Russian hockey player “Nashville” Yakov Trenin shared his thoughts on the new contract with the club, and also shared his feelings on the previous one-year deal.
On August 6, the hockey player, through NHL arbitration, signed a new two-year contract with the Nashville Predators for a total of $3.4 million.
— Several days have passed since the arbitration decision. Initially, you were upset about the contract given to you. Now the emotions have calmed down?
– Now that I have calmed down, the stage of “acceptance” has arrived. Now in a good mood to prepare for the season.
Have you been contacted by Nashville?
— Only according to the documents for the visa. Now it is difficult to do this, you will have to go to another country. But if an application is made from America, there should be no problem with a visa.
– Due to lack of a visa, you were unable to personally attend the arbitration?
– Yes, they didn’t have time to get a visa. So I logged in via Zoom. Anyway, I didn’t have to say much, but I saw and listened to everyone.
– It turns out that the arbitration took an intermediate decision between the requirements of the club and the player’s team?
– Each team had four players for comparison, but we had two players eliminated. They were removed due to more games than me, they were considered more experienced. In addition, a player repeated on both sides. As a result, six people, including me, and it turned out that this is really an intermediate solution. But, in my opinion, it is unfair. On the club side, they left a player who didn’t have a single full season in the NHL. If it were also removed, the amount would be higher.
– Two years of contract will be very important for you? You will then become an unrestricted free agent.
“For me, every season is important. Previously, you had to gain a foothold in the team, and then get a more meaningful role. And these two years will also be of great importance.
Is a two-year contract better than one?
– It’s better than one season, more stability. I was constantly on edge because of the one-year contract, – RB Sport quotes Trenin.
Last season, Trenin played in 80 NHL regular season games, in which he scored 24 (17+7) points. He has three points in the playoffs.
RB Sports
Source : MatchTV
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