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Hello everyone, friends. Welcome back to the Na Banke Hockey YouTube channel. We’re gathered in our studio because the Mayor's Cup in Moscow has concluded, and Dynamo has played its matches.
Discussion on Nicklas Meloche's injury, Dynamo Minsk's preseason, and KHL hockey dynamics following the Mayor's Cup in Moscow.
Key Takeaways
- Nicklas Meloche suffered a serious injury likely sidelining him for much of the season.
- Nikonov's actions during the fight are widely condemned and may warrant league sanctions.
- Dynamo Minsk's defense will be tested without Meloche, highlighting the importance of new signings.
- The unwritten code of hockey fights is evolving, with fewer enforcers and more unpredictable altercations.
- The KHL and related tournaments need clear disciplinary measures to maintain player safety and league reputation.
What the video covers
- The video covers the conclusion of the Mayor's Cup in Moscow and Dynamo Minsk's performance, finishing second after losing to Dynamo Moscow.
- A major focus is on Nicklas Meloche's severe injury, which may sideline him for most or all of the season.
- The hosts discuss the incident involving Nikonov's controversial action leading to Meloche's injury and the unwritten rules of hockey fights.
- There is condemnation of Nikonov's actions and calls for league sanctions to prevent similar dangerous plays.
- The video analyzes the impact of Meloche's absence on Dynamo Minsk's defense and the value of signing defenseman Bischoff.
- The hosts debate the team's response to the injury during the game and the need for stronger retaliation in such situations.
- Discussion includes the current state of KHL hockey, changes in fighting culture, and how preseason tournaments are regulated.
- The video touches on roster updates, player conditions, and expectations for the upcoming KHL season.
- There is a focus on team dynamics, player roles, and the challenges Dynamo Minsk faces at the start of the season.
- The episode concludes with well wishes for Meloche's recovery and anticipation for the team's performance.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Mayor's Cup Overview
- 02:42Discussion of Meloche's Injury and Incident Analysis
- 05:38League Regulations and Potential Sanctions
- 08:59Team Reactions and Hockey Fight Culture
- 12:00Player Roles and Defensive Strategies
- 15:02Roster Updates and Transfer Market
- 18:40Season Outlook and Closing Remarks
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This is the final dress rehearsal before the start of the new KHL season. Today, our usual trio is in the studio.
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We’ve missed each other. Glad to see you all. Romych Serafimovich, Artyom Dimkov, Danil Detko. Hey guys.
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Hello everyone. Hi. It's been a while, finally we're back together. Summer is over, right? Autumn, yes. September 1st. Happy Day of Knowledge to everyone.
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To all, as they say. To those whose children went to school, patience, most importantly patience, right? And good grades. That's right.
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Hang in there. It's going to be a tough year. Let's get to work. It's nothing to worry about. Even better.
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Guys, as per tradition, in this episode, we ask you to like, leave a comment, and make sure to subscribe to the channel, because the last episode was great. Let’s try to hit the 500-like mark. Your likes are a way to support
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Nicklas Merrill. So, let's get 500 likes to support our defenseman. And let's get into breaking down Dynamo Minsk. So, guys, the Mayor's Cup in Moscow has finished. Dynamo Minsk, just like last year, takes second place. We lost to Dynamo Moscow in the final. But
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you know, it’s not even about the result or the game anymore. There is so much talk, of course, about Nicklas's terrible injury. I think we should start with that. Because he arrived in Minsk in a wheelchair, and there's a
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lot of talk that he’ll clearly miss most of the season, and it's not even certain he’ll play at all this year.
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We are, of course, waiting for a full examination and a final diagnosis, but I just want to say, wishing Nicklas health. It looked very, very scary.
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Yes, it looked very scary. At first, it seemed like he might have fallen awkwardly or something. Or like that moment in the last playoffs when he also fell suddenly, but he was lying there, saying something about his equipment, something happened, and then
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he went back to play. But later, when they showed the replay, it was honestly very frightening. Such a terrible injury. One could say it was bizarre, because it was so unexpected. 100% wishing Nicklas health, because it really is just a horrible moment; when
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you rewatch it, especially those slow-motion replays, you realize how painful it must be, it's just awful.
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And of course, it's a huge loss for Dynamo, losing one of their leading defensemen for nearly half the season, or maybe even more. And in this situation, signing a defenseman like Bish no longer looks like, or rather, it looks very valuable
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indeed. Now, look, regarding this episode, there's a lot of talk going around both here and in Russia. What do I want to say about Nikonov? Well, you always have to be accountable for your actions, for what you do on the ice. It's clear that
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there's adrenaline and there are emotions. I mean, we understand that the game wasn't easy, but let's look at when Nicolas Meloche drops his gloves.
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At the very moment Nikonov grabs him and, you could say, throws him onto the ice. I mean, Sergei Brylin was right: if you're going to fight, let's fight.
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Nikonov doesn't give Meloche that opportunity. And, well, I believe this throw, according to the unwritten rules, is truly forbidden. And that's exactly why we see the risk of injury.
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And, well, you should think first and act later, not like Nikonov, because he's a young guy who has a problem: he acts first, thinks later, and then ends up apologizing. Yes, an apology is certainly nice, but it doesn't make
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things any easier for Meloche. Therefore, honestly, I completely condemn Nikonov's actions and I really want to believe that sanctions against this hockey player will follow.
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One of the Russian journalists, Mikhail Zizdilis, said that the KHL should not leave this episode unattended but should give Nikonov some kind of suspension for such an action that caused a very, very serious injury to Meloche. But I think Nikonov didn't
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intend to cause this injury, yes, but as you, Danik, said, and as Brylin also said, if you want to fight, then fight.
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They are at the first, so to speak, second; at the very beginning, Meloche hasn't even dropped his gloves yet, and he starts taking him down. It feels like Nikonov didn't even want to fight, because he knew he would just lose that
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fight, or he simply didn't have the desire during the preseason to, especially, risk getting some kind of injury to his head, hands, or anything else. And that's why he immediately tackled him. And because of that, we got this result.
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Well, let me add something now. I've also read a lot of comments. People everywhere, especially the Minsk fans, are just furious. What you're saying about a code, yes, there is, I would say, what I feel is a certain code, but
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no one has printed it out on paper. Well, it's unwritten. It's a certain unwritten set of rules.
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It existed back when enforcers existed. It all came from the NHL. Enforcers had a specific job. They either protected the stars or prevented anyone from being bullied. And if an enforcer, say, in very rare cases, fought a regular
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player, that was something extraordinary; they either fought each other, or if a star player had been hit. But nowadays, classic enforcers, at least in the KHL, are practically gone.
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And, consequently, some of these fights have changed, well, people just fight however they can. As for Nikonov sensing that he might lose that fight, I don't know, again, he started it himself. He went after Kuznetsov first.
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It's just that Niklas is the kind of player who never backs down from those battles. And here, of course, a terrible and unfortunate accident occurred. There 100% should be one. I'm not justifying Nikonov's actions, of course, it all happened in the moment,
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but there should be a clear statement or some kind of action from the league.
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If you let it slide in the preseason, well, obviously, how can they give him a season-long suspension? The tournament wasn't held under the KHL's aegis, right? There were certain regulations they followed. These are, as a rule, KHL regulations. Well, it
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was the last game of the tournament. If it had been the first, well, they would have suspended Nikonov for three games, for the two remaining ones. But the league 100% needs to do something about this because if such precedents
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continue, it doesn't look good for KHL hockey and it doesn't look good for the league. I'll add that I really didn't understand the reaction of the Dynamo players, no matter how it might seem to fans or commentators right now. It
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might be harsh, and I'll probably draw a lot of criticism. But if your player is knocked out like that, and it's clear it's for a long time, it's hard to think clearly in the moment, but if your top defenseman is taken out, just
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skating over to shove people is probably not enough. You need to step up and retaliate. Roma, wasn't there any defense for Milos in those last shifts after the injury, the skirmishes with Garner, Belkin, and the others, that didn't happen immediately after he
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was injured and lying there? I think everyone was focused on Milos's injury. I even saw the whole Dynamo team come out onto the ice to support him, the whole... well, the game was stopped at that moment. And I think
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that at that moment, right when Miloš was lying there, starting something right then and there.
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No, I'm not talking about that. You can't start anything there anymore. We have a monitor right here, where we see all of it. Clearly, the referees are breaking it up. That's not what I mean, yeah. Well, in his defense
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the guys did go over to shove and fight. Belkin fought, Gartner did too, and Usov made his presence known. But, damn, guys, it's still not enough. If they take out a team player so dirtily, you need to go out there and settle the
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score. As harsh as it might sound, I believe you have to answer roughness with roughness. You shouldn't just shove and go li
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opinion. I don't know. Well, about "I don't know." That’s how I was taught, let’s say, and what the older guys told me, that’s all. But just shoving , well, I don’t know, maybe there will be some, and again, I’m not
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saying we should move away from hockey and play MMA, boxing, or turn it into combat sports. We have a game coming up soon against Dynamo Moscow. But you just can't let things like that slide, I think.
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Well, I agree with Roma. Meaning, in a proper scenario, they should have hit him there. And I think Nikonov should answer and will answer for his actions in Moscow. The issue is that, unfortunately, we don't have guys on
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the roster who can really fight. Nick Miloš is the kind of guy with character who can drop the gloves and fight at any moment. He knows how to do it. But looking at it, the others were injured, and the rest of the guys,
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honestly, don't claim that role, they don't really know how to do it properly . We don't have people who could be inserted there.
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Well, Lyle is probably the only one. Well, Bishev, maybe. I honestly don't know how he fights, because if you look at him, he's not the biggest guy either . He's what, 185 cm, 90 kilos, right, something like that. But maybe he’s
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good at fighting. Honestly, I won't judge, because I don't know, I haven't seen him in action.
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I want to clarify at what specific moment he should have been hit. He came out for the next shift.
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I don't remember if he came out after that, but he did leave the penalty box when the players went over to him, that is, yes, they went. No, well, guys , yeah, they went to defend their interests, went to explain, but I don't
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know. Oh, oh, I don't know. And yes, we saw Bogdan Belkin's fight. That's another incident. Well, frankly speaking, it’s not great at all when Profaka, right, with Belkin at the end, I don’t know, many are writing that he spat. I think it's unlikely he spat,
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it was probably just an emotional shout saying that, yeah, he spat. No, shouting, that’s still wrong, Profaka acted wrong in the sense that Belkin was already lying down, and I remember he hit him in the head with his fist. You don't hit a man when he's
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down, as they say, especially in hockey . And this act, his punch to the head when he was already down and covered up , is not welcomed. I'll also say about Nikonov's fight with Melosh, that as I understand it, Nikonov didn't plan to
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fight Melosh, because he was going after Kuznetsov, but at that moment Melosh skated up and grabbed him to, well, sort of take the hit himself.
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Here, you know, it's also like this: if you watch the whole game, it seems to me that there was, let's say, not exactly a hit job on Kuzy, but they were focusing attention on him. There was a moment in the middle of the
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second period where, although there wasn't much roughness, it was a moment where a Dynamo player kind of folded and received some kind of minor injury.
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Perhaps they latched onto that, and knowing what they say about Leonid Grigoryevich Tambiev, he definitely wouldn't be walking along the bench saying, "You're all good players, guys, come on, come on, come on." So if such emotions were directed at his team, I
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think that, well, he also, let's say, stirred up his team's emotions a bit, maybe said something somewhere, and because of that, yes, the players went after them. It's just that the situation here also reminds me of last playoffs, the second round against Ak
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Bars. Uh-huh. That, as it seemed to me then and still seems now, and I think even one of the Dynamo players mentioned it later in an interview, That they lost somewhere in character, in character this series, that, well,
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Ak Bars came out to die for it, and they, well, Dynamo, I mean, turned out to be unprepared for that. And what will happen if, let's say, in the first round Dynamo Minsk and Dynamo Moscow play again? It will be
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the exact same thing. Well, I mean, it's epic stuff. Well, in any case, whatever we say here and whatever they write to us in the comments, anyway, there is one point here, a very terrible injury. And let's wish Nicolas Meloche health, 100%
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. Yes, well, Roman raised the right topic regarding Jake Bischoff. That is, there were also many questions about why this signing was made. But now, it seems to me that these questions are just falling away. Our first-pair defenseman
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is out, the person who plays a lot on the penalty kill and at even strength.
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In principle, he has a lot of ice time. Plus, Meloche is about controlling his own crease. That is, the goalies are calm when Meloche is there; it's great.
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But now we are losing him. Accordingly, a replacement was needed and, accordingly, depth on the blue line. So , signing Bischoff is, of course, a big plus. Well, he's also a stay-at-home defenseman, so you definitely shouldn't expect a large number of points from
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him. He is for the penalty kill, I think. He is also for the crease. The question is that he is, well, not the biggest. I've already said it all, 88 kg, 185 cm is his height. For a defenseman, that's not exactly "wow."
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But nonetheless, I'd like to believe that he can replace Meloche to some extent. I think he will get his 15-17 points, because looking at his career, his best season was probably in the NCAA, where he got 30 plus, but we
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understand that's not a KHL level, and it was a long time ago, but still, a good signing. But what about Chris Khenkel? It seems like it's time to return to his candidacy as a Belarusian defenseman. And it would be very
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appropriate, since it's clear about Bodnarchuk, as far as I know, his contract has ended, and he successfully signed a full deal with Dynamo Minsk after a tryout. There is Kuzmin. And as for depth, because the season is long.
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We see that such moments, unfortunately , can happen, like an injury. I think that Chris Khenkel could quite help the team. And it seems to me that Khenkel is the kind of guy who can also fight at the right moment in general.
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Okay, let me tell you in order. Regarding Bischoff, I’ll say first that they could, in theory, try putting him on the power play, because Smith is a 100%power-play player, and I think Lyle played in the second unit, though
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Elvenes also played on the bumper or even in front of the net. But I’m not saying they will use Bischoff in front of the net; that’s just a guess. They could use him at the blue line in the
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second unit and see how he does there. Yeah. Uh, regarding Bischoff coming in at just the right time. By the way, right now in the team, I think they are following the same plan as last season.
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Six foreigners, two young Belarusian guys as seventh defensemen, plus the youth. So, even now, with a healthy Uehara and a healthy Miloš, it’s looking like six foreigners, two Belarusian defensemen, and the seventh is Kuzmin—actually three: Kuzmin, Bokun, and Voronov. And then there’s
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the youth, Lazovsky, Volochko on a tryout, it’s unclear, and a few other young guys. Mamanovich is there too, in short. Right, yeah, Kristofik, yeah, there are plenty.
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So that’s why, in principle, whether he’s relevant or not, Bischoff would have fit in either way. Regarding Henkel, I spoke with him today.
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I was messaging with Chris Henkel today , off the record. It’s been quiet so far.
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Quiet, yes. So far, no one from Dynamo Minsk has reached out to him. It’s quiet, he’s waiting. He’s skating there, preparing, preparing, skating with amateurs, keeping in shape. Yeah.
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Well, regarding what you noted about Bischoff on the power play. I think that when Uehara is healthy, they used him during the Minsk Cup. So Smith and Uehara are likely the two defensemen, plus Lyle. As for the power play, this
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pool of defensemen who will play, Bischoff, yeah, I think he’ll likely be a guy who mostly handles defensive duties. He had a -15 in Shanghai, but who didn't have a minus in Shanghai, let's be honest. So, I want to see him
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on a different team, under a different coach, in a different system. Bischoff has definitely arrived at the right time. Yeah, so we’re waiting for news .
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Regarding Danik Bokun, yes. Well, let’s congratulate him on the full contract, we think, well, that in principle, in the preseason, Danik, you yourself said that you liked him and his with his play this preseason, he didn't overthink anything, didn't do anything
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extra or overly complicated, just did his job—defense—everything was clear, and it led to a full contract signing.
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Yes. And let's do this, you know? Let's roll back to the Dinamo Minsk matches.
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We'll have the goals from the Ak Bars and Dinamo games on screen. So, the team gets two wins and then loses to Dinamo Moscow in the final. Although in the first game against Ak Bars, yes, it was a tough meeting, but the main thing
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is they won. And against CSKA it was also a tough win, but they didn't allow any goals. Overall, as for the tournament results, I noted a couple of important moments for myself. The role of the goaltenders at Dinamo hasn't
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changed. We have Fucale and Demchenko, and the role of the starter for both Minsk and Moscow is clear—it will be Zach. He played two games in Minsk and two games in Moscow, while Demchenko had one meeting at each of the
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tournaments. And here, Sergei Brylin, you could say, is distributing—well, with the goalie coach—the role where Zach Fucale will come in as the number one, and Demchenko will be the backup to cover him and get chances. It seems clear to me from the games that, well,
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there were some not-so-confident matches from Zach, for example, in Minsk, but he was better in Moscow.
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He's going to get into shape now, although Vasily Demchenko somehow looked a bit more reliable in his games and even got a shutout against CSKA.
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What do you think? Well, honestly, I think Fucale's position isn't as, shall we say, secure , because I liked Demchenko's performance a lot this preseason. A shutout against CSKA, for one. That's what they'll look at first; I think
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they'll trust Fucale with the first game of the season, and then they'll see how they play. So, what's the result? If they have a good start and are winning, they might give Zach a rest in some games and let Vasya
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Demchenko get some playing time and build up his conditioning, and they'll see how he plays and what the team's results are. Naturally, if they are losing, there will be a goalie change, and if they are winning, they will look
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at their physical condition. Is Zach ready to keep going? Or is he tired, or conversely, is Vasya tired, and Zach will step in? That’s how I think it will go. I don't think there will be such a bias toward only relying on
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Fucale. Yes, in any case, if you have two potential number ones in your goalie tandem, two fairly strong goaltenders, you have to distribute ice time between them somehow, because all sorts of situations can arise. So, I think yes,
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perhaps I agree here with Artyom that Zak will start, and they will find some kind of compromise along the way. Maybe they'll play two games each, or three games, or maybe while one of them is on a roll, he plays, and then, boom, they
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swap them out. Well, these are all such factors. Sometimes you need to give them a break, too. Maybe the player himself feels like he needs a little pause, and when you have a backup who can play at the same level, it’s all
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for the good of the team. If I remember correctly, last season under Kvartalnov, the goalies played two games at a time. Man, he really gave them that kind of rhythm. He’d play two games, then swap, two games.
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That’s how it was in most cases, we’ll see. Well yes, I mean that Fucale is definitely rated higher at the moment.
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So he is definitely going to start. You can see that from the preseason games.
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And of course, Demchenko won't be left without work. He will have ice time, but I mean that on the goalie list, Fucale will still be ranked higher. As for the defense, if we look at the tournament results, we’ve already
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discussed this, but I still want to note that with the loss of Miloš, we lose a lot in front of our own net. And the main point is, we lose team character.
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Say what you will, but when Miloš is on the ice, the team has much more grit . We’ll see how things go without him , but it really worries me, honestly.
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Miloš might seem like a player who doesn’t put up many points, but he’s still a valuable team player.
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Valuable precisely for his functionality, you just feel that with him there's reliability, yes, and honestly, it’s a big loss for the team, any defenseman, honestly, any defensive player, is a valuable loss. If it's Ty Smith, an injury, Brook, Lyle—it doesn't matter, but
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yes, any loss of a defenseman, especially a foreign one, is a big loss because we don't have that many, uh, how should I put it, Belarusian defensemen of that level, specifically that offensive caliber, well, at that high level.
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And, well, we can see the goals scored by Minsk in the match against CSKA Moscow. That's why I wanted to talk about our team's attacking group, because in Moscow we didn't really see our optimal attack anyway. Meaning the
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lines and trios Sergei Brylin will enter the season with, for one simple reason. Slemosh is injured, and Aube-Kubel is still preparing. Although Brylin said that he might appear in the last match, we didn't manage to see him at the tournament. So, that's minus two
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players right there. And my question is about Aube-Kubel, where can he be used, because the first line, well, there are currently two trios that are being consistently drilled. That's Chuhraev, Tierney, and S.
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Uh-huh. And that's Lipsky, Kuznetsov, and Sotishvili. That's it. The other two lines are a hodgepodge that keeps being reassembled.
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And so, Sergei Brylin is using two forwards in one trio. Those are Gardner and Kalinin . So, it feels like he won't be splitting them up. In Moscow, he added the energetic Belkin to them, who provides speed. That's the right move,
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because both Kalinin and Gardner, to me , are heavy forwards. They don't possess any great explosive speed.
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Honestly, they aren't the fastest skaters. And they need a player who will give them that energy and the necessary speed. But Aube-Kubel isn't like that either. He is, well, in terms of style, probably close to Gardner.
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Meaning he's also more of a power-play guy who can drive the puck, but he won't be out there deking or spinning past people. The question is, who will he put there with the guys? Where will Aube-Kubel play then?
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Is he a center or not? No. He's a winger, winger, winger. I think he will be in the top six.
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I think that for the start of the season, in my opinion, I think he could start in the trio.
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No, instead of Chuhraev. The first one. I think so too. But, I think Arseny actually showed himself quite well in that trio during the preseason games. You can make mistakes here, experiment, you know, look at the big picture. Why not? Well, use him in
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a trio if something doesn't work out during the season. But I think that with the start of the regular season, when there is pressure, intensity, and results, I believe we really need a contribution from this line. I'm not
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talking about the power play, because they play differently in different combinations during power plays. Well, Tierney is in his spot, I mean specifically 5-on-5 play. A real contribution is needed from this line, the first unit. That's why I think
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they'll put Ob-A-Kubel there instead of Chukhraev. And Chukhraev there, I think it's the third.
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Well, if we already have a well-coordinated second line, yes, then I think in the third.
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For Kalinin and Gardner, it turns out, well, maybe they'll move someone there, possibly, because there's Usov, there's Mikhalev, Usov, Galiev. That combination also appeared very often in games together. And there, also the third, it's not a fact that Mikhalev
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might stay there. Well yes, you see, Brylin broke them up; he was testing Kalinin, Gardner, and Galiev in Minsk, but in Moscow, he dropped Galiev and added Belkin. So they are also trying to find something here. And well, as an
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option, yes, either he tries Chukhraev with them, or he returns Galiev there and puts Chukhraev there.
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He might do that, he could return Galiev to Gardner and Kalinin, who do the dirty work, and Galiev, as the goal-scoring finisher, they can do the dirty work for him. This creates space for him in the zone, so he has the
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opportunity to shoot on goal or score. Therefore, he might return to these settings as well. Yes, we'll see. It will be interesting to watch.
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And of course, yes, Dynamo Minsk continues to work on a first-line center, that is, a search, or rather, an expectation. We understand perfectly well that NHL camps are starting and someone will definitely end up in the KHL. Russian players, foreigners. So we
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are waiting for news here. And in terms of the forward line, the work on the transfer market for the team is not finished. Right now on our screens is the final matchup against Dynamo Moscow . The goals scored will be here. We
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will review them as well. Also, you know what else I want to note about the tournament? What I liked about Dynamo Minsk's game is the number of blocked shots and the fact that many pucks don't reach goalies Fucale and
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Demchenko, because we only lost in the number of blocks to Dynamo Moscow. And even that was insignificant, because if you look, there were 15 blocks against Ak Bars and CSKA, and 20 blocked shots against Dynamo Moscow; I consider that
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to be a lot. I mean, the Muscovites had a bit more, but it’s a good sign, a good indicator. It's a good indicator, but I'd say these are basic settings in the sense that blocking shots is part of hockey.
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That’s how it should be. Yeah, there’s nothing surprising here . I wouldn't even say that with Brylin's arrival, Brylin set a task— given his many years in the NHL, where they play like that and block many shots—that he gave them some kind of
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directive to just block shots in general. No, these are basic settings, it’s, well, part of hockey, yes.
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Romych, Danya...oh, Roma is right. Part of hockey. Blocking shots, not giving the opponent a chance for the puck to reach the goalie so a goal can be scored. So it’s not surprising, isn't it? The most important thing is
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that they are outplaying the opponent in this metric. I mean, well, last season, in terms of blocks, well, Dynamo definitely didn't lead in every game. Actually, it was the opposite situation, as far as I remember. And here, I like that they are helping the
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goalies. And plus on the face-offs. Well, in Moscow, everything was pretty decent. Although there was, you know, the first period, I think against Dynamo Moscow, when a disaster happened . We lost 7-20 on face-offs, but then we caught up. During the game,
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there were moments, especially when our power play started, precisely in those key face-offs, the very first one. We lost the face-offs on the power play, the puck went out, and we had to spend energy skating back out to re-enter the
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zone. You know, before, well, there was Andryukha Stas, he played in the first unit, he would win it immediately and we would play in the zone.
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And you know, the most interesting thing is that we essentially watched two versions of Dynamo in Moscow.
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That’s when the team is leading the score and when they are losing. And the second option happened. Against Dynamo Moscow, we couldn't come back, but on the whole, if you look at it, the guys don't really change their game model or
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stray from the hockey that Brylin proposes. But, by the way, the thing is , remember we constantly talked about Dmitry Kvartalnov last season, that Dynamo starts actively in the first shifts, and that has remained. It’s a lingering trail. They try to overwhelm,
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they try to score. By the way, even the commentators noted this in almost every game, that Dynamo rushes so boldly in the first shifts, attacks the goal, and tries to score right away. That's cool.
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Well, for the most part, the players in the roster have remained the same, so I think that knowing from experience that this brought results and bore fruit last season, that's why they keep playing that way from the very
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beginning. Well, once again, I'll say that, in principle, this is also the foundation of the game of hockey now.
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An aggressive, fast start, especially at the beginning of the game, because you are still very fresh, still energetic, as they say, and flying forward.
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Yes. These are, let's say, modern trends, especially since many Dynamo Minsk players admit that Sergei Vladimirovich is building a style of hockey for them based on constant puck possession.
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Accordingly, from the start, the players, or rather the team, try to take the puck under their control. Well , naturally, the more you control the puck, the fewer chances there are for you to concede a goal. That’s all.
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And the more likely you are to score. So, yes, it’s great that they are starting actively. It’s great.
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Let’s see how it goes in the season. No, well, yes, this principle works always, not just in hockey. As long as the puck is with us, they won't score on us.
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Yes, it's like that in soccer, everywhere. Therefore, yes, it’s great. In soccer too, yes, as long as the ball is ours, we won't concede.
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In soccer, well, you could say ball. And, of course, yes, even in Moscow, there is this "summer hockey" syndrome, as they say. Although, honestly, I don't really like it, but nevertheless, yes, this concept exists. There was, I mean, enough sloppiness in passing,
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especially in the initial phase, like mistakes at the opposing blue line. Even against Dynamo Moscow, young Lozovsky, yes, he turned the puck over there, and it resulted in conceding on a counterattack.
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Well, now he understands that this is the KHL, baby. As they say, you need to think and react quickly here.
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They already know how to do all that, I think this will be a lesson for him.
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And yes, I think these moments will be polished, especially since there is very little time left before the first KHL game, and I would like to see fewer of those errors, passing mistakes, and turnovers. It's clear that you can't
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eliminate them completely, but fewer of them would be really good. In general, is there anything you’d like to point out regarding the tournament, maybe how the Dynamo Minsk team differed in Minsk versus Moscow? I want to highlight the
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game against CSKA, because the team played with a roster completely missing their main leaders. And honestly, I didn't expect that kind of game from them at all, because before that, CSKA had beaten Spartak 4-0. Almost the same lineup, I think only Guryanov didn't
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play, and Pasha Karnaukhov, but all the main guys: Kairulin, Poltapov, Sorkin, that powerful line played. And, honestly, I was very, I was very, uh, impressed by the game that the Dynamo Minsk team demonstrated. A shutout, a shutout game, fighting for every inch
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of the ice. Yes, understood. The score of three, two goals were scored into the empty net. This shows that the guys have character, even with a young roster. I really liked the youngsters in this preseason, throughout the whole
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preseason. Yes. And they are leaving a pleasant impression at this tournament. So I want to praise them for this preseason in general, in particular, and for the game against CSKA especially.
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Well, what should we say, let’s get them to leave a like for the young players of the preseason, they earned it.
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Of course, leave a like. F 500. 500. How many? 5,000. 500. Well, let's start with 500. 500.
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Tyoma says, yeah? 500 is school stuff on the desk. 500. Yes, let's hit 500, 500 likes. Of course, write in the comments what you think of the Mayor's Cup in Moscow, the results of Dynamo Minsk, who you liked,
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who stood out, or who, for example, disappointed you. I think there will be a lot of comments specifically about Nikonov. Come on, everyone will be there, I think almost everyone will be.
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But in any case, you pick someone from Dynamo Minsk. So what do we have and when? September 6th, September 7th the team plays at home against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.
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The first match at the Minsk Arena. They sold out the seats. Tickets, obviously, are sold out for the game.
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And, you know, you always want to come and see the opening match. Come on, are you going or not?
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I, I don't have a ticket. Me neither. Can you imagine? Help, kind people, get a host into the hockey arena.
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We'll walk around the arena, we'll stand there asking for a ticket. An extra ticket. Yeah.
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Yes, but I will tell you that the opponent is tough, because personally I think the Nizhny Novgorod guys are definitely stronger compared to last season. Even though there are big changes in the attack, nevertheless the signings Torpedo has made, both
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quantitatively and qualitatively, I think, made up for the losses. A good, good team. And it will be very interesting to watch the first match as well.
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Actually, I agree with you, Danik. They have a good squad this season. They did good recruiting. Koroskovsky, a Gagarin Cup winner, Vorobyov from SKA, Polyakov, Ah, Polyakov from SKA, Vey.
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Vey, yes. They have good, promising young players there. Their own guys stayed: Goncharuk, Belevich, and Firstov too. The only thing is, Litunov left the team, a good center forward who went to Dynamo Moscow. You can see that Torpedo has the same preseason
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scenario as last year. Meaning they didn't start the preseason very well, but then—remember how they burst into the championship, right, they had a long winning streak—and they were in first place for a long time, at the very beginning of the championship. But
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then there was a bit of a slump, so, yes, I think Torpedo will be a dangerous team, especially at the start of the season it will be a tough game.
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Given also that it’s the first game, we always know, even from my own experience, that these first games for Dynamo Minsk on their home ice are always very difficult. So, we will believe, we will worry, and we will
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watch. A very interesting season awaits us. Very. Well, we will have much more analysis now. It's all kicked off now, the season is underway. That's it, we're locked in. It's time to wrap it up. Yes.
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Yes. So, what's next? We can move on to the next block then. This is Belarus in the KHL. It's clear there isn't much information there, but nevertheless. We saw Andrei Stas. It was very unusual to see the Ak Bars jersey in a match
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against Dynamo Minsk. And it's clear that the first interview after the first period in the match against Dynamo was taken from Stas. Well, he said, "Yes, I know the guys 'hockey, I try to suggest things here and there,
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and stop them myself sometimes." But honestly, I almost teared up a little. In general, it's unusual to see Andrei Stas in an Ak Bars uniform after 3 years during this Kvartalnov period with Dynamo Minsk. Well, what can you
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do, it's the job. You can find yourself anywhere at any time. The jersey colors suit him, they suit him.
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It looks nice. Well, we'll see how it affects the result. Let's wish him, Andrei, good luck too. I think he will bring, and should bring, experience to the Ak Bars team.
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And again, the hockey agency works. Vlad Eremenko, who came on the podcast. You can watch it on our channel, by the way. Vlad Eremenko found a team. He already had one, but they weren't counting on him there in Moscow. But
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finally, this saga, this epic, you can describe it differently. Has ended for him. Vlad is heading to Neftekhimik.
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There was some kind of mega-trade there . And he eventually went to Nizhnekamsk . The most important thing is that he’s going to a team where I think he’ll get enough ice time.
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I also think their style of play suits him. Grishin uses a type of hockey that isn’t as rigid, like Nikitin’s at CSKA, but rather more free-flowing and improvisational. So I think Grishin’s style of play should suit him.
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And a two-year deal is the main thing —it’s not just for one season, so Vlad has a sense of security and confidence. He will spend two years in Nizhnekamsk. I want to believe that he’ll do well there. And,
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consequently, move on to a bigger opportunity later. Yes. But Neftekhimik this season, just like last, I think, could very well surprise us. The team will definitely fight for a playoff spot, and who knows, maybe they’ll even win a first-round series. Anyway,
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the main point is that we found a team for the guy once again. Kris Henkel came in, so Kris Henkel will find a team, without hinting at which one. Which one , of course.
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Well, you see that he found one, and then things got a bit, yeah. Well, he’ll find one again.
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Well, okay. You can say that about everyone. Everyone who came in, they all know, they’ll certainly find one. Unless someone is ending their career. And what then?
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Even Grabarenko found a team back then, even though the situation was very, very difficult.
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Yes, of course, we called personally, because we call personally for everyone. And another thing I’d like to mention is Vladimir Alistrov. Considering that, well, looking at it, the Kazan Ak Bars offense seems to have become a bit weaker. It’s clear that they are
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working on it; they signed Hayes. For the KHL, that is, of course, a very high-profile move. How many games?
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Something like 800 or more NHL games? Well, a large number, that’s great. But Alistrov, most likely, will play for Ak Bars in the new season; he won't be sitting around waiting for his chance. I think he will be appearing on
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the third line. Since he wasn't traded or moved to another club during the offseason, I think Ak Bars is counting on him this season, given the current roster and the issues in the attack, especially since Barabanov left. Yashkin left,
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Safonov went to the NHL. So, high-level hockey players have left and moved on from the team. And Among the forwards, they only acquired that foreigner Kevin Hayes and Buvaltsev as a center.
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Otherwise, they haven't signed anyone else who is a key, serious player yet. That's why I think Vova will be given a big chance this season.
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Yeah, someone else left for Magnitogorsk. Barabanov left for Avtomobilist. They really did. Yes. So, for Vova Alistrov, huge opportunities are opening up now to prove himself like never before. Contract code, good salary. I mean, he needs to show what
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he's got. Well, last season, actually, his shifts were less frequent. The money was the same. It was fine.
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Well, shifts were less frequent, money was the same. Well, it was okay, wasn't it?
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In what sense was it okay? No, well, in general, he had a good start when he came over from SKA. Then he got injured again or something.
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Well, there was an injury, and then it was unclear what happened. And then he came back, and that was it, he wasn't put in the lineup anymore.
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Well, who else among the Belarusians can we mention? Igor Martynov. Igor Martynov. Yes, Dynamo. Oh, I remember, by the way, he scored a goal for Dynamo in the finals. Well, the moment with Alistrov, honestly, yes, well you could say it was like Nikonov's on
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Milosh. It was a hard hit. Kind of a dirty, hard hit, yes, against Vova Alistrov; it's like, just looking at the hit, it seems as if he had done something to him in life or maybe said something about him, but that's
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unlikely. Vova is calm, he never says anything bad, because well, that's just him. If he saw him, saw that it was Vova, why hit him so hard in the head, it's unclear. I don't know. You know, I think maybe he realized it at the last
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moment when it was already unavoidable, because at the end he looked like he was even scared that he had hit him and realized he had hit Alistrov, not someone from Ak Bars. I don't think the guys who play together on the national
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team have any kind of conflict, but it's the preseason again, yes, such moments, it's necessary...
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very harshly. Thank God Vova didn't get a concussion, and he continued later, I mean the Moscow tournament, he played in the Mayor's Cup. Everything is fine, it blew over.
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There. Well, yes, so it turns out there probably isn't any more information on our guys. We'll just keep watching, yes , in the new KHL season, because we've highlighted everyone for now; some played in other tournaments later, but
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probably didn't really stand out much. Tell us about your friend, come on, announce the information about your friend. He was in the Omsk Avangard system. Already announced, of course.
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Come on, announce your friend. Where did your friend move to? I knew this information even before the official announcement.
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Minsky. I just didn't know. if Sokol Krasnoyarsk had announced it or not. Yes, they announced it.
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It is worth noting that it was a very difficult situation there for Danil Stepanov regarding the club. Perhaps we shouldn't go into details, because who knows, maybe things will work out for him with Omsk Avangard yet. But nevertheless, yes, he will play for
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Sokol. He considered various options, even the East Coast, going to America. The agent worked very closely on that, but in the end, the option with Sokol came up, which is actually good in terms of conditions. That is why he
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will go there. Well, America was difficult because his wife is giving birth very soon, so it would have been hard to fly in that regard too. Well yes, he will play for Sokol, it's a loan. Anyway, that's the situation.
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Congratulations. He waited for a very long time, he was worried. And I hope that this season everything works out for him in the VHL, because he's a guy who really, truly wants to get into the KHL and works very hard for it. And he
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even had options during last season, but somewhere it just didn't click. Uh, I can only wish for him to have a good, strong season, sign with a KHL team, play there, and come on our show.
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Does the loan mean that the Sokol team is our affiliate in the KHL or not?
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I don't know about Sokol. By the way, as for the farm team, if it's a loan, meaning Omsk Avangard still holds his rights, yes, they loaned him out, so that means he can't move anywhere else if he proves himself
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during the VHL season, right? Yes. Avangard can bring him back, for example. Well, for example, yes.
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Avangard holds his rights. VHL. Got it. So that's the situation. And what else? What else? MHL machinations. Let's mention it, perhaps, because the team is starting very soon too. They managed to play in Tula, we probably analyzed that last time.
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By the way, Nikita Pavlov wrote to me just yesterday. Remember, we mentioned him. Anyway, Nikitos is in a difficult situation too. He flew to Tula and played, but unfortunately, he has shoulder problems that persisted. His shoulder injury recurred, so he
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in the game he played, the only one, yes, yes, he has problems with his shoulder again, all the same ones. He didn't fully heal it. And it turns out he will miss all of September, and mid-October, so a month and a half. Regarding
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the surgery, I don't know, he didn't write to me about it, but he said he would be out for a month and a half.
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And honestly, it's very, very sad because the team is young, and a guy who has already played in the MHL would be very useful. So, we wish Nikita good health. He’ll be watching. He said thank you very much to everyone for the
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support. Yes, he said thank you very much for the support. It’s nice that you noticed. So, Nikitos, stay healthy.
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We are waiting for you on the ice. I already told you that you will return stronger and tear this league apart, yes, threatening everyone. Vityaz hockey school.
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Yes, a speedy recovery, for sure. So, about the tournament as a whole, that second place is a decent result.
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Not second. Second, I think, was Taifun , and Shinnik, if I'm not mistaken, was third. But listen, yeah, they had a good tournament. Overall, the guys looked very decent, so the picture is already emerging. Plus, today it was
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said that Maksim Stas signed a 2-year contract with Shinnik. And what else? Well, we noted everyone else , well, I will say that Letov set a very heavy load this season, in this preseason, as he said, compared to the
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last one, because the team changed a lot, many new players arrived, and it was necessary to work hard in the summer to build that foundation of physical preparation, to prepare for the MHL, because the "Gold Division" is serious. Their goal is to remain in the
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Gold Division, as the management. and General Manager Alexei Efimenko said, to establish themselves there and not be "elevators" between the Gold and Silver divisions. Well, the roster has changed drastically, so such results, especially the tournament in Bobruisk where they played, they didn't even win
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a single game out of four, right. So. But it's preseason, it's normal for the team to form, for everyone to accept the coach's ideas, concepts, tactics, and all that. So everything is fine. The preseason is over, just like
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for Dynamo Minsk. On September 7th, they start the championship against... teams we are already used to, yes.
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Vladivostok’s Taifun. There will be two games there, right? Two games. The seventh and eighth, yes.
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And off it goes. We’ll be watching that closely. Well, the most important thing is that the guys are starting at home. There will even be several games, I think five in a row, if I'm not mistaken, will be played at home. And that is
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actually good for a young team. I think that in Babruysk they will put on a show again at the first game and many fans will come to support Evgeny Letov's team. We will also follow Shinik, of course, and cheer for them,
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as always. Absolutely. Is there any information about you or not? About me? Well, yeah, in terms of is there a commentary schedule for Shinik.
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No, there's no schedule yet, but I hope that, like last season, all the mat— haven't been told yet. Yeah, no, it's a bit early.
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Well, let's see. We're waiting, waiting, wai-waiting. Because the season is in anticipation, the ambassador of Dynamo and Shinik.
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I was written in the comments as the voice of Shinik, in quotes, the team's mascot.
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One person wrote to me, by the way, " voice of Shinik," and then later for the final games. No, no, no, not just some fan who watches us, he'll probably understand who I'm talking about. Big hello. And he wrote just that at Shinik
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. The voice of Shinik, when I started commenting on Dynamo for three games. He writes: "Oh, now the voice of Dynamo Minsk, too." Oh, how good. So what? Let's discuss the Extraleague then. The Saley Cup.
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Well, the hot season is coming up now. Yes, there's a good little scramble going on now. There are the semifinal matches.
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You know, I'll say that there were some very unexpected results in terms of higher-seeded teams losing to lower-seeded ones. And I'll say that Group B, where Orsha and the Zhlobin Metallurg played—this group will be represented by three teams from Group B
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, with only one from the Soligorsk Shakhtar. Well, that is to say that at the moment, Group B is stronger, the East is stronger for us.
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The East is stronger than the West. Yes , unexpected results, actually. Especially, of course, the defeat of Grodno Neman by Gomel, winning 4-1 after two periods, right, Romych? Or were they losing 4-1 in the second and came back,
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I think. They were losing in the second , and they scored everything in the third, I think. Well, to be honest, I didn't watch the game, I can't say for sure. And in general, this is another confirmation that the league has become
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very even; the teams have leveled out, well, at least, what we call the top-six, top-eight teams.
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Well, you know, I will tell you that out of the four teams we are most interested in, there is one in the semifinals.
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Who? I won't say who, but I know that Shakhtar is playing Gomel, and the Zhlobin Metallurg is playing Slavutich.
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Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I got it. Got it. In general, yes, we will, of course, be following the semifinal meetings now, but honestly, the quarterfinals turned out to be super high-scoring; out of four games, there were three shootouts and an
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overtime. Yes, for the viewer it’s really great . I mean, to watch and get the emotion —it’s cool. So, we will have a new winner of the Salyae Cup?
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Yes, that’s what I wanted to point out. The champion will change. Metallurg Zhlobin, Slavutich and Shakhtar Gomel, look, tomorrow, September 2nd, in the evening there will be top matches for a spot in the finals, a winner-take-all.
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It will be interesting. You know, I wanted to see with you Mikhail Stefanovich, who left Metallurg Zhlobin . Oh, I have the information.
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Go ahead, Tyoma. Yeah, I was with him today... Tyoma’s smile is like that. Yes, I was talking to him today.
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Let's go. There is already Let's go. a team where he will continue his career.
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But you won't say, why. Speak. Let me try. Steve, Steve says, you'll say it now. I told him that we were planning to talk about it on air today. He asks me, like , you guys are planning to do it today?
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I say, "Well, yeah, today I can, I say, talk about it." He says, "Yeah, go ahead." But he says, "Some team might call me in a couple of hours and offer big money, and I’ll take it.""And you’ll have talked about a certain
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team," he says. I say, "Come on, don’t, don’t, don’t let us down." I mean, he says, "No, it's fine, you can talk." Can I have three attempts?
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Three attempts? Yeah, to try to guess the team. Well, go ahead. Yunost Minsk. No. That's it, Neman Grodno.
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No, one left. Yeah, one left. Announce it to the whole country. The right answer.
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Brest. Wrong. See how... For some reason, I also thought it was Neman Grodno, actually. Well yeah, many said that everything...
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the puzzle pieces fit, in that, in particular, Dmitry Sanovich Kravchenko, with whom he worked for many years, is in Zhlobin, plus Steve played a lot of time in Neman Grodno, became a champion with them, and was very useful. Besides
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recently uh Kulagin Alexander right, a good player who used to play for Yunost, went to Neman and got a serious injury, they say, and his contract was terminated. So a spot opened up for an experienced player, but it turned out not to be for Dmitry
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Sanovich, but Hockey Club Mogilev. Mogilev? Really? No, of course not. Well, go on. Alright . Yunost, no. Neman, no. Zhlobin, no.
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He left. No. Gomel, no. Shakhtar or Molodechno? Dynamo. Molodechno. Molodechno. There you go. Officially, Mikhail Stefanovich. And we’ll say it officially now, but tomorrow, he says, he might sign with another team, or go to play in China.
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Mikhail Stefanovich is now with Dynamo Molodechno. Congratulations. Dynamo Molodechno. Dynamo Molodechno. No, congratulations. Dynamo Molodechno.
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Congratulations. Is that what you call a bombshell transfer? In general, wherever Mikhail Stefanovich plays, the team usually wins the cup.
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Sev- He already has seven. He’s going for his eighth, I say. He needs to go for his eighth. Which team are you going to win your eighth cup with? He tells me: "Dynamo Molodechno." That’s how things are.
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It’s quite interesting, of course. Well, we 100%wish him luck. But you know what I want to point out? Another significant move, a return to Belarus.
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Sergeyevsky. Ah. Sergeyevsky, who is signing with Brest. The man won a championship with Metallurg Zhlobin in 2023. And I will tell you honestly that in Brest—and this team interests us—Brest has a very serious claim for the top four.
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Well, all in all, a very solid roster has been assembled. And I’ll say honestly that Brest is among the leaders right now. I remember Sergeyevsky, yes, he’s a good player, he...I played in the playoffs then, we played against them in the semifinals
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or quarterfinals, yeah, a good center, when Zhlobin became champion, yes, he was very useful, scored a lot of points , was a core player. But this is a good reinforcement for Brest, yes, actually.
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Let’s also note the transfer of Dmitry Korobov, the veteran, to Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Oh, by the way, I missed that, I don’t remember it. I just joined in right now. That information has been around for a long time. Dmitry Korobov
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is moving to Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Also a good reinforcement, the experienced defenseman is back in business.
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Experience is needed, yes, still at it. Well, precisely, yes, the Miners are also a team that is currently in the Saley Cup semifinals. So the guys, you could say, had a good last season and are continuing it even now in the cup.
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Well done. So it’s great that such players are moving to good teams and strengthening our championship.
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I just, when you said about Korobov, I thought about... Who? No, I was thinking about Dynamo in general. Shinnik, by the way, Tyoma was talking about Shinnik’s second place.
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I said third, not fourth. No, maybe second. See, that’s second place. I think I commented on the Taifun game.
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They won all their games and lost, it seems, their last games there to Admiral, or rather, to that Academy, to Mikhailov.
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Almaz. To Almaz. Well, they also beat Funi, so that means the parity should be higher.
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There. Well yes, Korobov is always interesting . And in general, these kinds of transfers, well, this offseason they are as intriguing as possible, let’s say, especially regarding the veterans.
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Stefanovich decided to change his location. And what else shall we note? That’s already the next block, the KHL. Well, there's one point, that's clear, Makar, because it's still quiet before the training camp opens. So, it's quiet for now. What did Makar get up to here?
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It's the money talk again. It's again, of course, making waves, right? How much? 24.
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Not 24, huh? 24. I'm saying 24. That's decent. What do you mean, decent? By Belarusian standards, in the NBA, that's top-tier money. Just imagine how the NBA compared to the Belarusian Extraleague is just 20 million dollars.
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Well, I understand that it's your contract. But our guys converted it in the group to Belarusian rubles, it's mind-blowing what kind of sums come out.
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Well, it's more or less Artyom Timkov's salary. Well, more or less. They also wrote that it's almost the entire budget of Dinamo Minsk in the KHL, can you imagine, for one player.
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In the NHL. It's crazy. Well, the cap goes up every year for them. Can you imagine what kind of contracts there will be later, even bigger, right? For the likes of McDavid, McDavid, Kucherov, maybe MacKinnon, then Matthews, so the league is growing
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. And you know who I want to highlight? Belarusian referee Nikita Polyakov. He's 31, and he went, you could say, to the NHL referee development camp. And, well, the league itself is still far away, but the fact that he's going
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there is notable. I don't know if Belarusian refs have gone before, I don't think so. Well, maybe someone in history has.
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They have, they have, they have, yeah, this isn't the first time, it's not a debut, Belarusian refs have gone, but they haven't made it past the AHL.
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Well, in any case, it's really cool. It's another indicator that even if a professional career doesn't work out, you can go into refereeing and also reach great heights. Well, generally speaking about Polyakov, how he got there, he made the top four best
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referees at the league's European camp in Budapest. And really, this is a person who, well, has a very rich experience under his belt. He has, what does it come to, 204 matches in the KHL , including playoffs. He officiated
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matches at the World Junior Championship in the top division and, accordingly, he had the Continental Cup final. So here, well, it's not just someone who worked a couple of matches, roughly speaking, it's not a fluke, but systematic work and he earned his spot
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there. As for the block-hockeists. And, I guess, that's it, well that's it, that's it, everything we could discuss, we did.
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I want to highlight these two guys; one organized and participated, the other participated. It was a charity match in Orsha. Game for a Dream. "Locomotive of Goodness," to be exact.
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This one is the organizer, this one is the participant, and this one is the performer, you tell them. Yes, I was the performer.
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He’s the client. He’s the client. The guys did a great thing. There were a lot of famous people. Vlad Konopka, yes, yes, the actor from the series, you know, in short, Kislyak. Artyom.
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For those who are younger, or Artyom Kislyak in the movie. Andrei Kislyak. Andrei Kislyak. Yes, in general, for those who are younger, that’s Andrei Kislyak. He was on the coaching staff of Horst Team, where Tyoma played, Timkov, and other notable figures of
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Belarusian hockey, and and Buchkin. Mikhail "ala" Buchkin. "Ala" flash interview. How would it be in Chinese? Buchkin.
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Bucha. Bucha. Yes. To China. He’s going to China. Anyway, yes. From the videos I watched, it was actually great. You had a second coach. Well, Selka really dished it out . Yes, yes, yes.
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He was like Anatoly Tarasov there, acting with his toes in sandals and all .
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Very good. No, cool. Cool. And I saw in the videos that there were a lot of fans in Orsha.
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Well yes, there were enough. Of course, there is no limit to perfection, you always want more, but a really good number of people showed up, and I want to express my huge gratitude to them for sharing this wonderful evening with
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us, for coming and supporting a good cause; I think they raised even more than 30,000 for charity. That’s great . And I want to note here that I wasn’t the only one who organized it, there are many people, let’s say,
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involved in this, in the organization too. I want to acknowledge them all. Someone did the work, let's say, planned all those scripts, how it would all look. Someone did the organizational work, made the arrangements, yes, someone did the
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direct work on content, covering this whole event. We had a fairly large team that, I believe, handled it more than adequately.
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And I, in turn, as the performer, I want to say that I really liked the game. I got true pleasure from the game . It was a pleasure playing with the team, with my own against Lokomotiv, with my own line. We scored a great
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goal. It was wonderful to play. The atmosphere was cool, a lot of children. Fist bumping. Ah, we were giving out autographs before the game, taking photos, many people approached not only me, but all the participants of the match. The atmosphere was cool, I liked
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it, and I want events like this to continue in the future. Everything is super.
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For a good cause, leave one like, then a second, third, fourth—leave as many as you can, yeah, that’s absolutely awesome. And we were talking before the shoot that we’ve lost the comments.
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We were saying we’d wait for the new season, Tyoma, but there’s a special one here for you, and I’m asking it because people are asking about you.
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They’re hating. We need to No, no, I can't. I really want to ask this question. Uh are they hating on Roma or not? No, you’re not a hater.
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Then what? Artyom is just asking, what? Where is your son, Ryan Spooner? How is he doing? Is he playing or did he take a break?
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Ryan Spooner is looking for options to continue his career. He hasn’t taken a break, as far as I know. He is looking for options in the KHL as well, and in Europe too, and Swoodie is in talks with a team in the German league,
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so he hasn't stopped his career, he hasn't paused it, he’s looking for options, we have to wait.
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That’s it. And we won't read any more , but we will definitely bring back our favorite comments in the new season.
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Which will be the next episode, dedicated to the start of Dinamo Minsk in the Continental Hockey League. And today we’ve covered everything. And we can wish Nicholas Melosh good health once again. We're waiting for the first game, waiting for a win from the team.
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From you: a like, subscribe, a comment, and of course, the trio in the studio: Danil Detko, Roma Serafimovich, Artyom Dimkov. As always, see you. When will we see you?
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We’ll see you soon. Soon, we won't give a date. Tyoma is always playing it mysterious.
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I'm just the one in charge of the schedule here. Yeah. Roma is the organizer. I’m the executor of the organizer. " Golosyashchy." That’s it, Danya doesn't know what that is.
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I’ll explain it to him off-camera later. But for the old-school fans, the "Golosyashchy KiViN," do you know what that is? That’s it, we’re wrapping up, write in the comments.
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We’re closing the episode. Alright, that's enough, goodbye.
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