Marat Valiullin said that Ak Bars had been negotiating with Stephen Kempfer until December 27.
We have a good defensive line, there is a depth of lineup.
We brought Zhuravlev at the beginning of November, but for a month we could not get him registered. So we considered Kaempfer until the last moment, we were in touch with him.
He talked to his agent, but Detroit did not agree to terminate him and he stayed with him. We were negotiating with him until December 27, - said the general manager of Ak Bars.