Varaďa se chystá brousit vítkovické diamanty

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„Dodali jsme mladší kluky i zkušenost. Máme tam hráče reprezentačního kalibru Samuela Kňažka a Jakuba Zbořila a cítíme, že jsme do toho dobře sáhli. Uvidí se ale, až půjde do tuhého. Můžeme si říkat, že to na papíře vypadá dobře, ale rozhoduje se na ledě. Nicméně věřím, že dokážeme být vyrovnaným soupeřem i těm nejlepším,“ řekl Varaďa.

Těch změn v týmu je docela dost, měl jste od majitele klubu Aleše Pavlíka dostatečně volnou ruku ve výběru posil?

Samozřejmě, že jsem měl mantinely, ve kterých se mohu pohybovat. Zároveň jsem ale cítil plnou podporu majitele ve výběru. Hráči, kteří přicházeli, byli podrobováni těžkému výběru a jsme přesvědčeni, že jsme se rozhodli správně. Spoustě kluků po minulé sezoně končila smlouva, kterou jsme se rozhodli neprodlužovat, místo nich přišlo dost mladých, u nichž věříme, že z nich vybrousíme vítkovické diamanty.

V přípravě jste kvůli nemoci přišli o dva zápasy, které jste žádným nenahrazovali. Bylo pět přípravných duelů pro sehrání obměněného týmu dost?

Ty dva zrušené jsme nedokázali už nahradit a je jasné, že kluci by raději hráli, než aby trénovali. Nám trenérům to ale zase dalo více prostoru na trénink. Příprava si myslím splnila účel, i když jsme hráli zápasů méně. Teď jich zase bude více. Utkání budou co druhý třetí den a věřím, že to zvládneme.

Novým kapitánem je Slovák Marek Hrivík, který do Vítkovic přišel po šesti letech ve švédském Leksandu. Byla to volba trenérská, nebo hráčská?

Tu volbu si udělala kabina, my jsme přispěli svými trenérskými hlasy. Těch hráčů, kteří dostali hlasy, bylo vícero. Volba nebyla jednoznačná, a to nám ukazuje, že kabina má více lídrů. To jsme chtěli vidět a jsme za to rádi.

Na čem jste v létě nejvíce pracovali?

Na tom stmelit tým, dodat charakter do hráčské kabiny. Kvalitu a vůli už jsme v týmu viděli i v tom období od ledna do konce sezony, kdy jsme bojovali o život. Kluci zabrali, totálně se vyždímali a nakonec jsme udělali předkolo. Věřím, že nyní budeme hrát od začátku sezony v klidných vodách, abychom se vyvarovali těm velkým výkyvům, kterými si tým prošel v minulé sezoně.

S jakými ambicemi vstoupí Vítkovice ve středu 10. ledna na ledě Karlových Varů do nové sezony?

Rádi bychom vyhráli každý zápas. Věřím, že to má takto nastavené i Marek (Hrivík) a zbytek hráčů v kabině. Chceme hrát hokej, který bude bavit naše fanoušky a nebude naopak bavit naše soupeře. Moc bych si přál, abychom byli v pohodě. Ne abychom hráli na pohodu, ale abychom v ní celou sezonu byli. Nechci, abychom se poráželi sami. Je důležité dát o jeden gól více než soupeř. To nám zaručí bodový zisk a o to se budeme v každém utkání snažit.

Jaký hokej chcete hrát, na čem budete stavět?

Nebudeme se chtít puku zbavovat, budeme chtít být silní na kotouči, hrát nepříjemný hokej a být dostatečně důrazní v obranném pásmu. Chceme stavět na těchto jednoduchých věcech, které ty úspěchy přináší.

Letošní sezona je olympijská, extraligu čekají i tři zápasy týdně. Bude proto extrémně důležité zachytit start?

Minulý rok Vítkovicím údajně start vyšel a pak z toho stejně byla půlroční krize. Já bych si přál, abychom kontinuálně pokračovali v tom, co jsme si tady ukázali na sklonku sezony, a tak nějak najeli na tu vlnu, na které chceme být. Ale třeba bude potřeba čas, než si to sedne. Uvidíme. Stále teprve tým stavíme a máme v něm hráče, které čekají první extraligové zápasy.

Jste na středu, kdy vás čeká první utkání v nové sezoně vy osobně hodně natěšený?

Musím říct, že to letí. Poslední dva týdny to fičí a za chviličku na to jdeme. V úterý devátého jedeme do Varů, uděláme si trip a pak nás čeká v pátek doma Kladno.

Změny ve Vítkovicích před sezonou 2025/2026

Příchody, obránci: Vojtěch Budík (Liberec), Ralfs Freibergs (Hradec Králové), Patrik Brůna (Slavia Praha), Vojtěch Port (Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL), Samuel Kňažko (Cleveland Monsters, AHL), Jakub Zbořil (Pardubice). Útočníci: Krzysztof Macias (Moose Jaw Warriors, WHL), František Řehák (Olten, Švýcarsko), Marek Hrivík (Leksands, Švédsko).

Odchody, brankář: Lukáš Pařík (Poruba). Obránci: Juraj Mikuš (Trenčín, Slovensko), Patrik Marcel (Vsetín), Stuart Percy (Plzeň), Lukáš Kovář (Hradec Králové). Útočníci: Rihards Bukarts, Roberts Bukarts, Jan Eberle (Litoměřice), Petr Hašek (Hradec Králové), Marcel Barinka (Kladno), Robert Říčka (Zlín).

Nicméně asi jste nyní ve větší pohodě, než když jste na konci minulého extraligového ročníku s Alešem Krátoškou tým přebírali pod hrozbou baráže, že?

To teda…! Ale zase mě to jako trenéra posílilo. Věřil jsem, že to zvládneme, že ty týmy pod sebe stáhneme a uhrajeme to. Byl risk přivést hráče, kteří patnáct zápasů nemohli nasbírat a v baráži by hrát nemohli. Věděli jsme ale, že to byla správná cesta a nakonec i byla.

Žádný z přípravných duelů jste neodehráli v kompletním složení. Budou do prvního extraligového utkání nachystaní všichni hráči?

Ještě máme pár kluků, kteří jsou mimo hru a u některých už teď víme, že určitě hrát nebudou. Ale postavíme co nejsilnější tým a budeme si přát, že kluci, kteří jsou momentálně indisponováni, se brzy vrátí do sestavy.

Na konci minulé sezony jste po vítězných zápasech zůstával s týmem na ledě při děkovačce. Budete v tom pokračovat, nebo to bylo dáno tím hektickým vypětím, kterým jste s týmem procházel?

Jasně, beru jako normální věc, takové poděkování fanouškům, ať už ten zápas dopadl jakkoliv. Ne že bychom tam dělali šipky, ale určitě společně s hráči fanouškům poděkujeme. My trenéři stejně vždycky odcházíme po hráčích, takže jakmile hráči opustí led, tak odejdeme i my. Tak to máme nastaveno.

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