Dueling Banjos
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CSKA has had a few 10000 to 11000 matches this season.
New arena working wonders for them.
Old barn, although full of history, had to go.
CSKA has had a few 10000 to 11000 matches this season.
Agree, but it might be better. I mean the attendance.New arena working wonders for them.
Old barn, although full of history, had to go.
CSKA has been playing at this arena since current season. It was a late decision, CSKA decided to move to 12k arena in May or so. The KHL schedule 2018/19 was already completed and the KHL wanted to reveal it.... but had to make new schedule because CSKA changed suprisingly the arena. And the KHL was criticized by fans for late publication of the schedule ...Since when they have been playing in this new arena? Admittedly, I never watch them either especially at home - it feels like sitting at my place's guestroom. Light is bad and it has the potential to get you depressed even on a beautiful spring day full of energy. Gotta give credit to KHL. For a Russian organization, they are trying really hard to be something good and respectable. Not sure if it has been talked here so far but this season brings a change for playoff system as well... No back-to-back abominations anymore and two conferences play in the same day, which means you could enjoy, say, Avto vs Avangard and then Jokerit vs SKA without having to miss three of four games that are played at the same time.
If CSKA (and other Moscow teams) can permanently find themselves new arenas, then one more major problem becomes history, which is good.
Bobkov is probably more of a NA style goalie.Bobkov with 9th consecutive start today. Pretty surprised they are riding him this hard for no real reason, Murygin is a solid goalie (even more so as a backup) and his numbers are actually better than Bobkov's. Hartley is definitely not a fan though, evidently.
My boy Manukyan with 4 assists today against Kunlun, making him the first Avangard hockey school product to have achieved this at KHL level. Many doubted (and rightly so) because of his relatively small presence but he seems to have found his place in KHL. Hope he'll keep adding more.
SKA is defeated again, hope they get used to it.
I would love a rematch wtih ak bars in the finals
lol, I feel your pain. I promiss, at least one game will have more than 3 goals in it)))))Ya, my dream too. Another finals where every game finishes 2-1. Just claw my eyes out now please.
Location is a huge issue for Moscow. The huge city has many people not willing to leave their ususal routes in life. Then there is the fan base distrubution. It is rather strange. Not scattered over the city like one could expect. Then the Moscovites are spoiled as f....It is just true. The old barn was obvously not fancy enough for many. Obviously the formerly known as the VTB arena is a better location on many levels. The arena is reachable and a fine venue from my experience at WHC.I guess I am an old-timer from an uspoiled soviet generation, hard for me to believe, that there would be 3k in a 5.5k arena and then all of a sudden 10-11k in a 12k arena.
I understand amenities, location, service, etc...
Bobkov speaks English)Bobkov with 9th consecutive start today. Pretty surprised they are riding him this hard for no real reason, Murygin is a solid goalie (even more so as a backup) and his numbers are actually better than Bobkov's. Hartley is definitely not a fan though, evidently.
There is talk about CSKA actually building a new arena for years now. Not an easy task in Moscow. Now they made that wild switch. There is no shortage of arenas in Moscow actually. Dynamo moved to the Megasport and CSKA appropriated the former VTB-arena which was home of Dynamo and renamed it the CSKA-Arena. No idea if they still have plans to build a new one now. It's Spartak now who really needs one. They play some home games at the CSKA-arena which caused some debate, but obviously the attendance is good.Since when they have been playing in this new arena? Admittedly, I never watch them either especially at home - it feels like sitting at my place's guestroom. Light is bad and it has the potential to get you depressed even on a beautiful spring day full of energy. Gotta give credit to KHL. For a Russian organization, they are trying really hard to be something good and respectable. Not sure if it has been talked here so far but this season brings a change for playoff system as well... No back-to-back abominations anymore and two conferences play in the same day, which means you could enjoy, say, Avto vs Avangard and then Jokerit vs SKA without having to miss three of four games that are played at the same time.
If CSKA (and other Moscow teams) can permanently find themselves new arenas, then one more major problem becomes history, which is good.
He has size and speed but his offensive skills are rather poor. Also CSKA plays the kind of hockey in recent years where other than the few top guys nobody is too worried about actually scoring. Someone like Slepyshev, who actually has decent skills, has 10 points in 27 games. Svetlakov has 5 in 21 even though he would be at least 2nd line center on most KHL teams. So it's partially a CSKA thing and partially him not being the most talented guy offensively.Can anybody tell me what's the problem with Ivan Telegin? I mean he always plays great for team Russia in international games but his stats with CSKA are not that impressive. Is he just being misused or what's up with that?
Other question is do you see any NHL potential in Maione?
There are reports Kovar is back within a week or two.Avto now with 4 losses in last 5 games while Sibir are on a 3-game winning streak. Interesting stuff. No idea how long Kovar will be out for but Avto better get him back as soon as possible. They still have almost 5-game cushion but given how competitive the rest of the division is, dropping down to 2nd place may be quite bad. It may take 40 games to drop from first to second but you might be down to seven from two just in three games with this current table.
He's back. Picked up an assist today.When is dronov supposed to be back?