The CSKA striker shared his opinion about the decisive stage of the playoffs.
— Three wins in a row. Is CSKA holding this series with two hands?
— We just go from game to game. We set up for one match and try to win it.
— Even Radulov was lost. How do you manage to neutralize the leaders of Ak Bars in such a way?
— I don't want to talk about their leaders — whether they have been lost or not. We just need to be closer to them. We are dealing with our team, with our roles on the ice.
— What will be the most important thing for CSKA the day after tomorrow in Kazan?
— The most important thing is to continue doing the right things that give us results. You also have to not believe in victory before it happens.
— What are the right things?
— Do not make blunders. Play for the team. If you can't score, get under the puck, you can't give it away — take it out of the zone, throw it, go and take it away.
— Sergey Fedorov said that the main thing in the final is psychology. How to keep it in Kazan? After all, there will be champagne, champion caps that are sewn in advance.
— I have no idea if we are carrying champagne and if we have caps with us. I don't even think about it. Today we need to get a good sleep, tomorrow we need to prepare. And then — start the day with a clean slate, as if this is the first game, and not think about the fact that this is the final.
— It seems that this CSKA is impossible to beat. Don't you think this is a ‑dynasty team?
— These are big words. I don't want to throw such words around. I think it will be more visible to our veterans, who are looking at us from the outside all the time. God grant it will be so. We will be pleased to hear this.
