Evgeny Kuznetsov on how much longer he thinks he can continue playing career: 'As much as I want. The main thing is to have fewer idiots around.'

""I can play as much as I want," Kuznetsov said, as translated via Google Translate. "The main thing is to have fewer idiots around.""

""It's important to come in with a smile so there's laughter in the locker room," Kuznetsov said. "I have a clear line: when the game preparation begins, all the silliness goes away. During the match, there's emotion, but before the game, I don't bother anyone or distract them.""

""It's clear that Zhenya is very weak functionally," Razin told Match TV after Kuznetsov's Metallurg debut, as translated via Google Translate. "There were moments when we were locked down in the second period. His physicality was evident there.""

""At the moment, Kuznetsov is in very poor physical shape, which is resulting in a bunch of losses, a bunch of lost duels," Razin later said in November, per Nikita Nadezhin."

Evgeny Kuznetsov, a 33-year-old center and 2018 Stanley Cup champion, has joined KHL club Salavat Yulaev after over a month with the team. This marks his fifth team in three seasons, following NHL stints with the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes and KHL spells with SKA Saint Petersburg and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Kuznetsov emphasizes personal happiness and a positive locker-room atmosphere while maintaining a strict focus during game preparation. At Metallurg, head coach Andrei Razin criticized Kuznetsov's functional fitness and made him a regular healthy scratch, citing poor physical shape and lost duels.

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