- Who, after all, from the NHL players will be invited to the national team?
- You know, Vyacheslav Bykov himself does not answer this question. And I will abstain.
- But you are negotiating with hockey players?
- I’m leading. Just recently I talked with Nikolai Khabibulin. First I talked to him, and then two hours later Sergey Nemchinov.
“And will you still talk?”
- I will. We’ll call you in a week.
- Why do we need Nikolai? Why persuade him?
- Nobody is going to persuade. He just did not say yes. And he didn’t say no.
- I didn’t say - and do not. Why is he?
- This is generally the case of the coach. And I'm not a coach.
- And Vyacheslav Bykov is interested in Khabibulin come?
- Of course. Rather, I think so. Nicholas - a stable goalkeeper, won the Stanley Cup. We need such a goalkeeper.
- So this year he didn’t even get into the playoffs this year.
- In this - yes. He didn’t get one. Much depends on the team. It is very difficult to show good hockey if protection does not help you. I’m telling you as a goalkeeper. Of course, I won’t say that Nikolay spends the best season. Naturally, it is difficult for him. He used to win. And now his “Chicago” is in the penultimate place ( A.Sh. in third from the end in the East). For the goalkeeper, this is very difficult psychologically. Moreover, they always lose in one puck.
- You were at the match CSKA - Lada. How do you like the game of Vasily Koshechkin?
- He is a young goalkeeper, it is his nature to make mistakes. But I am pleased with him. He tries. I am generally pleased with the Lada.
- And Semen Varlamov is not able to play at the World Cup?
- He is also a good goalkeeper. Our future. We now have a lot of goalkeepers appear. All this is due to the fact that restrictions have been introduced on foreign goalkeepers.
- It is known, according to what regulations will the next Russian championship be held?
- We collected the wishes of the teams, discussed. Proposals will be sent next week.
- The national team has the task of winning the World Cup. How real is it?
- What do you think?
- I do not know.
- Now there are seven strong teams in the world. And they can all win. Everyone is able to show the best hockey. In the meantime, it is not even known who will have the compositions.
- Is there any quota for NHL players in the Russian team?
- There are no quotas. How much we can bring, so much will be. Alexander Ovechkin will arrive. But Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar, probably not. And I can’t talk about chances now, until the composition is formed.
Alexey Shevchenko