Athletistic / Hockey Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov has shared his thoughts on the KHL’s main favorite this season.

“For me, Ak Bars is the clear favorite for the coming season. By name. And Znarok is the most experienced coach. Moreover, the management goes to meet him, the performers are selected.

Battle team! It will be nice to watch it. Whatever his name, the KHL star. The rest of the clubs will only try to impose competition on Kazan,” Kozhevnikov said as quoted by Sport Weekend.

Recall that during the summer off-season such players as Alexander Radulov, Vadim Shipachyov, Vyacheslav Voinov, Stanislav Galiev and others joined the Kazan team.