NHL club Tampa Bay Lightning refused to trade Nikita Kucherov

The Tampa Bay Lightning National Hockey League club does not intend to trade Russian striker Nikita Kucherov. This was announced on October 31 by Tampa general manager Julien Brisbois.

Previously, journalist Elliott Friedman in the social network X (ex. Twitter) reported that Kucherov expressed a desire to leave Tampa and requested an exchange.

"We are aware of media reports regarding Nikita Kucherov's future with the Tampa Bay Lightning. We categorically do not intend to exchange Nikita," he is quoted as saying on the social network of the X club.

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Kucherov became the most productive player in the club's history on October 25. Kucherov scored an assist in the match against Utah Mammoth and single-handedly became the best scorer in the team's history. The Russian forward has 1,138 assists, including 405 goals and 733 assists in 890 matches. Thus, the athlete beat Stephen Stamkos, who scored 1,137 points in 1,082 meetings.