Beyond the Blueshirts has a great translation of a Nikolai Zherdev interview with a Russian website. Zherdev discusses arbitration, John Tortorella, the KHL and many other topics...Here's an excerpt where Zherdev takes a shot a Tortorella...
- Nikolai, do you suppose that it’s a plot of Rangers coach John Tortorella to tell the team’s management that he doesn’t see you in his game plan?
NZ - Anything’s possible. There’s no point in blaming a person without evidence. It could be that the coach has nothing to do with it at all. Why even start guessing? Though the previous coach of the team, Tom Renney, trusted me more than Tortorella. But John didn’t tell me that I didn’t suit him.
Zherdev adds that he believes his run on Broadway is finished. He expects that an arbitrator will rule in his favor when the two sides state their cases on July 31st, and seems convinced that when he does, the Rangers will walk away, leaving him an unrestricted free agent.
...guy, the reason Tortorella didn't trust you is because you *ucked at the end of the season. Don't blame the coach. Look at yourself in the mirror.
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