- Is the season for SKA already over?
- But what about the playoffs?
- Believe that hold out long?
“I always believe.” And until the last I will believe. And after the final whistle, my faith will probably disappear.
- Rivals in your first round - you will not envy. Either Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) or Salavat Yulaev. Would you like to play with someone?
- Both teams are good. We cannot choose in this situation. On the contrary, these clubs choose us.
- Maybe SKA is more convenient to play with someone?
- You know, Metallurg and I played a draw only once, and lost to the Bashkir team twice. What choice is there?
- Does your heart hurt because of this season? He did not bring you laurels. Yes, and the team too.
- It hurts, of course. You just need to think about the configuration of the team, and not buy one hockey player and think that he will do everything.
“But it’s not only you who were bought alone.”
- And who else?
- They all bought it. You are formed almost from scratch.
- Tell me, who did you buy?
- Nikolishina, for example.
- Forward defensive plan. Farther.
- Sense to list? Boris Petrovich created a new team.
“And where is Boris Petrovich now?” Hence the result.
- No one to score?
- It was required to create one strong link. As it was done in Kazan, as it was in Omsk at one time. And it was not necessary to change half of the team. Five would be enough.
- They promise that now this will not happen. The skeleton will be saved, some hockey players will add.
- But who will stay? I think everyone has new contracts with other clubs. How much is left before the end of the season? And only three hockey players have current agreements.
- The rest are free?
- Yes.
- And what does the management say?
- Nothing. No one received any offers.
- Will you sign a new contract with SKA?
- I'll wait. I'll see what the club will be like. Who will I have to play with.
- Do not regret that you left Dynamo?
“No, not at all.” I am at home, I see how children grow up. It reassures me.
- Moscow is not far from St. Petersburg.
“We have no days off.” It's one thing when every day at home and quite another when you constantly ply back and forth.
“Maybe it relaxes you.” Home, children. Not to hockey?
“It reassures me.” So I would have been sour for a long time.
- So where will you play?
- I have suggestions from a couple of teams. I will think.
- About what?
- I am a hockey player - this is my job. If they don’t offer me anything in St. Petersburg, then I’ll leave.
- Will you go for money or for medals?
- And for medals, and for money. Here, in St. Petersburg, I lost money. I would get a bonus if the team was in the eight. And so 33 percent of the salary disappeared. However, if we go through the first round of the playoffs, they will give money.
Alexey Shevchenko