Nikishin recently appeared on Russian hockey podcast, here is a few takes about NHL and Canes in general:
-Wanna test himself in NHL soon;
-Doesn’t see a lot of messages from Canes fans on his socials (he thinks it’s because of his draft number unlike Michkov and Podkolzin back in the days);
-Never speaked with Svech (yet), wanna talk with him, but too shy to start conversation (“What if I will call him and will distract him”), but spoke with Voronkov a lot about his transition from one league to another;
-Was caught of guard by GMDW call once, never seen him before, said “I don’t speak english” and ended phone call;
-Watched almost every Canes game last season (because of Orlov addition and a lot of Russians on team);
-Big fan of Orlov and Erik Karlsson;
-Doesn’t think he is ready to play at NHL level yet (because it’s more intense than KHL);
Also, I’ve seen videos with Orlov and Kochetkov talking to Russian media about last season, if I have some free time might do the same thing as well.
by RoU_SPIRIT
