KAZAN, August 18, Vadim Kuznetsov. Hockey player of the Kazan club of the Continental Hockey League ( KHL) Ak Bars Vadim Shipachev said that high expectations from the team in the 2022/23 season should not interfere with its game. Shipachev moved to Ak Bars from Dynamo Moscow this summer. Kazan also signed contracts with Alexander Radulov, Vyacheslav Voinov, Stanislav Galiev and Kirill Semenov. Oleg Znarok became the new head coach of Ak Bars. «There is no pressure. Experienced guys have gathered in Kazan, everyone is getting ready, the foundation is being laid for the season. it doesn't matter what they say and write about the team and pressure. He can stuff us, say something, and he will always protect the guys in front of journalists. The season will show everything,» said Shipachev. Oleg Znarok said in July that he did not consider «Ak Bars «is the main favorite of the season and cannot call its team a team of stars.» Znarok says everything correctly. Are the other teams worse? «, others have intensified. So you can list 6-7 teams. Kazan is only one of them. There is no such thing that Ak Bars has gathered everyone they can. It's true, in the company to sit and reason,» the Ak Bars player added «.
