Former Spartak Moscow striker Kirill Knyazev in an interview legal betting He stated that the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has made a successful trial with the introduction of crossover play-offs in the 2023/24 season.
According to him, thanks to this innovation, following the 1/4 final pairs has become even more interesting.
“If only the teams from the East remain in the Gagarin Cup, there will be no problems. It’s a good thing that the West-on-West crossover playoffs this season are a bit boring. It was already possible to predict which pairs would play at the semi-final stage. But everything is unusual here. I think this Gagarin Cup competition is interesting for everyone,” said Knyazev.
For the first time in KHL history, both of the last Gagarin Cup finalists failed to advance past the first round of the following season. CSKA lost to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 1/8 final. The fifth match of the series ended with the score of 6:3 for the Yaroslavl team. CSKA is the current owner of the Gagarin Cup. Lost to Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist in the Ak Bars series. The series ended with a score of 1:4. In the fifth match, the club from the capital of Tatarstan was defeated with a score of 1:2.
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