We present a summary of the main events in the world of hockey for June 18, 2024.
Razin again stated that the best period of Shipachev and Radulov’s careers is behind them
Metallurg coach Andrei Razin spoke about the current level of forwards Vadim Shipachev and Alexander Radulov.
“I want to say about Shipachev and Radulov… They are good hockey players, but the best period of their career is already behind them. It will be very difficult for them not to have leading roles.
Metallurg now consists mainly of hockey players of the new generation. Each of them strives to become a leader. This is one of the team’s motivations! For me it is very important that the boys are psychologically prepared to be leaders, but that they also do not refuse to “carry the piano,” Razin wrote on his social network page.
NHL insider named candidates for Columbus head coach job
NHL expert Pierre Lebrun named candidates for the Columbus head coach position. Previously, the Blue Jackets fired Pascal Vincent as head coach. Now the club plans to invite an experienced specialist for this position.
Potential candidates Columbus could be interested in include Todd McLellan, Jeff Blashill, Dean Evason and Jay Woodcroft.
Vincent has been in charge of the Blue Jackets since 2023, following the resignation of Mike Babcock, accused of forcing the club’s players to show personal photos on their phones. This experience became the specialist’s debut as a team coach.
SKA transferred striker Dmitry Buchelnikov to Vityaz
The hockey club “Vityaz” made an exchange with SKA, as a result of which forward Dmitry Buchelnikov was brought into the team of the Moscow region. According to the Vityaz press service, the contract with the striker was signed for a period of two years. The rights to 27-year-old Swedish striker Dmitry Timashov were transferred to SKA.
Buchelnikov, 20, has been playing on loan for Admiral since the beginning of October last year and scored 29 (13+16) points in 55 KHL regular season games. The forward made his KHL debut with SKA a season earlier and scored 2 (1+1) points in 10 regular season games.
Buchelnikov is a silver medalist at the 2021 World Junior Championships, winner of the 2022 Kharlamov Cup with SKA-1946, bronze medalist at the Russian Championships and winner of the Continental Cup with SKA in the 2022/2023 season. In February of this year he was recognized by the KHL as the best rookie of the month.
Carolina announced the name of the club’s new general director
Carolina named Eric Tulski as general manager. Tulski spent four seasons as assistant general manager before being named interim general manager on May 24.
Tulski spent 10 seasons with the Hurricanes, first joining the organization as a consultant in 2014 and then becoming a hockey analyst in 2015. In 2017, he was named director of hockey analytics and in 2018 he was promoted to vice president of management and strategy. hockey.
Since Tulski was named assistant general manager in 2020, he has been involved in all player personnel decisions, overseeing the team’s pro scouting and hockey information department, and assisting with player contract negotiations, cap compliance salary and other hockey-related matters.
The general director of St. Louis spoke about the progress of negotiations on a new contract with Buchnevich
St. Louis Blues president of hockey operations and general manager Doug Armstrong said negotiations on a new contract between the club and Russian forward Pavel Buchnevich are in full swing.
“The negotiations are going very well. Now we are not talking about the economic component, because it is not necessary,” the Daily Faceoff quotes Armstrong.
Let us remember that this season Buchnevich played 80 games, in which he scored 27 goals and gave 36 assists, adding a total of 63 points. In total, during his career with the Bluesmen, Pavel scored 206 (83 + 123) points in 216 games.
The Rangers presented Barkley Goodrow on waivers.
The Rangers have placed forward Barkley Goodrow on waivers, TSN reports. He has three years left on his contract with a cap hit of $3.64 million. Although the forward has a no-trade clause with 15 teams, all clubs will have the opportunity to claim him until Wednesday at 2:00 pm ET. The first buyout window of the offseason will open after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final.
After scoring a brace in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup semifinal series with Florida, Goodrow scored his fifth and sixth goals of the current playoffs. In total, he has 8 points (6 + 2) in 16 Stanley Cup games. In the regular season, the forward scored four goals in 80 games and scored 12 (4+8) points per performance.
Goodrow, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Tampa Bay Lightning, scored 60 goals and 169 points in 572 NHL games.
