- A question in the same topic about Nikita Gusev. Why does such a super-creative hockey player fail to prove himself in the NHL? At the world championship he was one of the best.
- Everything is simple here: our hockey, hockey at the World Cup and in the NHL - three different planets. It is not so easy to move from one planet to another and play. You need to understand what the coach wants from you. All this takes a lot of time. Nikita now needs to hold on, endure. I think he will soon understand how everything is arranged here. Plus it’s not easy for him that he got here during the chaotic hockey. Just what we are talking about is "like a chicken without a head." People cling to this, one mistake here is very expensive.
“Maybe if he doesn't go to New Jersey, take him to the Capitals?”
- We don’t have money ( laughs ).
- You looked good in the top three at the time in the youth team, and played as an adult.
- Yes Yes. Nikita is a talented guy. He understands hockey. The question here is how many creative hockey players the coach wants to see in the team, and how many people will carry the piano. Yes, now everyone is trying to do the dirty work, but the quota for creative players is very limited. Each organization is based on what kind of hockey they want to see. God willing, Nikita will be fine. He is a guy with a head. Maybe it can’t push around somewhere on the defensive, but when the time comes, it can win back or score. Such forwards are appreciated. There are games in which you need to go out and decide where everything can determine one moment. One chance to play is “five by four” or “three by two”. This is just for such strikers.