Russian coach and official Igor Bakhmutov believes Continental Hockey League (KHL) club CSKA is playing under psychological stress legal betting.
“CSKA’s problem is that after two championships they are under heavy psychological stress, but the composition is still the same. It is very difficult to force yourself to go on a third journey. “They will play with great intensity until the play-offs, and then everything will reset,” Bakhmutov said.
In the Western Conference, CSKA ranks sixth with 46 points.
According to the results of the KHL regular championship, eight teams from each conference will advance to the play-offs as usual this season and receive ranking numbers from first to eighth in their respective regions. In the first round, the competition will take place in conferences (the first team will play eighth, the second team will play seventh, the third team will play sixth, the fourth team will play fifth). From the second round onwards, clubs promoted there will have a common qualification and the play-offs will be sectional, with the opportunity to meet teams from other conferences. Previously, in the KHL, Western and Eastern teams could only meet in the finals.
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