SEATTLE -- Brandon Montour will be playing for more than the Seattle Kraken when he returns to the lineup against the Edmonton Oilers at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, SN1, CBC).
The 31-year-old defenseman has returned from a personal leave of absence following the death of his older brother, Cameron Noble-Montour, who died Monday after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease affecting the nervous system more commonly known as ALS.
Cameron, who is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a stepdaughter, was 34.
"So, my older brother's been dealing with ALS for three, four years now, and it was a rough week," Montour said. "I'm very proud and very happy to be his brother. He's somebody that I've looked up to since, obviously, Day 1. [He was] a

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