There was another Russian drafted by the Red Wings at the same time as Datsyuk. He was suppose to be just as good but prior to his first season he broke both his legs in a car accident. I don't remember his full name but his last name was Grigorenko.
This is surprising, but if it were not for the draft, Datsyuk would have remained useless in Russia as well. Nobody ever knew about him. He was not invited to the central clubs; he did not play for the national team then. And then the case and Datsyuk became a member of the Golden Club (Stanley Cup + Olympics + World Championship) and there are only 30 such players in the world today
Pavel Datsyuk is good proof that it doesn’t matter when you go, but what you do
Here you get one more sub:) thanks for the great showing of my favourite player
Do Henrik Zetterberg
26 teams passed....multiple times.
Your very underrated keep it up
Thanks hope to reach to 10k subs very soon
There was another Russian drafted by the Red Wings at the same time as Datsyuk. He was suppose to be just as good but prior to his first season he broke both his legs in a car accident. I don't remember his full name but his last name was Grigorenko.
This is surprising, but if it were not for the draft, Datsyuk would have remained useless in Russia as well. Nobody ever knew about him. He was not invited to the central clubs; he did not play for the national team then. And then the case and Datsyuk became a member of the Golden Club (Stanley Cup + Olympics + World Championship) and there are only 30 such players in the world today