Former goalkeeper and now San Jose’s director of goalkeeping development Evgeniy Nabokov told he saw nothing wrong with the SKA forward’s penalty kill. Evgeny Kuznetsov .
On Friday, SKA beat Sochi on penalties (2:1) in Nikolai Puchkov’s first match of the tournament. Evgeny Kuznetsov had two attempts and scored the winning shot.
— How does Evgeny Kuznetsov manage to score penalties in the “slow mo” style? Explain from the point of view of a goalkeeper.
“It’s very difficult when you, as a goalkeeper, try to repel such a shootout.” You have to have a lot of patience and endurance when your opponent attacks you in this way. I think Kuznetsov is trying to catch the goalkeeper on the move. I remember that at one time Luc Robitaille was doing the same trick. He rolled very slowly towards the goalkeeper and then threw it between his legs. Kuzya, naturally, knows how to deal with goalkeepers. He knows what he wants to do. Waits for the goalkeeper to move first, and then does something.
— What if they introduced a rule in hockey that you have a few seconds to take a penalty shot, like in the NBA for an attack? Do goalies need to ban penalty shots named after Kuznetsov?
— If I were a goalkeeper today, I would say that this rule should be introduced. But now I don’t play anymore – and I think that this individuality of Kuznetsov and other guys who can perform shootouts in different ways only makes hockey better. The audience likes it and I don’t see anything wrong with it, “Nabokov told .
During the offseason, Kuznetsov terminated his contract with Carolina and returned to the KHL. The forward signed a four-year contract with SKA.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3.
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