Heck of a player, showed Monny, Johnny and Bennett what it means to play in the NHL and was a major contributor in easing their transition to the NHL style. He provided the kind of veteran leadership to our rebuild that the Oilers were without completely, can you imagine how rough the rebuild could have gone for our young guys had there not been that veteran forward presence of Hudler? We could have been Oilers-lite. Thankfully we have Gio too for leadership, which the train wreck up north could only dream about.
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