Vyacheslav Bykov can lead St. Petersburg SKA

In the next season, the new head coach of St. Petersburg SKA may become the current mentor of Salavat Yulaev and the Russian national hockey team Vyacheslav Bykov, the newspaper Sport-Express believes. His two -year contract with the Ufa club ends on April 30.

According to the newspaper, a club from St. Petersburg, who retired in the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup and immediately fired the head coach Vaclav Sikora, plans to rely on the head coach of the national team. At the same time, SKA, in fact, can become a basic club for the Russian national team on the eve of the 2014 Olympics.

Bykov himself refused to comment, saying that in the midst of the final series of the playoffs, in which his current club participates, it would be incorrect to discuss transfer rumors. “If someone will conduct any negotiations, then only at the end of the last match of the Gagarin Cup, all thoughts are only about the playoffs,” he said.

Recall that Salavat Yulaev leads in the final series of the Gagarin Cup against Atlanta near Moscow with a score of 2-0. The third round of the confrontation is scheduled for Tuesday.