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Detroit Red Wings great Pavel Datsyuk most likely staying in Russia to play

Steve Yzerman has a surprising revelation about living in metro Detroit as he returns home to be general manager of the Red Wings. Filmed April 19, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

The reason he left the NHL three years ago still holds up, and makes it unlikely there’ll be a Pavel Datsyuk reunion in Detroit.

Speculation arose early this year that Datsyuk was mulling a return to the Detroit Red Wings as he sought to continue playing professional hockey. Datsyuk arrived in Detroit with his family May 2, but there have been no talks between his camp and the Wings.