'A Tremendous Experience': Alexander Nikishin 2024-25 Exit Interview

The Carolina Hurricanes' 2024-25 season came to a close earlier this week as the team lost in five games to the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final.On Friday, select players met with the media in Raleigh for their end-of-season interviews.***Please also keep in mind that rookie blueliner Alexander Nikishin had Andrei Svechnikov translate for him and the transcript reflects that.***Alexander Nikishin (via Andrei Svechnikov)On what the experience of being in the NHL has been like so far: He said that he got a big experience.

He's going to know now what to expect next season.

He's very happy he came and played right now in the playoffs.

On what he feels like he does well already at the NHL level and what he feels he needs to work on: He said that he doesn't want to mention the things skill wise because he saw the guys how they played, how they've been professionals and he said he just wants to try and catch them and try to be better than those guys.On what his plans for the summer are: He said that he thinks he's going to go home very soon.

He's going to come back a couple weeks before training camp starts.

Being here will help him.On what he's learned about the area and the organization so far: He said that we were here and that we helped him out a lot.

He got to know about the city and area really quickly because we helped him a lot.

That was it to be honest.On what it was like making his NHL debut against Alexander Ovechkin: He said that was an amazing experience and he didn't really understand in the moment what was happening.On being asked for one comment in English: Have a good summer.Rookie Blueliner Alexander Nikishin Already Playing Vital Role For Carolina HurricanesAlexander Nikishin is going to be a special player.While Svechnikov's translation may not be the perfect reproduction of Nikishin's words and thoughts, here's a translation from user @Uggg_uggg on X that appears to make Nikishin's comments much more clear.Translation of Russian speech in the interview of Nikishin and Svechnikov at the end of the 2024-25 season.Sasha realized that all the responsibility for the interview lay on Andrei and just said what he thought from the heart pic.twitter.com/pGj3oQXSiJ Uggg (@Uggg_uggg) May 31, 20252024-25 Exit InterviewsJordan StaalSebastian AhoJaccob SlavinJordan MartinookJalen ChatfieldSean WalkerJesperi KotkaniemiFrederik AndersenSeth JarvisAndrei SvechnikovStay updated with the most interesting Carolina Hurricanes stories, analysis, breaking news and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News to never miss a story..

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