Former head coach of the Russian national team Vladimir Pluschev told that what is happening in “Avant-garde” is “incredibly stupid” and Sergei Zvyagin is a good coach only for goalkeepers.
On Wednesday, Avangard announced the appointment of Canadian Guy Boucher as head coach. The agreement with the 53-year-old specialist runs until the end of the 2025/26 season. He will arrive in Omsk and take over the team in the first half of December; until then, Sergei Zvyagin will be the head coach of Avangard. Boucher previously led the Tampa Bay Lightning (2010-2013) and Ottawa Senators (2016-2019) in the NHL.
— What is happening in Avangard defies common sense. They’ve been doing some mischief there since the end of last season. Players are kicked out and accepted, just like coaches… It’s incredible and unprofessional stupidity. I don’t know who was nominated, I’m not very interested.
— Is Zviagin a good coach?
— For goalkeepers, perhaps. I have rarely seen a goalkeeping coach become a head coach. This is the main stupidity of those who named it. At the same time, they remain in the places where they were,” Pliushchev told .
Avangard has scored 28 points in 29 matches and is in eighth place in the KHL Eastern Conference standings.
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