Comments for Jiri Hudler Returns from the KHL at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 07:23:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8045 if radulov comes back he has to honor the last year of his contract with nashville. so he will only be making 850,000 or whatever the last year on his entry level deal was, so it will be interesting to see if he is willing to come back and take a huge pay cut. but if he does end up coming back i think it will be a huge indicator that things in the khl aren't nearly as good as they are here in the best league in the world. - Todd Dmitruk Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:24:16 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8044 It's the same situation with Radulov as it was with Hudler. Rads' contract has just been put on hold. If/when he comes back to the NHL, he will have to honor the remaining year(s?) of the contract before he can sign a new contract. Signing a new contract before that is just not an alternative and the NHL would not accept it. There's of course the alternative that Nashville does a buyout, but I find that extremely unlikely. Or he gets traded, but he will still be on that pre-KHL contract. - sentium Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:13:32 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8043 I'm not a KHL expert by any stretch of the imagination. Guys like Rosso or Chesnokov would have a deeper insight into whether or not Radulov might return to the NHL next year. Unlike Hudler, Radulov was under contract to his NHL team when he left for the KHL, and consequently he didn't leave on the best of terms....that might make NHL clubs nervous about signing him. We certainly have seen some apprehension about drafting Russian players because of the perceived flight risk. Further, what happens to the Predators' contract with Radulov? Do they get any sort of compensation if he consequently signs with another club? Murky waters indeed. How would he do on his return? Well, he certainly didn't impress during the Olympics, did he? He wasn't the only problem with the Russian squad, but I guessing his agent couldn't have been pleased. BKL - Brent K. Lemon Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:08:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8042 Finnbar: The contract he signed last year, from the arbitrator's decision, is the one he is honoring right now. It just got pushed up for as long as he stayed in the KHL, which ended up being one year. It's not a coincidence how it worked out. Hudler and Detroit didn't "agree" to a contract, they let the arbitrator handle it. - sentium Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:25:17 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8040 RW has Hudler for 81-22-39-61 with +10, 22 PIM and 179 SOG (love that they project SOG). Excellent article. Huds is definitely worth watching for any insight into khl-nhl translation, though we'll need about a hundred more examples before we really know.... Interesting how it worked out. Apparently DET and Hudler had agreed last summer to a contract that was exactly the same as the arbitrator's amount... and now a year later, that's what he's making?! - Finnbar Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:22:08 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8032 I remember reading somewhere a few years back that the KHL gives out far less 2ndary assists. So the there are slightly less goals, and a lot less assists. - notoriousjim Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:26:15 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8024 yo lemon, what are your thoughts on radulov next year will he return and what will his potential be ?? I belive this would really hurt the KHL as radulov really put them on the map when he left - Oilers rock 99 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:01:28 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8023 Hudler's skating isn't below average anymore. His first step was his biggest weakness before and that's gotten better. Besides, he's shifty along the boards and consistently comes out with the puck even though he's going up against guys who are six inches taller. Great skating has never been his strong suit anyway... the player I liken his skating ability to is Brett Hull. Hull wasn't the best of skaters but he had that ability to pop up at the right time in scoring positions without anyone noticing him. Hudler has that too. He's already played both LW and RW for Detroit, so what side he plays won't be an issue. On the PP he's the most comfortable on the right half-wall, where he dictates the play. If he can handle a lot of 5 on 5 time? Based on his stint in Russia, he can. Also... Williams? As in Jason Williams? He's not a Detroit player anymore, nor will he be. - sentium Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:58:23 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8022 The thing that worries me about Hudler is that his skating ability (below average at best) will hold him back from being able to play consistent top-six minutes in the Detroit system. I have to believe skating had a lot to do with the fact that he wasn't getting a regular top-six shift with the Wings the year before his departure (if I recall correctly). He was getting a lot of PP time (again if I recall correctly), so I don't worry about that, but, I just don't know if Babcock will trust him to give him 15:00 of even strength time. Thoughts? Sentium? Also, any chance he moves to the left side to accommodate Franzen/Holmstrom/Williams(?)? Lastly, any idea why I can't comment in Google Chrome anymore? - Kraftster Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:52:29 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/3079-jiri-hudler-returns-from-the-khl#comment-8021 The single most important factor to distinguish between the scoring in the NHL and KHL is the fact that the KHL's assist ratio is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay lower than in the NHL. In the NHL, a lot of the assists are "fake" sort of. An example is if a player passes the puck to two others who score on a give and go, the NHL gives an assist to the breakout passer, while the KHL doesn't. Considering then that Hudler had quite a few assists in his KHL season (normal for him, since he's a pretty sick playmaker), that should tell you that he was the main playmaker for those goals that he assisted on. Also, his nickname in Detroit is "Happy". Pretty fitting :) - sentium Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:38:16 +0100