The Washington Capitals need to trade Evgeny Kuznetsov this summer. He doesn’t want to be here and it would just be awkward if the team kept him.
This was made as such the case by his former agent and longtime Russian friend Sergei Fedotov. He talked on the Russian language podcast Bettman Will Call not too long ago. Quotes were transcribed by sports.ru and are translated via Google Translate.
“I have known Zhenya (Kuzy’s Russian nickname) for a very long time and are friends.