To Russia, with love

Dave Stubbs talks to Brent Sopel about the defenceman’s career virage to the KHL.

“I enjoyed the fans,” Sopel said of his time in Montreal. “They’re very passionate about hockey and their team, and I hope they appreciated that every night I worked as hard as I could to try to help the team win.”

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