ozo
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- Feb 24, 2010
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Another year, another weird summer in the capital of Kazakhstan as far as hockey is concerned. Despite the relegation of Kazakhstan from elite WC in the spring, unlike his predecessors, Nazarov somehow survived at the helm of Barys, thus we have had another turbulent and ridiculous pre-season while Nazarov unleashed the loose cannon that is Damir Ryspayev. Lets hope we have actually seen the last of his KHL cameos.
Overall, the roster looks worse than in previous years. Cam Barker has substituted Mike Lundin and Henrik Karlsson takes Jan Laco's place between pipes. Ancient Kolesnik will be good enough backup. For some reason Barys has released Rudenko and Krasnoslobodtsev and has signed some other local players that to me looks slightly worse, like Shin or Rymarev. There have been plenty of articles, that Nazarov has to deliver at OGQ at the start of the September with NT of Kazakhstan, so we might see everyone with Kazakh passport getting a bit more icetime. Boyd is out long term with an injury, everyone else on the roster simply is a year older, so unlikely that teams luck will suddenly improve this season. Useless Konstantin Romanov finally has been shown the door, but Artemi Lakiza still continues to defy the rules of physics and still somehow has a job in KHL...
Hopefully Barys is good and consistent enough to squeeze into playoffs, but I'm not holding my breath. Lets hope some local (not nationalized) Kazakh youngsters gets icetime and breaks out.
Overall, the roster looks worse than in previous years. Cam Barker has substituted Mike Lundin and Henrik Karlsson takes Jan Laco's place between pipes. Ancient Kolesnik will be good enough backup. For some reason Barys has released Rudenko and Krasnoslobodtsev and has signed some other local players that to me looks slightly worse, like Shin or Rymarev. There have been plenty of articles, that Nazarov has to deliver at OGQ at the start of the September with NT of Kazakhstan, so we might see everyone with Kazakh passport getting a bit more icetime. Boyd is out long term with an injury, everyone else on the roster simply is a year older, so unlikely that teams luck will suddenly improve this season. Useless Konstantin Romanov finally has been shown the door, but Artemi Lakiza still continues to defy the rules of physics and still somehow has a job in KHL...
Hopefully Barys is good and consistent enough to squeeze into playoffs, but I'm not holding my breath. Lets hope some local (not nationalized) Kazakh youngsters gets icetime and breaks out.