“Nothing bad is happening.” General manager of HC Dynamo Sopin – about defeats in the first pre-season matches

Dynamo Moscow general manager Alexei Sopin explained:ChampionshipWhy you should not pay attention to defeats in the opening pre-season matches.

– It is clear that they lost both matches – “Forge” and “Amur”. But if we take the game in the Lower, then it should not be taken seriously at all. The guys were under decent loads, and the format of the event was more about checking thoughts against the background of fatigue. The match pursued other goals than the achievement of the result.

As for the match with Amur, many young guys got the opportunity to go on the ice. They played both in the majority and in the minority. Effort, desire went through the roof. I liked it. We created many chances, earned a lot of majority, but did not convert it. Of course, we always want to win, but we must understand that now we want to test all the guys, all our youth, in order to understand who we can count on, and who should still play in St. Petersburg, fight in the Major League. Nothing terrible is happening, there is a systematic preparation for the season,” he said.

Sopin also spoke about the transfer of defender Anton Malyshev from Lokomotiv.

– We contacted Lokomotiv about Malyshev even earlier. It was in May. We saw and understood their situation: 10 adult defenders – Anton didn’t have many chances to get the opportunity to play. At that time, they refused and said that they would find a place for him. But in the process they came to an agreement with us about the transition. We followed Malyshev and see potential in him. Young guy, there are ups and downs. Even now, there are no complaints about his work. The quality of the game is at a good level, so we are satisfied with this transfer,” the functionary concluded.

The new KHL season starts on September 1st.