AK Bars
Zinetulla Khaidyarovich returns on horseback. Ak Bars beat the “hawks” 4-1 in the final of the East and advanced to the final of the Gagarin Cup. I must say that Bilelyatdinov’s team showed character in the 5th match at home, winning from 0:2, but this is not surprising, because the composition of Voyinov, Radulov, Shiachev (he buried Omsk), Kagarlitsky, Lyamkin and others is an amazing combination of experience with a very experienced and titled trainer. Another thing is that the Kazans are on defense and it’s not so easy to break them, but it brings results. The earlier 4:2 with Admirał and Neftekhimik also happened without nerves, especially in the early phase of PO. With CSKA, the style of play of the hosts will not change.
CSKA
The Army team deservedly eliminated Saint Petersburg SKA from the Western Conference Finals, defeating their opponent 10-3 (7-3 in St. Petersburg, 3-0 at home) in the 5th and 6th games of the series. Rotenberg’s team itself came up with its own offensive hockey, for which Fedorov’s team calmly and experimentally punished the winner of the regular season. 4:3 with Severstal, 4:3 with Loko, 4:2 with Saint Petersburg – the road to the final of the Gagarin Cup was not easy for the military team, Reideborn dragged on a lot, which the military team will also bet on in terms of defense in the first match in goal final of the Gagarin Cup. In attack, the visitors look more interesting than Ak Bars, but in the first game of the series with an introductory overtone, the red and blue will not take the easy way out.
Forecast
Unfortunately, this sign practically means that we should watch hockey in the finals carefully, shut down, awaiting mistakes from either team. This is especially true for Kazan players, whose psychology is to close, interrupt the opponent’s game. In the regular season, 2 tops were played, but it was the regular season, and the level of the final implies the elimination of even the smallest mistakes at the goal. It seems that Kazancy will dry the game as much as possible, they will play to their strengths, well, Reideborn in the team will not allow defeat. I bet we will not see many pucks in the first game due to the style of play and the status of the fight.