Posts Tagged Jiri Hudler
St. Louis Open to Tampa Trading Him … Goalie Options for Philly … The Hudler Situation
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on April 20th, 2010
- Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: The Blues won’t be re-signing Paul Kariya. Martin St. Louis won’t get in the way of Tampa Bay if they want to trade him. Toronto could be the front runner to get Jussi Rynnas because of goalie coach Francois Allaire. Philly could send Simon Gagne to Boston for Tim Thomas, or they could send Claude Giroux to Florida for Tomas Vokoun.
- George Malik of MLive: Malik has been looking for confirmation on the report that Jiri Hudler will be able to return to the Red Wings next season, but was unable to get it. Hudler’s Moscow Dynamo team is apparently has a financial situation and may be looking to get out of the $5 million contract for next season.
- Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A read asks Molinari if the Penguins will re-sign Alexei Ponikarovski, and if anything more that $2 million is too much. The Pens lack offensive depth on the wings, so it is a possibility, but it will all come down to money. He made $2.5 million this past season, and will likely be looking for more. If he’ll take a reasonable amount, maybe a little discount to play with Malkin or Crosby, he could return.
Salary Cap Going Up? Marleau to LA? Hudler Returing to Red Wings
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on April 18th, 2010
- Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: It appears that the NHL salary cap could be going up next season. A ‘team source’ told Simmons next year’s cap will be close to $59 million, League officials say it’ll be closer to $57. Either way, I’m glad it’s not in $50-51 million range that they talked about earlier in the season.
- Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Allen doesn’t think (myself as well) that any NHL team will offer Ilya Kovalchuk the $10 million that Atlanta was offering. He thinks there will be about 3 or 4 teams that will offer him a long term, big numbered contract, maybe in the $8 million range. If the Sharks choke again in the playoffs, will they let Patrick Marleau walk at the end of the season? The Kings have been in the market for adding a big name scorer, Marleau is one of the top free agents this year, and has a history the Kings GM Dean Lombardi (former Sharks GM).
- Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo Sports, via twitter: Dynamo Moscow are releasing Jiri Hudler, paving the way for his Detroit Red Wings return.
- Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Minnesota Wild back-up goalie, Josh Harding, had successful hip surgery this past week, and may now hope to land the Wild a center this summer. GM Chuck Fletcher doesn’t think the surgery will lessen his chances of moving him.
- Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: Both Jarome Iginla and Martin St. Louis could find themselves on the trade block this summer. Iginla (33) has 3 years left at $7 million, St. Louis (35) has 1 year at $4 million ($5.25 cap hit). Boston might have trouble fitting either salary in. Dupont thinks Iginla could be huge deal for Toronto, who would likely have to send at least Mikhail Grabovski and Kaberle the other way.
Firing Sutter Would Still Leave the Flames in Trouble … Wings FA’s will have to wait … Seidenberg’s and Kuba’s seasons could be over
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on April 8th, 2010
- Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail: If the Flames were to fire Sutter, it still wouldn’t come close to solving the Calgary Flames issues. Questionable trades and some key players with several years left on their contracts will handcuff the team in some ways. Kotalik, Hagman, Stajan, and Higgins were brought in to help score some goals, they combined totalled 11 goals and 86 games.
- Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: Francis put chances of GM Darryl Sutter getting fired at 50%, chances of coach Brent Sutter getting fired at 25%, the chances of Iginla getting traded at 20%.
- Ansar Khan of MLive: Contract talks involving any of the Detroit Red Wings free agents will have to wait until after the season, as they don’t hold talks during the playoffs. If Nicklas Lidstrom retires or not will be the big decision coming out of Detroit. If Jiri Hudler returns from Russia to join the Wings will also have an effect on what they will do. The Wings currently have 13 players signed for next year at $40.8 million. Tomas Holmstrom and Todd Bertuzzi are both most likely to be re-signed. RFA’s Darren Helm, Justin Abdelkader, Patrick Eaves and Drew Miller will most likely all be resigned.
- The Fourth Period: Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne are unsure if they are going to return next season, or retire. The Ducks would welcome both back. The fates of Saku Koivu and Aaron Ward returning to the Ducks next season is uncertain.
- Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Dennis Seidenberg, picked up at the trade deadline, will be out for 8 weeks after he had surgery earlier this week repairing the “flexor carpi radialis tendon in his left forearm.” Seidenberg joins Mark Stuart, Andrew Ference and Marc Savard as injured Bruins.
- Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators defenseman Filip Kuba underwent surgery on a herniated disc on Tuesday and will be out for a minimum of 4 weeks. So at the earliest he’ll be back in the second round, but most likely it would be longer. Kuba has already been out for the last month.
- Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: The 42-year old Mark Recchi hopes to be back with the Bruins next season. Recchi has played in every game so far this season, recording 17 goals and adding 25 assists. Recchi is third in goals and points for the offensively challenged Bruins.
More Injuries in Vancouver … Podcast from GlobeSports … Hudler back to Detroit
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on April 2nd, 2010
- Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: The injury front keeps getting bigger out in Vancouver. Already without Mikael Samuelsson, Steve Bernier, Willie Mitchell, and Shane O’Brien (disciplinary); Daniel Sedin was held out of last night’s game, and most likely tonight’s game with back spasms. The spasms flared up on Wednesday. During last night’s game, the Canucks got another scare when Alex Burrows blocked a one-timer with his throat. He appear to be breating fine later on in the dressing room. Swelling of the throat area will be monitored. “My throat is inflamed and I had a tough time swallowing,” Burrows said. “We’ll see how it goes but I think I’ll be fine. “I had a tough time breathing and that had me thinking so I tried to get off to get medical treatment right away.”
- Podcast from the Globe and Mail: Round table taking about possibility of the Winnipeg Jets returning, Red Wings resurgence, big names possibly taking over in Calgary and the Montreal Canadiens playoff bid.
- Sam Donnellon of the Philadelphia Daily News: Some changes will be made to the Flyers roster next season, and GM Paul Holmgren already has an idea.
“There are certain guys on this team that are going to be back here next year,” Holmgren said. “And there are certain guys who aren’t.”"So if the season ended today, you have a pretty good idea of what you would do?” I asked.”Most of it, yeah,” he said.
- Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Braydon Coburn is denying the rumor that he turned down a contract offer from the Flyers and won’t negotiate until after the season. He doesn’t think his agent has talked to the Flyers at all about a contract.
- Ansar Khan of MLive: The director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings, Hakan Andersson, has met with Mats Zuccarello-Aasen in Sweden.
- Ansar Khan of MLive: Jiri Hudler may be hoping to return to the Detroit Red Wings next year. The GM of Moscow Dynamo may be switching teams, and might not try to prevent it. Hudler left the Wings to sign a 2 year, $10 million contract in the KHL. If he returns to the Red Wings, he’ll be on a 2 year contract worth $2.875 million a season, a contract that was awarded by an arbitrator last year.
Wings to Talk to Lidstrom After the Season … MRI for Leighton Today … Malkin out tonight?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on March 17th, 2010
Coaches Safe in Atlanta for Now … Getzlaf and Selanne Day-to-Day … Hudler Back with Wings Next Year?
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL Injuries, NHL News on March 16th, 2010
The Central Division: Player Movement
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Trades on September 1st, 2009
The Detroit Red Wings lost in the Stanley Cup finals, then lost several pieces off of their roster, Marion Hossa, Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Kopecky, and most likely Jiri Hudler. Hudler signed with a KHL team for 2 years, but he hasn’t been given an international player transfer card by the IIHF that would allow him to play in Europe. The Wings still retain his rights, and he was awarded a 2 year, $5.75 million deal by an arbitrator if he returns to the team. The Blackhawks made a splash on free agent frenzy day by signing Marion Hossa to a long term deal, but the NHL is investigating the contract and might cancel the contract and penalize the Hawks. Columbus didn’t do a whole lot this off-season, but they did lock up superstar Rick Nash to an extension. Both Nashville and St. Louis had a quite off-season as well.
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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
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| Players In | Players Out | |||
| Danny Bois, RW | FA – Ott | Tim Brent, C | FA – Tor | |
| Mark Cullen, C/LW | FA – Van | Pascal Pelletier, LW | FA – CBJ | |
| Richard Petiot, D | FA – TB | Martin Havlat, RW | FA – Min | |
| Peter MacArthur, LW | FA | Samuel Pahlsson, C | FA – CBJ | |
| Tomas Kopecky, W/C | FA – Det | Matt Walker, D | FA – TB | |
| John Madden, C | FA – NJ | Nikolai Khabibulin, G | FA – Edm | |
| Marian Hossa, RW | FA – Det | |||
| Alec Richards, G | ( FA ) | |||
| Remaining Free Agents | ||||
| Adam Berti, LW | Tim Hambly, D | Jonas Nordqvist, C | Adam Pineault, RW/LW | |
| Jim Sharrow, D | Logan Stephenson, D | Pavel Vorobiev, RW/LW | ||
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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
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Players Out
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| Mathieu Roy, D | FA – Edm | Jason Williams, RW/C | FA – Det | |
| Pascal Pelletier, LW | FA – Chi | Craig MacDonald, LW/C | FA – Europe | |
| Mathieu Garon, G | FA – Pit | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, D | FA – Phi | |
| Samuel Pahlsson, C | FA – Chi | Wade Dubielewicz, G | FA – Min | |
| Aaron Rome, D | FA – Van | |||
| Remaining Free Agents | ||||
| Christian Backman, D | Chris Gratton, C | Trevor Hendrikx, D | Steve Kelly, C | |
| Jon Landry, D | Manny Malhotra, C | Jiri Novotny, C/W | Michael Peca, C | |
| Petr Pohl, RW | John Vigilante, C/LW | Kyle Wharton, D | Mike York, C/W | |
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DETROIT RED WINGS
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| Players In | Players Out | |||
| Todd Bertuzzi, LW/RW | FA – Cgy | Darren Haydar, RW | FA – Col | |
| Jason Williams, RW/C | FA – CBJ | Mikael Samuelsson, RW | FA – Van | |
| Patrick Eaves, RW/LW | FA | Ty Conklin, G | FA – StL | |
| Andy Delmore, D | FA – Europe | Marian Hossa, RW | FA – Chi | |
| Doug Janik, D | FA – NYR | Tomas Kopecky, W/C | FA – Chi | |
| Travis Ehrhardt, D | FA | |||
| Jeremy Williams, RW | FA – Tor | |||
| Kris Newbury, W/C | FA – Tor | |||
| Jordan Pearce, G | FA | |||
| Francis Pare, RW | FA | |||
| Remaining Free Agents | ||||
| Chris Chelios, D | Aaron Downey, RW | Randall Gelech, C/RW | Darren McCarty, RW | |
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NASHVILLE PREDATORS
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| Players In | Players Out | |||
| Marcel Goc, C/LW | FA – SJ | Radek Bonk, C | FA – Europe | |
| Ben Eaves, C | FA | Jed Ortmeyer, RW | FA – SJ | |
| Peter Olvecky, LW/C | FA – Min | Scott Nichol, C | FA – SJ | |
| Ben Guite, C | FA – Col | Drew MacIntyre, G | FA – Atl | |
| Greg Zanon, D | FA – Min | |||
| Vernon Fiddler, LW/C | FA – Phx | |||
| Ville Koistinen, D | FA – Fla | |||
| Remaining Free Agents | ||||
| Greg de Vries, D | Denis Platonov, C | Tim Ramholt, D | ||
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ST. LOUIS BLUES
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| Players In | Players Out | |||
| Brendan Bell, D | FA – Ott | Trent Whitfield, C | FA – Bos | |
| Bryce Lampman, D | FA – Europe | Jay McKee, D | FA – Pit | |
| Justin Fletcher, D | FA – TB | Jeff Woywitka, D | FA – Dal | |
| Adam Cracknell, RW | FA – Cgy | Eric Neilson, RW | FA – Mtl | |
| Barry Tallackson, RW | FA – NJ | |||
| Ty Conklin, G | FA – Det | |||
| Remaining Free Agents | ||||
| Matt Foy, RW | Dan Hinote, W/C | Manny Legace, G | Charles Linglet, LW | |
| Steve Regier, LW | Marek Schwarz, G | |||
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