KHL Preseason ( @Finland)
This is gonna be some fuuun sh*t! Yea first real "derby" of the season already in preseason, like every year. Now its gonna be played again in Vantaa, AND full packed house expected.
My feeling is that both teams will play here w their best rosters available (even if lineups ofc not yet announced). Yes Jokers have been "mixing" and rotating so far their lineup in preseason. I must say it has not been the most convincing start of season for them, BUT SKA has been even worse under their new coach.
I have been watching both teams now preseason, and SKA dont convince me at all under Kudashov. Terrible performance last time against Omsk. The thing is (which most of the ppl say in Finland) that Russian top teams have really "hard" and physical preseason, as in training camp and they are never at their best during first part of the season. Yes after new year the russian teams are at their best, starting to prepare for the upcoming playoffs. Jokers on the other hand have almost ALWAYS been in KHL-era really strong in first part of the season. That I see clear advantage here already in preseason for them.
After all Jokers have (in my opinion and many others who follow KHL really closely) the best roster now in their KHL-era. One KHL insider -although he is finnish but certainly no Jokers-fan as he speaks so much BS from them in Twitter- said that Jokers are number two favourite after CSKA for him in upcoming season at West. It could be even true, after all look how SKA's roster has changed (weakened in many opinions). They lost maybe the best player from whole league, as Gusev finally left to NHL to play in big role with BIG paycheck. Also losing guy like Hersley from their defence, who was their most important defenceman what came to PP and overall. Also Datsyuk left to Avto, their 1st goalie Shetyorkin went to NHL, their best center (in my opinion) Prohorkin left to NHL etc...
Of course, you would be "fool" if you thought SKA did not brought anyone in as they are still by far the richest team in this league. They brought two really good finnish forwards as centers. Yes Lehterä came from NHL, where he could not anymore play in big role because his "pace" and speed has slown down so much (although the guy is only 30y). Also guy like Kemppainen came from Ufa, and he is of course one of the top centers from past seasons in this league. Now they actually have totally finnish "middle zone" as centers w Lehterä, Kemppainen, Koskiranta. All of those guys can be part of Finland national team in upcoming season. Also guy like Kagartalisky came from Dynamo Moscow, where he was their leading player w Shipchayov.
Jokers missing still forwards Jensen and Savinainen because of injuries. Jokers should not even be underdog here in preseason match!
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