Former NHLer Sends Emotional Letter to Vladimir Putin

We live in an age of polarization, and while Russian hockey players play in North America, and Americans play in Russia, there is still a disconnect.

For Manitoba-born Brendan Leipsic, however, Russia has become home. He has now asked Vladimir Putin to make things official.

Leipsic was essentially kicked out of the NHL after disgusting misogynistic comments surfaced from an Instagram group chat.

He was a truly awful person, and a locker room cancer. He insulted teammates and their wives, and doesn't deserve to play hockey in North America, or anywhere quite frankly.

He has found a niche in Russia, however.

After five seasons in the NHL, Brendan Leipsic signed with CSKA of the KHL. After two years in Magnitogorsk, he has now joined SKA St. Petersburg, where he will play alongside phenom Matvei Michkov.

He has clearly enjoyed his time in Russia, even as tensions have heated up. Roman Rotenberg, the Deputy Chair of the KHL has revealed that Leipsic has requested Russian citizenship.

While he is no more than a replacement level player in the NHL, he has flourished in Russia, where his character issues appear to matter less. It's good that he is happy there, and the NHL certainly doesn't want him back.

As Read on Blade of Steel - Former NHLer Leipsic Pens Letter to Putin with Special Request

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