Hurricanes
Kuznetsov: This is my last opportunity; this is my last chance
Newly acquired Hurricane Evgeny Kuznetsov was candid about his past mistakes, the opportunity for a fresh start and what he can bring to the lineup
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Newly acquired Hurricane Evgeny Kuznetsov was candid about his past mistakes, the opportunity for a fresh start and what he can bring to the lineup
I mean, first off, welcome to Carolina. How does it feel to be now part of this? I mean, I was a quick turn around. I was, uh, hit the morning skate this morning in Charlotte. I called, you know, and, uh, you know, I haven't had the chance to talk to my ex team mates and, you know, it was a quick light year practice and not much I can understand right now. It's all emotions and stuff like that. But I just, you know, I wanna say thanks for the whole caps organization and the fans. It was, it was 11 years and both of my kids born there and, and that city is a massive chunk in my heart. And unfortunately I have to live that way on that note. But, you know, it's a life and no regrets in my life and, and I'm gonna remember for the rest of my life the time over there and it was, it was amazing, amazing memories, bad, good, you know, all kind of memories and, you know, I'm happy to be here and a new chapter in my life. That's something I was looking for and, and terrific. Match for me. And, uh, guy's been welcome so far. Uh, just been bad to me, but I'll make him straight. So, stuff like that. Yeah, it's, it's big. I know him since 16 years old. And we played together. We were roommates together. We, we spend a lot of good and bad days together. So our family died, our parents died. So he was a, he was a, is a meant to be here, You know, it's, it's perfect match for me. That's what I'm looking for. Yeah. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Yeah, they, they know me more than I know them probably from the, you know, they're using the internet these days. So, you know, iii, I hope that, uh, I'll change the thing that they think about me and, and, you know, I can, I can help the team, you know, the rivalry with the Penguins over the years to come here, come here too. Is that a little, a little strange? No, no, no. He was actually a nice guy. I played with him and, uh, at the All Star game and he's a nice guy and he never said anything bad to me during the games. You know, he probably afraid of me but, you know, he doesn't know what to expect from the Russian guy. So I guess that I'm, uh, I was, I was very, very pumped to know that, you know, I'm coming here and especially all the edition they got and it's just a, just a fun to be around and privilege for me. It's been 11 years and, and you're not a kid anymore, but it's still very much with a lot of good years. Like, where is your game? In your estimation? What do you bring here that you think you can help with right away? Well, we'll see, I guess next game there is a high expectation, high standards and, uh, I haven't been playing the way I have to play lately and, you know, I, I accept that I'm working on that and that, that's not something that I'm happy about. And I know the, you know how this team play and how I need to play and I'm pretty sure they're gonna show me a few hours of video today and I'm gonna get, uh, understand the system and, well, all of us, you know, the end of the day, just, uh, your skill in the house, you have to make decisions and you have to understand what's the moment to, to make plays. What's the moment to play? A simple ga me and I feel like, you know, I can play both, both ga mes, you had Rod as, you know, the All Star coach as well. Yeah, that's when he probably realized that he needs those two guys in his team, you know, that All Star game. Yeah, leave it that way. So