Lazlo Hollyfeld
The jersey ad still sucks
- Mar 4, 2004
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DATSYUK DIDN'T RETIRE. He broke his contract to go play in another league.Wow, Datsyuk left the NHL for alot of reasons imo. That no one here is getting.
1. He wanted to go to be more apart of his daughter's life in Russia. I believe he said one was 12- 13 or something and was with his previous wife and was also having/had a new daughter with his new wife and due to playing in the NHL wasn't exactly there for things in person much. I'm sure things were real difficult with the oldest daughter being him and the mother weren't even together to support the relationship.
2. The team wasn't competitive. ( The team was only making the playoffs because he was on it. )
3. He was given/paid more money to go play in the KHL than here actually if I remember right the first year at least.
4. He let his intentions be known to the organization so they could managed to do something with him before he retired.
Idk, none of this was on a Federov level imo who held out once, then signed an offer sheet I believe from Carolina, then moved on for less money in FA to a worst team.
*If Federov would of just signed the deal the Red Wings offered him vs Anaheim the Red Wings dynasty could of lasted much longer. There still would of been a time where Federov was competeting for Cups in 07/08/09 with this team. Dastsyuk/Federov/Zetterberg could of been a beloved and historic trio. If he just stayed the coarse he'd of maybe won 5 or more cups imo and real debate would of been up for who deserved the captaincy after Yzerman.
So as far as his return to the NHL. Nah not happening unless his Daughter is/has become busy with charter schooling or something. I just can't see why he'd want to come back to North America and not be apart of her life vs playing in Russia an at least getting some opportunity to see his daughter, etc.
Regardless of how people feel about it, let's at least get the facts right.
Also, Fedorov.