Ak Bars Press Conference Leaves Big Coaching, NHL Questions

Ak Bars used its big press conference to put a few major questions right on the table. The biggest ones revolve around whether Gatiyatulin stays behind the bench and whether Safonov and Galimov are headed toward the NHL. That is the kind of day that tells you the organization knows the rumor mill is already spinning at full speed. When the coaching seat and NHL futures are both in play, every answer becomes part of the next round of leverage.