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Originally Posted by Badmotorfinger

Aside from still having the stench of Edmonton failure on him (which the KHL team knew ahead of time of course), there has to be some interesting info behind the firing. Sure, a 3-5 record sucks, but you usually give a new coach a little more time to prove himeself, no?

Pointman posted this (in Russian) in the Edmonton is No Good thread yesterday:
https://www.championat.com/hockey/ar...na-201920.html

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Maktavish does not progress youth
The development of Yaroslavl youth, its constant progress is one of the main tasks for any trainer working in Lokomotiv. Remember how Dmitry Kvartalnov worked with young hockey players, and Alexei Kudashov was constantly messing with youth. In the coaching staff of the “railroad” is Dmitry Krasotkin, who won everything with the youth team “Loco”, but they are not in a hurry to appoint him the main one in “Locomotive”.

McTavish was never a specialist in working with young talents. Moreover, experienced hockey players began to regress with it. Take the same Daniil Apalkov, who spends on ice less than 10 minutes per game and scores almost no points (just one assist). In the match with Jokerit, Apalkov was not in the squad. Not the best hockey is demonstrated by Yegor Averin. Famous legionnaires are also acidifying.