Datsyuk Going To His Actual Home. In Russia. Finally.

[lilidk]

Vanek , 10 min a game out 3mil, Datsyuk 10-14 minutes in 2 mil.

 

[pz29]

It's terrible there are places in the world like that. I don't know much about living in Russia but I do know in China you aren't able to move from where you are born unless you have government permission. I imagine Daytsuk is rich and famous enough to bend the rules but Russia is pretty totalitarian just like China so I am assuming moving around freely is not always an option.

Pretty much the same rules. I grew up in the old USSR. It is not that you are not allowed to move, but people jut don't have the resources.Moat people work their whole life for a free or subsidized apartment, and, once they get it, they are stuck wherever they are. Datsyuk has enough money to go wherever he wishes, though.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

It's terrible there are places in the world like that. I don't know much about living in Russia but I do know in China you aren't able to move from where you are born unless you have government permission. I imagine Daytsuk is rich and famous enough to bend the rules but Russia is pretty totalitarian just like China so I am assuming moving around freely is not always an option.

Russia is totalitarian for poor people, not athletes worth 60+ million who played for a team literally owned by Putin. While I doubt Dats has that many nefarious hobbies, he’d probably have infinitely more freedom there than Michigan. Plus, even to this day Datsyuk struggles with english. Something to be said for cultural familiarity/nostalgia.

 

[Goalie guy]

If he did come back to the NHL I would be more interested to see Daytsuk come back on a one year with a contender. Like if Pens clear space with Kessel and signed Dayts to a sweetheart deal. Imagine those highlights assuming Dayts can still keep up with top 6 duties.

You sir can f*** right off lol.

 

[Henkka]

I want Pavel to join us and bring his linemate Gusev (via trade) in here and play with Svechnikov on a Russian3.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Chances of Pavel Datsyuk returning to Red Wings slim

Well that’s..interesting

“Prospect of Datsyuk returning to DRW was met with a lukewarm response by some in the front office”

 

[Ezekial]

I tink it's very unsurprising they feel that way. Lukewarm almost seems too warm.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I tink it's very unsurprising they feel that way. Lukewarm almost seems too warm.

I think lukewarm is them showing a courtesy to Datsyuk in terms of the public comment, but also making it clear to the KHL teams, we aren't leverage for him in whatever deal you're discussing...

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I tink it's very unsurprising they feel that way. Lukewarm almost seems too warm.

Agreed.

Not surprising they aren't that interested in the 41 year-old version of the guy who broke his contract "because it is time to go home" and now may want to come back a whole 3 years later.

 

[Fil Larkmanthanasiou]

The potential of return on the extra pick (Hronek) the Wings got in the Datsyuk trade looks very promising for 19-20.

 

[Ingvar]

Maybe. Or it's just his agent creating a false "competition" of his services.

Home-town is a home-town, but I just won't understand why Datsyuk would like to go in a ****hole like his home-town. The daughter is there, yes, but he should get his daughter out from there as soon as possible.

Just watched a document about those old Sovjet secret cities, and one City called Ozersk was built for plutonium production to build nuclear weapons. That locates very near of Yekaterinburg, ~100km apart. It's a town between Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg. Same distances like Red Deer between Edmonton and Calgary.

'The graveyard of the Earth': inside City 40, Russia's deadly nuclear secret

All those water areas near the city are polluted with radioactive waste, after accidents with radioactive materials 50's and 60's and the radioactive waste is still there in bottom of the lakes. 50% of people there are dying for cancer, wonder why. Those old factories with non-existent waste systems on early nuclear weapon era were just dumping the waste on those rivers which are connected to every lake, and every lake is connected to natural water.

If I could choose, I wouldn't be anywhere near there behind the Ural for doing my work. Especially, if I like fishing. And if my daughter would live on that kind of area, I would be ready to pay at least one million to get her relocated on somewhere else.

Detroit could be the bad American ****hole to live, but those Russian cities ****ed with radioactivity or other pollution like Magnitogorsk are 100x worse places, I'd rather maybe die than live on them.

This is a bunch of bullshit. Ekaterinburg is a rapidly growing city with rising economy thanks to being a natural destination for people around Ural mountains and lower salaries than Moscow or St Petersburg but still much higher than average salaries in Russia (which results in cheaper but still skilled workforce). Its ecology leaves a lot to be desired but the main culprit is the combination of traffic and geography - it isn't an industrial hellhole like Norilsk and a professional hockey player earns more than enough to buy or rent property in a nicer part of the city. There is no radioactive contamination above natural levels. The main problem of Ekaterinburg is that despite all that growth there is nothing to do there and the climate is somewhat harsh even by Russian standards.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

IMO I’m perfectly content with the front office not caving in to bringing Dats back especially after how he left

 

[Mister Ed]

 

[Mister Ed]

Here he is in a Yekaterinburg jersey. He's not coming back to Hockeytown.

 

[Mister Ed]

And finally, from his agent :

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Good for him I suppose

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

No thanks not interested in bringing back Pavs at any cost. His best days are definitely behind him.

I wouldn't say at any cost. If we dumped Nielsen to someone with no retention (unlikely) and Dats wanted to sign 1 year for almost the minimum (also unlikely) I would want him back...

 

[Richard Gibson]

So much for those "Datsyuk wants to return to the NHL" rumors.

 

[Goalie guy]

Well it is a red jersey with wings on it lol.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

So much for those "Datsyuk wants to return to the NHL" rumors.

Well I don’t know anyone that was positive it was gonna happen

 

[Henkka]

PAvel Datsyuk, SKA St. Petersburg --> Yekateringburg
Jori Lehterä, Philadelphia --> SKA St. Petersburg

Who would go from Yekateringburg to Philadelphia?

 

[PullHard]

Let's get back to discussing how bad of an investment signing Erik Karlsson would be now

 

[Hammettf2b]

Datsyuk not coming to Detroit
Pavel Datsyuk returns to his hometown

 

[IceColdOx]

Part of me thinks he didn't want to sully his legacy by not looking like the Magic Man. Plus, he's playing for his hometown club.

 

[ShelbyZ]

I seriously doubt Datsyuk gave any consideration to returning to the NHL. This whole thing was:

-Posturing by his agent to get more as much money as possible from the KHL

and/or

-Clickbait from Detroit/hockey/sports media drawn from ["Datsyuk's 3 years on the Coyote's voluntary retired list expires" + "Datsyuk doesn't have a KHL deal for next season" = "Datsyuk could return to the NHL" = "Datsyuk could return to the Red Wings" = Website traffic = ad revenue]

Datsyuk left the NHL because he was sick of having Escrow steal from his checks. There's no way he was going to come back and make way less money in the NHL unless he was getting a new lucrative endorsement deal from Dr. Rahmani.