The attacker leaves Moscow. Others may follow suit.
Eric O’Dell played in KHL for six seasons. AOP
Sport-Express says the Canadian striker Eric O’Dell leaves Moscow Dynamo in the playoffs. According to Sport-Express, the club will report on the matter on Tuesday.
Chairman of Dynamo Viktor Voronin said the club is discussing the future with its foreign players.
– They have different opinions. They can also be understood to some extent, Voronin said.
In addition to O’Dell, the Swedes Oscar Lindberg, André Petersson and Anton Wedin as well as Canadian Rob Klinkhammer are leaving Dynamo. Sport24.ru reports that the Swedish goalkeeper Lars Johansson may leave the St. Petersburg SKA.
The mass exodus of foreign players from Russia and KHL began when Vladimir Putin decided to start a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine.
In the sixth bowl
The 31-year-old O’Dell has played at KHL since 2016 and has represented HK Sochi, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Sibir Novosibirsk and Dynamo. In 260 regular season matches, he collected 147 (67 + 80) power points.
This season, O’Dell played 47 matches in the regular season and scored 32 (13 + 19) points. In the first round of the playoffs against Severstal Tsherepovets, O’Dell scored 8 (2 + 6) power points in seven matches.
In the second round of the Gagarin Cup, Dynamo will face Moscow’s ZSKA.