In NHL.com's Q&A feature called "Sitting Down with …" we talk to key figures in the game, gaining insight into their lives on and off the ice. In this edition, we feature Andrei Markov, a former defenseman who played his entire career with the Montreal Canadiens between 2000-2017. On Dec. 3, the Canadiens will welcome their quiet, popular star back to Bell Centre for a salute titled “Andrei Markov Homecoming,” a celebration of his career that will take place before the team’s game against the visiting Winnipeg Jets (7:30 p.m. ET; SN, RDS).

MONTREAL -- Andrei Markov arrived in Canada at age 21 for the start of the Montreal Canadiens’ 2000-01 training camp speaking almost no English and not a word of French, two years after he’d waited until the sixth round (No. 162) to hear his name cal

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