an interview with said that SKA will play the first match of the season in Magnitogorsk. And for him, as a resident of Chelyabinsk, it is extremely important to beat Metallurg, because the derby is in his blood. Are you looking forward to the match against Kuzi?
— We have a difficult start to the championship. First we play the Opening Cup with Lokomotiv, then SKA comes to us. In addition, these three guys will not recover from their injuries. In addition, two more people will participate in the Olympic selection – Nikita Mikhailis and Valery Orekhov. Of course, we will be determined to win and we will give everything.
But we breathe equally towards Lokomotiv, towards SKA and towards other teams. We understand perfectly that it does not matter who you beat – the favorite or the outsider of the KHL. For each victory, two points are awarded. So SKA and I will just fight for two points.
— Kuzya said that his friends will come to him from Chelyabinsk. Maybe half the arena will support him.
— I don’t think that Kuznetsov has 3,500 friends in Chelyabinsk. And if so, then I’m glad. Usually we have matches like against Salavat Yulaev, where half the stadium supports the opponent. Many guests come. But the more viewers, the better. Let them come, ”Razin told .
The match between Metallurg and SKA will take place on September 5, 2024. In this KHL match for the St. Petersburg club, former Washington and Carolina forward Kuznetsov, who joined the SKA team in the offseason, can make his debut.
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