According to a report from a Russian media network, former Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk is hunkered down in a monastery with his personal confessor, who has taken over a Russian monastery guarded by Cossacks.
Before we go any further ...
We're not saying this story is true. We're not saying that it's not true. But it's out there on social media, so we can't ignore it.
And judging by how 2020 has gone, is this really that inconceivable?
The forward, who left the Red Wings to return to Russia in 2016, is reportedly with Father Sergius at the Central Urals Monastery in Ekaterinburg, about 1,100 miles east of Moscow.