Former Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk is pondering whether to continue playing in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League or return to the NHL.

But he will only return to North America to play for the Red Wings, his agent said.

“That is without any doubt,” agent Dan Milstein told MLive. “He would never under any circumstances consider any other club but the Detroit Red Wings. He was very clear about that when he was leaving (Detroit) and through the conversations, it would be Detroit or nothing.”

Datsyuk announced on Twitter Tuesday that he won’t return to SKA St, Petersburg, the club he played for the past three seasons.

Milstein said Datsyuk “is healthy, had a fairly good season and feels he wants to play for two more seasons.”

Datsyuk, who turns 41 on July 20, left the Red Wings in 2016 with one year remaining on his contract, citing a desire to be closer to his oldest daughter who lives in Russia with Datsyuk’s ex-wife.

The move would have saddled the Red Wings with $7.5 million of dead cap space in 2016-17 had they not traded Datsyuk’s rights to the Arizona Coyotes. In the deal, the Red Wings moved down four sports in the 2016 draft, from 16th to 20th, but received an extra second-round pick.

The Coyotes selected defenseman Jacob Chychrun. The Red Wings took a pair of defensemen, Dennis Cholowski (No. 20) and Filip Hronek (No. 53).

Arizona holds Datsyuk’s NHL rights until July 1, so, unless the Coyotes grant permission, no other teams are permitted to speak with him until then.

A Red Wings source said former general manager Ken Holland brought up the possibility of bringing Datsyuk back in organizational meetings last season, with mixed feedback. It is unclear if new GM Steve Yzerman is interested, but he wouldn’t be allowed to comment publicly.

“Pavel obviously respects (Yzerman) so much,” Milstein said. “He was one of the first guys to ask me to send him a note on his behalf to congratulate him after he got the job in Detroit, but I haven’t had any business conversations since Steve took over the Detroit Red Wings.

“If Pavel wants to come back to the NHL, the only phone call I would make would be to Steve Yzerman.”

Milstein said Datsyuk and his family will be in Detroit later this week for a three-week visit in the U.S. to see friends. His visit will include a tour of Little Caesars Arena.

Datsyuk tallied 12 goals and 30 assists in 54 games for SKA this past season. He appeared in 135 games over three years with the club, picking up 32 goals and 79 assists.

“He might be a little bit slower, but his hockey sense and the way he plays is still something that the 20-year-olds wish that they would have,” Milstein said. “Many teams would have high interest in getting Pavel Datsyuk despite his age.”

The Red Wings have plenty of cap space. But if Datsyuk were to return, they’d probably need to move Andreas Athanasiou back to the wing after grooming him as their second-line center the latter part of the season.

Datsyuk played 14 seasons in Detroit, from 2001 to 2016, collecting 314 goals and 604 assists in 953 games.