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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I hate to break it to you but scouting isn't an exact science. At the end of the day until you give a guy a shot at the NHL, you really don't know what to expect. All in all Cervenka ending up playing less then 40 NHL games. I think given another (full) year he could probably be a decent NHL player, more time to adjust to the style of play and speed etc but he took a pretty huge contract to go back home.
The Flames weren't the only guys interested in bringing him over (IIRC)
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I won't say money was not a factor for Cervenka to go back home, but if Cervenka really thought he had what it takes to be a 2nd line player in the NHL, he would have made more in the long run, than $1.7 million a year( KHL contract) by giving it another shot.
I really don't think he had any desire to change his game. He probably did not like the physical play and the attention to detail in own zone play.