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Originally Posted by the2bears
Links? I don't remember seeing anything like that.
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I definitely heard Duha talk about his on the Fan around when Hudler was left off the Olympic team. He said it was a silly move, but explained how the whole reason Detroit had been willing to let him go was due to his "immaturity" (he did not expand on that) and that it was this same attitude which had got him in the bad books with the national coach.
Again, no expansion on what the issue was, and Duha went on to talk about how from what he's heard Hudler had matured since coming to Calgary and his whole point was it was silly to be leaving a guy of his abilities off the National team, especially since he seemed to have grown and erased any of the previous issues in Calgary.
Regardless if it's true or not about his previous issues, Hudler's "leadership" seems to be drastically overated by those who want to keep him. True none of us know with out being there, but it's not like the team is appointing him with any formal leadership duties (and there was plenty of chance to do so last year with all our injuries), so I'm sure he's not that key of a cog in the "leadership" department for this club. I'm also sure he's not bad for the team either and sounds like he helped out with things like Monahan staying at his house, but I'd wager whatever he brings in the leadership department is likely easily replaceble (same can be said for most on this team minus Gio). The Flames will miss his creativity more than anything if he's moved.