SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg In an interview with , he spoke about the possible transfer of the Colorado striker Valeria Nichushkina noting that he plays exemplary in the backfield, skills that the team’s coaches should teach to the players.
Earlier, Nichushkin, 29, was sent to the third stage of the NHL’s player assistance program. Under the terms of the program, he will be suspended from games and practices with Colorado without pay for at least six months before he can apply for reinstatement.
— You have already reached out to Kuznetsov. And if Valery Nichushkin is expelled from the NHL, will you be interested in this player?
— I talked to Nichushkin. We are on very good terms with him, we talked with him in the spring. Will he end up at SKA? Wait and see. Anything is possible.
But today, from what I understand from Nichushkin himself, he remains in the NHL. Colorado is counting on him, despite all his problems. And he himself wants to play there. He is the strongest player in the playoffs, a Stanley Cup winner. We all understand who Nichushkin is. I am sure that any NHL club will take Valery. He is a strong hockey player when he plays on the spot. But that is where the goals come from, that is the key element.
“To win, you need goals. To score a goal, you need to go to the spot. To go there, you need a player like Nichushkin. So it’s simple. But we will teach players to act on the penny like Nichushkin did. It’s also possible, it’s our job,” Rotenberg told .
Last week, the St. Petersburg club announced the signing of Evgeny Kuznetsov to a four-year contract. Previously, the 32-year-old forward played for Chelyabinsk Traktor, NHL clubs Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes.
Last season, SKA took second place in the regular FONBET KHL championship. In the Gagarin Cup playoffs, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing the series to Avtomobilist 1–4.
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