Head coach of HC SKA Romain Rotenberg believes that the St. Petersburg team is on par with Carolina Hurricanes in which the club newcomer performed Anthony DeAngelo .
On Friday, SKA defeated Severstal (8:5) on their ice in the FONBET KHL championship match. De Angelo scored a hat-trick with an assist in his first match.
— When we signed a contract with Tony DeAngelo in the Leningrad region, we watched SKA play for an hour. So Tony noticed that many of the details were similar to Carolina’s in terms of work ethic, approaches and nuances. But compared to Carolina, we have a lot more offensive options. That’s why we score eight goals per game. It is clear that there are things to improve. But Tony’s adaptation during the transition from the NHL to the KHL has been wonderful. He felt like a fish out of water. Because we play on the same field, 26 meters wide. If we were somewhere on the road, where the rink is 28 meters wide, it would be a lot more difficult.
Next – system details. Which system is best? The one who is accomplished. Today, for two periods, we fulfilled our game task very well. So Tony didn’t really notice the difference. This is great news for us. Because we are at the level of Carolina, and they are one of the best teams in recent years in the NHL. Andrei Svechnikov plays there, with whom we also spoke. And he also spoke well about Tony, as did Evgeny Kuznetsov. That’s why we say our hockey is growing. And when players like DeAngelo come to us, we grow. These are not AHL guys playing minor roles. And these are the leaders of the NHL clubs who played in the first pair. They have game intelligence, skating, skills. What we need for the league. No one is interested in seeing 10 people stand on defense the entire game, and in the sixth overtime, someone scores on a rebound. And we will be here, in Russia and in St. Petersburg, to delight our fans. At home and away,” reports a correspondent, reporting Rotenberg’s comments.
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