IN KHL open free agent market. May 1 is the day when transfers within the league are officially allowed. Not all managers are ready to draw up contracts on holidays and press buttons at the CIB, but there are already interesting signings.
SKA is actively rebuilding the team. Will Yashkin leave with Gusev?
One of the most aggressive clubs on the transfer market on the first day was SKA. It would seem that the Petersburgers have reached the finals of the conference, Roman Rotenberg proclaimed the birth of a new team, but serious changes are planned in St. Petersburg. First of all signed Alexander Kadeikin is absolutely the best Russian center on the market. Apparently, he will replace Mikhail Vorobyov or Nikolai Prokhorkin. Petersburgers made two exchanges at once with Vityaz, their longtime partner club. Kirill Kirsanov and Vladislav Tsitsyura went to Balashikha, and Stepan Starkov, for whom this season turned out to be a breakthrough, as well as young Ivan Zinchenko, moved in the opposite direction. Another important signing is Pavel Dedunov, who is expected to replace Yevgeny Ketov, who has switched to coaching. In Avangard, Dedunov honestly plowed in the fourth link and was responsible for the atmosphere in the locker room. But the main intrigue is the future of Dmitry Yashkin. Will he leave St. Petersburg after Nikita Gusev? Will it reach Kazan, where it was considered a year ago as an alternative to Alexander Radulov?
Avangard thanked seven players, but not Babaev’s clients
In addition to Pavel Dedunov, Avangard thanked Alexei Bereglazov, Stanislav Galimov, Fedor Belyakov, Alex Broadhurst, Viktor Svedberg and Vladimir Zharkov for their work. It is no longer a secret that Zharkov will go to Chelyabinsk, Bereglazov may also be there, and Broadhurst is aiming to move to Astana. But it is interesting that in addition to them there are players who have become unrestricted free agents. But no one mentioned them. These are Anton Belov, Ivan Telegin, Nail Yakupov, Vladimir Tkachev and Sergey Tolchinsky. The last two are clients of Shumi Babaev, who has a public war with Avangard. Regarding Tolchinsky, the agent has already stated that he will not be in Omsk. With others it’s more difficult. For example, Telegin is close to staying in Avangard. And of the acquisitions, only the arrival of the ex-captain and leading defender of Avangard, Libor Szulak, has been announced so far. The center Valentin Pyanov is about to follow him.
Magnitogorsk is bombarding restricted free agents with offers
While some clubs are busy fighting for unrestricted free agents, others are declaring a hunt for OCA players. To do this, however, it is necessary that the player’s former club does not repeat the offer, and you will have to fork out for compensation. The most daring manager of the KHL is just right to recognize Sergei Gomolyako. The sports director of Magnitogorsk also used this tool several times last off-season and eventually lured Valery Orekhov and Vladislav Eremenko to the Urals. Defender Eremenko came to Metallurg from Dynamo Minsk, and Vladimir Alistrov can now move from the same club. In addition, the Belarusian forward Gomolyako is trying to get Igor Geraskin. And here it is quite obvious where the legs grow from. Geraskin as a player was formed at Severstal, where Andrei Razin literally blinded him. Now, having moved to a top club, Razin is trying to drag a familiar player with him.
Dynamo makes a cool exchange and is waiting for a replacement for O’Dell
A powerful move was made by the general manager of Dynamo. Alexey Sopin intercepted Daniil Pylenkov, an interesting defender who was thinking about leaving for the NHL and in whom other top clubs in our league showed interest. The Blue and White played ahead of the curve and agreed directly with Severstal. They played on the fact that Alexander Skorenov plays in Dynamo, a forward who is well known to the new mentor of Cherepovets Andrey Kozyrev. In addition to Skorenov, a player born in 2005 is sent to Severstal. Emil Pianov. From there, from Cherepovets, Yegor Morozov should proceed, and from Minsk, Canadian Cedric Paquette, who will replace the departed compatriot Eric O’Dell.
“Sochi” is purchased in order not to be a hopeless outsider
Of the teams that do not have serious financial capabilities, Sochi was pleasantly surprised. Actually, it is the southerners who are the champions in terms of the number of registered contracts on the first day of the free agent market. They first got rid of unnecessary players, and then made several important signings at once. Artem Alyaev will help on the blue line in the majority. Anton Sagadeev is an experimental center. The central axis will also be strengthened by Kirill Rasskazov, who played solidly last season for Vityaz. The defense was replenished by Gleb Koryagin. Georgy Berdyukov and striker Ildar Shiksatdarov signed bilateral contracts. Moreover, there is a possibility that Matvey Michkov will spend the second season on loan in Sochi. But this issue will not be resolved today or tomorrow. In any case, the Leopards are increasingly reminiscent of a team that will fight for the playoffs, and not just hang out at the bottom of the table.
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2023-05-02 02:14:54
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