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Roman Rotenberg will probably lose his job if SKA is eliminated quickly
Marc-Olivier Cook
Roman Rotenberg will probably lose his job if SKA is eliminated quickly
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Roman Rotenberg became the head coach of SKA during the 2021-2022 season.

He has never been able to bring the team all the way, however.

And there, in the context where expectations are enormous in Saint-Petersburg and the results have been disappointing for a few years now… Rotenberg is probably starting to feel the heat.

According to the Sport-Express media in Russia, the SKA coach should lose his job if his club is eliminated quickly from the next playoffs.

Note that SKA will start its playoff run tomorrow… and that the Habs’ prospect, Ivan Demidov, will not be in the top 12 of the club for the first playoff game.

This promises to be interesting…

TVA Sports also wrote an article on the subject:

I don’t know if he’s tired of coaching the SKA of Saint-Petersburg, but it seems like Roman Rotenberg is deliberately making bad decisions.

He decided to leave Demidov out last week and his club couldn’t even score more than two goals.

We could have thought that he learned from his mistakes… but that’s clearly not the case.

That being said, I really wonder what Demidov’s role will be in the second playoff game if the club doesn’t win tomorrow.

In fact, it would be logical to think that Rotenberg will come to his senses and trust the one who finished the season as the SKA’s top scorer… But at the same time, we know that things are a bit messy in Russia.

But in reality, Rotenberg only has one thing to do to keep his job.

He must play his best players to have the most chances of winning… because it’s not by being on the bench that Demidov – one of the most productive guys in the KHL, playing much less than the others – will be able to help.

I’m looking forward to seeing what happens, at least.


Overtime

– To know everything that’s going on at the CF Montréal practice since Marco Donadel’s hiring:

– More news about the CF Montréal:

– Anything can happen in the playoffs…

– That’s what I call making a profit.

– Islanders vs Canucks tonight: there will probably be money on the board in the Isles’ room.

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