Former head coach of the Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov spoke about the career prospects of CSKA coach Sergei Fedorov.
In April, The Athletic included Fedorov as a candidate for Columbus Blue Jackets head coaching.
“Fedorov’s coaching career in the NHL? That’s a rhetorical question. This is a man who has great, great, rich and winning experience with many world-class hockey players.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Sergey challenges himself and goes to the NHL. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes there. But I wanted Fedorov to score a hat-trick in the Gagarin Cups before he went to the NHL. I wish him to achieve this, ”says Bykov “Sports Express”.
Fedorov became head of CSKA in the summer of 2021. In the first season at the head of the army, Fedorov led the team to victory in the Gagarin Cup, and in the second season managed to retain the title of champion.
Recall that in the seventh match of the final series of the 2022/23 season of CSKA against Kazan, they won the “Ak Bars” with a score of 3: 2 and won the Gagarin Cup. Among the winners, Anton Slepyshev, Vladislav Kamenev and Darren Dietz scored goals for the Kazan team, Kirill Petrov and Dmitry Voronkov.
used to be Bykov judicial Fedorova as the best coach of the KHL season.