Hockey analyst Obedkov explained why the start of the season for SKA was unsuccessful

The SKA hockey club won the Vladivostok Admiral in a KHL regular season match. The meeting ended with a score of 5:0. This is SKA’s fourth victory in the last five championship matches. “MK in St. Petersburg” spoke with the founder of the largest hockey community in Russia, “Hockey Empire,” Viktor Obyedkov about what prevented the club from winning victories at the start of the season.

At the start of the season, the St. Petersburg team suffered a series of defeats. The team managed to break the series of failures only in mid-September after a victory over Severstal. According to Obyedkov, there may be several reasons for the not-so-successful start. Firstly, last season was very eventful, the expert noted.

“Some SKA players, for example, Marat Khairullin, played more than 100 matches in total”Obedkov noted.

In addition, since last season there have been more “regular season” matches in the KHL. More games means more flights, more stress, more injuries, the expert explained.

“No one is safe from falling into a hole when a team starts losing all matches in a row.”,” Obedkov explained.

According to the expert, coaches are trying to calculate everything in such a way that these “potholes” do not fall on the main games of the season, that is, matches in the playoffs. In addition, according to the expert, the goalkeeper issue is a separate blister for SKA, which has not yet been fully healed.

“Now SKA has signed Nikita Serebryakov, the best goalkeeper in the KHL last season. Young Pleshkov gained tone. So there is reason for optimism.”“, Obedkov assured.

In addition, the change in the lineup affected SKA’s game, Obedkov noted. In addition, we are also talking about the maximalism and perseverance of the team’s head coach, the expert believes.

“Perhaps Roman Borisovich should lower the bar and give the players a little more freedom”,” Obedkov shared his opinion.