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jayswin · 01-03-2016, 04:14 PM

It would be odd if Hudler's nagging injury/off year actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

I'm one of those that believes that there's no way his play/desire actually fell off the face of the earth like many on CP believe. It just doesn't seem possible, so his removal from yesterday's game to me offered a lot of insight.

He likely has been nursing something that is seriously limiting his ability to play hockey. Unfortunately, right now it has hurt our hockey team and heading into trade season has also severely hurt our chances of turning him into anything useful to the team.

However, looking beyond this season, our need for top 6 right wingers is huge, yet we'll have a major cap crunch as well this off season. Imagine if he's nursing an ailment that turns the other teams off him not only in a trade this season but also as a free agent, then the Flames, knowing the situation, simply re-sign to a very reasonable deal.

I'm thinking like 3x3.5 to 3x4, and all of a sudden a player that was expected to cash in as $6mil/yr player just 5 months ago and therefore not fit into our cap situation, becomes a very reasonable 2nd line RW in our rebuild until a younger player can overtake him.

Random thread, I know, but there's not many threads created so figured the possibility was worth a little discussion. I know I'd be very happy if things went down this way rather than grabbing a late 2nd/3rd at the deadline.

01-03-2016, 04:14 PM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Jiri Hudler injury - Blessing in disgiuse? It would be odd if Hudler's nagging injury/off year actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I'm one of those that believes that there's no way his play/desire actually fell off the face of the earth like many on CP believe. It just doesn't seem possible, so his removal from yesterday's game to me offered a lot of insight. He likely has been nursing something that is seriously limiting his ability to play hockey. Unfortunately, right now it has hurt our hockey team and heading into trade season has also severely hurt our chances of turning him into anything useful to the team. However, looking beyond this season, our need for top 6 right wingers is huge, yet we'll have a major cap crunch as well this off season. Imagine if he's nursing an ailment that turns the other teams off him not only in a trade this season but also as a free agent, then the Flames, knowing the situation, simply re-sign to a very reasonable deal. I'm thinking like 3x3.5 to 3x4, and all of a sudden a player that was expected to cash in as $6mil/yr player just 5 months ago and therefore not fit into our cap situation, becomes a very reasonable 2nd line RW in our rebuild until a younger player can overtake him. Random thread, I know, but there's not many threads created so figured the possibility was worth a little discussion. I know I'd be very happy if things went down this way rather than grabbing a late 2nd/3rd at the deadline.