No new contract for Mezin and other transfer news

Tsybuk thanked Mezin on behalf of the team and said that this decision was made due to Traktor’s desire to rely on team’s own goaltenders.

Tsybuk gave some information on other possible transfers. In particular, he said that Andrey Kostitsyn was considering his return to the NHL. It depends on Andrey’s decision – Traktor has KHL rights on the player, said Tsybuk.

Traktor’s manager also said that Traktor’s list of players for the extension draft for Vladivostok hockey team is ready. The draft itself will take place on June 17. Traktor’s management hopes not to lose any of team’s players, the reason being the new team should not necessarily pick one player from each team.

Yevgeny Tsybuk also commented one of the most impactful transfers of this spring when Danis Zaripov left Ak Bars to sign with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
- Metallurg has better financial opportunities. It’s impossible to compete on financial field with teams that have deep budgets. Of course we would like to see Chelyabinsk hockey alums in Traktor, but sometimes it’s too much, just like in cases of Zaripov and another Chelyabinsk hockey school alumnus, Yevgeny Medvedev.

Another important player for Traktor, Dmitry Ryabykin, is still thinking about the new contract offered him by the team. Tsybuk says Traktor is counting on Dmitry, but has implemented plan B in case Ryabykin doesn’t accept Traktor’s offer, purchasing three solid D-men in Aleksey Guskov, Maksim Kondratyev and Aleksey Bondarev.