SKA before Arseniy Gritsyuk In an interview with , he said that the club had a strong transfer campaign, so there was every chance of winning the Gagarin Cup and bonuses at the end of the season.
Summer composition SKA The forwards were replenished by Evgeniy Kuznetsov (Carolina), Nikita Zaitsev (Chicago), Mikhail Grigorenko and Sergei Plotnikov (both CSKA), Sergei Andronov (Lokomotiv).
Last season, SKA took second place in the regular season of the Fonbet KHL championship. In the playoffs, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing the series to Avtomobilist 1–4.
— You became the hero of the summer when you donated the lion’s share of your salary so that SKA could sign Kuznetsov. A unique case! But what really happened?
— There was an option for Evgeny Kuznetsov to come to our team. And it turned out that I agreed to a pay cut. This is probably a good thing for the club. And I hope that in a year it will come back to me. Because I think I could leave. And so that everything goes well.
— Is it true that if SKA wins the Gagarin Cup, you will receive even more than originally planned?
– Certainly. God grant that we become champions this year. You see what kind of reinforcement has come to us. So many experienced guys from CSKA, two NHL players – Kuznetsov and Nikita Zaitsev. If we reach the trophy, I think that in the end I will be able to earn a little more than I could get under the contract,” Gritsyuk told .
SKA St. Petersburg terminated the contract with Gritsyuk, after which they concluded a new agreement with him. The contract with the 23-year-old forward is for one season. Last season, Gritsyuk played 60 matches for the St. Petersburg military team and scored 44 (23+21) points with a utility indicator of “+10”.
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