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Viktor Svedberg has grown up in quite a lot of methods in the final 5 years. He can see the larger image and values various things.

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What is wrong with HCSalavat Goalie System? February 9, 2017.

Actually, Salavat Yulaev Ufa has always had troubles with the goalies. When I say always, I mean last 12-15 years. Of course you'll disagree with me, because of Aleksander Yeryomenko. He's an exception. He's one of the guys who brought the 1st ever Russian Superleague Cup to Salavat Yulaev. In my opinion, he's the best goalkeeper of Ufa club ever. But I have to give credit to the whole team then, the rest of the roster was excellent. After Yeryomenko's first season in Ufa, the results became a lot weaker. 2 seasons later the coaches considered Yeryomenko wouldn't become better and got rid of him. That was one of the biggest mistakes made by Salavat Yulaev management. After that Aleksander won 2 Gagarin Cups in a row with Dinamo Moscow.

In 2010 Salavat's management buys a new foreign goalkeeper, Erik Ersberg. You should understand when you have the best roster in the league you don't need a top goalie. Ersberg wasn't the best, but a good one. I would call him the 3rd strongest one in last 10 years. From the 1st season (2010/2011) he won the Gagarin Cup, the first ever and the last so far for Salavat Yulaev. He played one more season in Ufa and then withdrew into shadows. Ufa became the highest point in his career, which proves the point that he wasn't a top goalie.

Erik Ersberg will always be remembered in Ufa by two facts: he was in the team which brought the first Gagarin Cup to the city of Ufa and by this amazing head save against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the eternal rival of Salavat Yulaev:

From that point HCSalavat has started to have troubles with the goalkeepers. There was Iiro Tarkki, Vitalii Kolesnik, Vadim Tarasov, Nikita Davydov, Vitalii Koval, Leland Irving and etcetera. There is tendency in Salavat Yulaev and generally in KHL to buy one 1st foreign goalkeeper and an unknown Russian one. This strategy sometimes justifies itself, sometimes not. According to it, the foreign one should be much better than a Russian goalkeeper, and he must play vast majority of the games. In case of Ersberg this system was realized brilliantly, but then comes Iiro Tarkki, who was hoped to be new Erik. He was also a good keeper, but not a top one. He could make an amazing save, but later make a silly mistake. I consider any goalie a top if he constantly saves the team from any dead puck. So in 2012 Tarkki was considered to be the 1st keeper, but he couldn't show his best game. Salavat gets knocked out in 1/8 of Gagarin Cup. The next year young Andrei Vasilevski comes to the ice and creates a sensation. A young boy, 18 y. o., becomes the 1st goalie and brings bronze medals to Salavat Yulaev. Vasilevski is the one who I consider the 2nd best goalie in Salavat Yulaev. I give much respect to Vladimir Yurzinov jr who was brave enough to let Andrei do the play-offs. In my opinion he is the best alumnus of HCSalavat's hockey school. Having played 2 years in the 1st team, Andrei went overseas to Tampa Bay Lightning being a strong competitor to Ben Bishop. Right from the start he amused the whole NHL. The highest point in Andrei Vasilevski's career so far is the Stanley Cup Final in 2015, where he was the 1st keeper. Pretty much for a 20-year-old, huh?

Then in Salavat Yulaev comes a time for bad management again. The club buys Vitalii Koval who was supposed to be the main goalie. Of course it didn't come true. During the season Leland Irving, a Canadian guy, who played for Jokerit joins Ufa. This is again a story of a bad foreign player who was substituted by a good own school alumnus. Vladimir Sokhatsky, Ufa-born, gets the attention of fans. That year Salavat hasn't done anything brilliant in play-offs, but this is all about bad management which buys a foreign goalkeeper who requires high salary, while you have a good Russian one. The same year, for example, Toros had also a good prospect, Rafael Khakimov. He's also born in Ufa and could be at least watched by the 1st team. Why not? No answer. In season 2015/16 new management comes to Salavat Yulaev. New coach Igor Zakharkin and new manager Leonid Weissfeld changed the goalkeeping system completely in two years. Rafael Khakimov went to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and then was exchanged for talented Andrei Kareyev to Metallurg Novokuznetsk. The management invited Andrei Litvinov to Toros and as a potential 3rd keeper of HCSalavat and our favourite Niklas Svedberg. Last year Sokhatsky was his substitute, in critical moments he could save Salavat Yulaev. In play-offs Svedberg was just amazing. He dragged the team to one more bronze medal in the League. If Svedberg's 1st season was great, this year something happened. In addition Vladmimir Sokhatsky was exchanged to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg for young Nikita Tsirkul and Maksim Askarov, which are young prospects for Tolpar. Andrei Gavrilov was invited to Ufa from Sochi. Very ambivalent decision by Weissfeld in my opinion, although he showed some great games. We know everything about both of the keepers' perfomance this season. Bad goalkeeper choice was already seen in November, December 2016, then why couldn't the coaches at least invite Nikita Tsirkul (one of the best in MHL) and Andrei Litvinov to practice with the main team, to substitute Gavrilov or Svedberg as a 2nd keeper? Now that Gavrilov is injured, Litvinov is the 2nd one, who hasn't ever played in KHL. We don't talk about Gagarin Cup so far, you know why. Vladimir Yurzinov jr wasn't scared to take big risks and let 18 y.o. Vasilevski be the 1st and this risk paid off! Why couldn't Zakharkin at least try these young guys? No answer. At the same time Zakharkin trusted 19 y.o. Kirill Kaprizov and 20 y.o. Mikhail Vorobyov in KHL. So he knows how to work with young players. Probably we won't find answers for these questions. Now we just have to believe in Goalie Coach Kirill Korenkov that Niklas Svedberg will be alright. We hope so. We believe in Niklas.

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HCSalavat Goalie Coach: Svedberg will be alright. February 9, 2017.

I continue to provide translations for the interviews of HCSalavat coaches and players. Now it's going to be Kirill Korenkov, goalie coach. This season the club has troubles with goaltenders line, so it's interesting to hear the words of actual person responsible for this aspect. Let's come down to the interview. Salavat Yulaev's goalie coach told about the goalkeepers in the club's system.

- What is the physical shape of Andrei Gavrilov right now? - Andrei bumbed into a cross-bar and strained an iliac muscle. I've just talked to a doctor and I hope in 2-3 days Andrei will be on ice. Now he's started to practice in a gym, he exercises on a stationary bike, so we hope that will see him soon. - How do you evaluate Niklas Svedberg's state after so many losses and conceded goals in last games? - Niklas has been home, had rest, he's been 3 days in Sweden. He came back in a good mood, he works fine, we don't hold it against him regarding work-out session. I'm sure everything will be alright, he'll play at his best. - In your opinion what is the reason that this season Niklas plays weaker that the previous? - Maybe, much responsibility or deep field played its role. But I want to say that this season bad games as vs SKA interchanged with great games vs Jokerit or Kazan. Thus, I wouldn't say this season is very bad for him, but, sure, last season he looked better. - Fans have big issues against Svedberg and Gavrilov for they leave the net too far during the games. What do you think of this style? - I wouldn't agree with fans. Andrey Gavrilov - yes. He skates much, he plays through positioning, Niklas has a bit different style. When the puck is in home zone, in my opinion, on the contrary, he plays from too deep. But the thing is that they are mature, established goalies. It's really hard to change them. We try our best, but when the keeper has close calls he starts to play by the stereotype he has in mind. - Tolpar's goalie Nikita Tsirkul gets a lot of flattering reviews this season. How can you evaluate him? - A good, young and coming prospect. I like him very much. He practiced and still does with the first team. But in my opinion, there is sufficient difference between MHL and KHL teams. I hope that he'll continue to work-out to the highest standard and soon we'll see him in the roster. - Of which team? - I hope, Salavat Yulaev. - Tsirkul has been to Toros for only one game this season. Didn't you want to give him more chances in the highest level? - We offer this goalkeeper to Toros, because we often take Litvinov. They even had a situation when they took a goalie from MHL-B, but apparently Tsirkul doesn't meet VHL level. - Speaking of the goalies from the whole hockey system, in your opinion, in nearest times who can make a big step up and hit a new level? - In most cases our guys are good prospects. Tsirkul, Litvinov, Bulygin - all of them look not bad during the whole season. Andrei Litvinov played well last games for Toros. I hope, the guys will try hard, everyone has chances, the main is to break a sweat and the result won't be slow to arrive. - Bulygin has played very little for Tolpar and Toros this season. How do you evaluate his season? - I wouldn't say that the new-arrived goalkeepers are much better than him, but here everything depends on the coach's trust. He's played really little, but in the previous season he was one of the best in MHL by all the criteria. This is a sign that he can play. - Then where and when will we see him? - I think, both in Tolpar and Toros the same goalkeepers will play till the end of the season, because they have important games. The boy is a prospect, soon he will make his name. Source: https://vk.com/hcsalavat?w=wall-45995544_258614

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Шведский фотограф Patrik Svedberg в течение 2 лет каждый день делал снимки одного и того же дерева, расположенного около озера Vättern

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Шведский фотограф Patrik svedberg в течение 2 лет каждый день делал снимки одного и того же дерева, расположенного около озера Vättern. Получились великолепные снимки 👏