Update: Datsyuk has signed with CSKA Moscow for the duration of the lockout.



Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk has signed to play with Ak Bars Kazan of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League during the NHL lockout, according to Russia's Sport Express.



Datsyuk is the first of many Red Wings expected to sign with European clubs. They will return to Detroit once the lockout ends.



Ak Bars Kazan is the club Datsyuk played for in 2000-01, before he joined the NHL. Datsyuk played for Dynamo Moscow during the previous NHL work stoppage in 2004-05.