Pavel Datsyuk's NHL clock has counted down.

The Detroit Red Wings star confided to Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom earlier this month that this likely would be his swan song in Motown. Datsyuk, who turns 38 on July 20, wants to return to his native Russia to be closer to his 13-year-old daughter Elizabeth from his first marriage.

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