Datsyuk will attend NHL All-Star weekend

Pavel Datsyuk will be in Los Angeles at the end of January to attend the NHL All-Star festivities, his agent Dan Milstein announced Tuesday on Twitter.

It's expected that Datsyuk will be recognized when the NHL reveals its list of the 100 Greatest Players as part of its centennial anniversary celebration.

Wanting to be closer to his family, Datsyuk returned to Russia last summer on a two-year deal with SKA St. Petersburg, ending a brilliant 14-year tenure with the Detroit Red Wings organization.

He scored 314 goals and 918 points in 953 games with the Red Wings, winning two Stanley Cups. He also won the Lady Byng Trophy in four straight seasons, and took home the Selke Trophy three times.