Chelyabinsk, it must be pointed out, is a long way from the ocean.

Indeed, when you look at the map of Russia, you realize how hard it would be to find a spot in the vast country that is further from the sea than this industrial city east of the Urals, a place that was vital to the construction of tanks during the Second World War and has long been a railway hub otherwise.

Vancouver is the complete opposite. And that’s a big reason why Vitali Kravtsov is taking a second tour with the Vancouver Canucks .

“Fresh sushi,” Kravtsov’s agent Dan Milstein quipped on Tuesday as a big reason why his client is returning to the team where he finished the 2022-23 season after a late-season trade from the New York Rangers.

At the time, Kravtsov fit what president of hockey operations Jim Rutherfor

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