KAZAN, January 15, Vadim Kuznetsov. Russian hockey players Nikita Kucherov and Andrey Vasilevsky has achieved tremendous success in the National Hockey League (NHL) through hard work, not just talent, Ak Bars Kazan player Mark Barberio said in an interview. Barberio played with Kucherov and Vasilevsky at the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL club. Kucherov is so cool, not because he is such a talent, but because he has done a great job to become such.His click, his passes, his vision of the court, the speed of decision — all this cannot be obtained at the snap of a finger.This is many years of work, and Nikita he deserved his awards with great effort,» Barberio said. «And he also likes hockey. It's a rare combination when a person is both talented and hardworking, and at the same time loves what he does. I remember his debut in the NHL. The first match, the first shot and immediately a goal against Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers. I was just on the court behind Nikita and I was happy for him,» the Ak Bars player said. Vasilevsky was named the best player in the NHL playoffs in 2021, Tampa won the Stanley Cup for the second time in two years. «I don't know , as now, but in my time Vasilevsky was the first to appear in training and the last to leave the gym. Every day! He worked on stretching, studied mistakes on video and did everything to become better. I have already said that I was impressed by his size, but I have never seen a goalkeeper with such data be as agile and fast as Vasya. Therefore, some of his saves seem unrealistic, and for him this is just a consequence of training. As in the case of Kucherov, Vasilevsky's talent is backed up by years of work on himself,» Barberio added.