Russian Hockey players became much admired in Detroit. Part of the community.
Nice sentiment, but that ship has sailed Alex.
It seems like so many of the Russian players have been erratic and enigmatic over the years. For every generational player like Ovechkin there are a half-dozen head cases who never live up to their talent and hype and are eventually traded or cut in a cloud of rumors about their attitudes and behavior.
yes...played at Joe “Stalin” arena..oops..i mean’t Joe Louis arena...