Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov gave an interview through Russian media that was released today. In the interview, he had some interesting comments about playing in the World Cup of Hockey as well as how his season went. It also included some sharp criticism of some teammates in Tampa. Below are a few highlights of the interview as well as some of my thoughts.
Please keep in mind that the interview was originally in Russian and as I am not proficient in Russian, I am relying on the powers of Google Translate. That means there will be some odd word choices and turns of phrase.