St. Petersburg, June 1, Sergey Yaremenko. At the Olympic champion in As part of the Russian national team Nikita Gusev, there is a desire to return to one of the clubs of the National Hockey League (NHL), the player’s agent Yuri Nikolaev said. From 2019 to 2021, Gusev played in the NHL for New Jersey and Florida. In October, after watching in “Toronto”, which did not sign a full-fledged contract with the Russian, Gusev signed an agreement with the St. Petersburg SKA. In the regular season of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), the striker played 31 matches and scored 35 points (10 goals, 25 assists). In the playoffs in 16 games, he chalked up 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists). When asked if the transition to the NHL was really a priority for Gusev, Nikolaev replied: «Nikita really has such a desire.» The agent also confirmed that Gusev will wait until July 1, when the NHL free agent market opens. In the NHL, Gusev played a total of 97 games in which he scored 54 points (17 goals and 37 assists). In the KHL, the 29-year-old forward has 505 games and 451 points (164 goals, 287 assists).
