Varly: Avs have taken steps to solve it
Goalie Semyon Varlamov talked about the bad season in the NHL.It was very tough season for the entire team of Colorado Avalanche and also its goalie Semyon Varlamov. He played in 35 games,
his save percentage was 90.3 and he allowed 3.02 goals per game in average. It was
something absolutely different in the comparison with his performances in the
KHL. He played for Lokomotiv Yaroslav
during the lockout and became one of the best goalies in the whole league. “The start in the KHL was good. But then
when I moved to the USA, it was different. It is a history. We have to forget
on that and move on,” said Varlamov in the interview for Sovsport.ru.
Varlamov is now with the national team of Russia in
Sweden where he practices for the upcoming World Championship tournament. It
starts on Friday. Varly´s team will be in the action on the next day. “I cannot express my feelings after the win
against Slovakia last year,” said Varlamov about the successful Russian
road for the gold medal last year. “I
would like do it again, but it is going to be harder.”
Firstly, everything indicated that Varlamov would not
travel to Europe for the tournament. The coaches of Team Russia invited goalies
Ilya Bryzgalov and Sergei Boborovsky. While the first one
agreed and came, Boborovsky refused go due the big tiredness after the end of
the NHL regular season. “I absolutely do
not care,” Varlamov answered on the question if he has not fear for
Bryzgalov naming goalie number one. “Every
goalie on the team is ready. It depends on the coaches.”
Finally, Varlamov concluded his season in the Colorado
Avalanche. “If we were known the answer,
we would repair everything. Unfortunately, it was not good season for the team.
We have to work on our mistakes and move on. The management has taken steps to
solve the problem yet.”
The last sentence is very interesting. Does it mean
that Varlamov considers the ex-coach Joe
Sacco as one of the problems? Because the relieving Sacco off his duties is
the alone step made by the management in the offseason so far…
Thanks to one of the biggest Varlamov´s fans in the
world, vtcapsfan99, for the posting the link on this story. Follow her on Twitter.
David Puchovsky, Slovakia, eurolanche@eurolanche.com
02/05/2013 - 17:00
