Evgeny Kuznetsov talks about new season and DC

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Kuzya is looking good. His team won the last game against Torpedo and he scored his third goal. He gave an interview to Sport-Express, here are few excerpts...

By Alexei Shevtsov, Sport-Express, Sept. 29, 2011:

For the first time this season you played on the first line. How does it feel?
Trust works both ways. Thanks a lot to the coach who put me on the first line.

You looked pretty good in the last game...
You can't allow to come back from the road trip with no points. After a bad loss in St. Petersburg our team has made several changes that led to victory.

In almost every game you lead your team in shots on goal. Usually it is no less than five shots on goal. To paraphrase a classic saying from soccer player: I shot, I am shooting and I will shoot?
That's right. In principle, every forward should try to complete the attack with a shot. Andrey Nazarov, who gave me, a 17-year-old, the opportunity to play for "Tractor", told me back then, "The more you shoot at the goals, the more goals you will score. And less chances for giveaways, to be cut and counter attacks by an opponent." I try to follow this advice.

I've heard that you finally decided that this season in Russia is you last. I am not mistaken, am I?
This is a difficult question for me. So far I don't want to go anywhere. It all depends on how I will play this season. Of course if Washington will offer me a contract, I would think about it. But personally I still want to play in my hometown, where everybody loves me, everybody knows me. The club management has complied with all conditions in the summer that was needed, so now you only have to play well. And this is what I'm going to work on now.

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Two of your friends from the national team, Urychev and Sobchenko, recently died in a plane crash...
It was very hard. It is sad, but this is life and you can't avoid what happened. You know, we could be in their place. I think that in Russia we need to have more responsibility for such everyday things. In America people check, then once again double-check before they allow the departure. All accurate, all on schedule. As for us, if a little neglect is allowed, they just turn a blind eye.

I do not want to offend anyone, I don't know details. I pretty much just fly and see what kind of aircrafts are sometimes there, in what condition and how they are fly. Yes, we are ordinary people, but we pay big money for our flights, and we must be provided with good aircrafts and be ensured of our security. Otherwise we simply will not fly if, God forbid, that happens again.

After the tragedy in Yaroslavl have you had a thought that you need to go to Washington?
Even to get to US from us is pretty dangerous. Because you will first need to fly from Chelyabinsk to Moscow.

Source: http://hockey.sport-express.ru/reviews/16745/

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