Athletistic / Hockey Well-known commentator and pundit Leonid Weisfeld commented on Yaroslavl Lokomotiv being outside the playoff zone at the start of the season.

“For many years I have been hearing about a strong Yaroslavl school. But if you analyze their work, it turns out that this school does not prepare brilliant players.

Take Gavrikov. Vladislav was a good defender, he moved to SKA and became an elite player there. And, say, Rafikov or Yelesin, who were not inferior to him in terms of potential, remained at Lokomotiv and did not progress.

The same can be said of attackers. Korshkov, Kraskovsky and Polunin should be the best trio in the country, and not just in good standing with Lokomotiv. But people there seem to be stalling in development,” Weisfeld is quoted by Match TV.