American defender of the “Traktor” Stephen Kaempfer discussed a possible return to Ak Bars before signing a contract with the Chelyabinsk club.
Kämpfer became a Traktor player before the start of the current season; in the 2021/22 season, the American played for the Kazan club.
— We talked with the general director of Ak Bars Marat Valiullin. We followed the development of the situation and discussed whether I would like to play in America. Kazan was interested in my return, I also had some interest in returning to the KHL, but at the time of our conversations the timing was not the best. Even when rumors about my return began to appear in December, they had no basis at that time.
We talked about a possible return before my transfer to Arizona, but everything remained at the level of conversations due to the not the best time for such negotiations for family reasons. When everything calmed down at home, it became easier to make decisions. Last summer, before joining Traktor, I had a conversation with Ak Bars.
I felt comfortable communicating with Alexey Volkov and Ben Grue. I don’t want to say anything bad about Ak Bars; my family and I really liked Kazan. I played against Gru’s teams in the AHL, I knew him. So the decision was made easily, “Kämpfer quotes Metaratings.ru.
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