Awaiting their arrival

MONTREAL – Alexander Radulov is eagerly anticipating the arrival of his family in their brand new hockey home.

After touching down in Montreal on a flight from Moscow on August 20th, Radulov has been staying in touch with his wife Daria – a retired world-class rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver-medalist – and nine-month-old son Makar with the help of smart phone technology. The pair remains in Russia where the veteran forward had been tearing up the KHL ranks for the last four years with CSKA Moscow before electing to return to North America and sign a one-year contract with the Canadiens on July 1st.

“Obviously, I already miss my family. I’ve been in Montreal for a couple of weeks without them. We’d spent so much time together in Russia before I came over. As soon as everything is ready, they’ll come,” said Radulov, who expects Daria and Makar to join him in Montreal just ahead of the start of training camp. “It will be nice [when they get here]. I was with my wife a lot when she was pregnant, and now having a child, I really miss him.”

Admittedly, the seven-hour time difference between Montreal and the Russian capital makes things a little bit tough for the 30-year-old right-winger when it comes to scheduling some all-important FaceTime sessions with Daria and Makar back home, but they’ve found a way to make it all work around his current gym workout and on-ice practice schedule.

“The time is different, so it’s quite hard. I’m practicing a lot right now, so when they’re getting ready to go to bed, I talk to them and any other chance I get I do the same thing, too,” said Radulov, who says Makar’s reactions to seeing him on …

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