Confirmed Signing with Link: [DAL] Stars sign Jiri Hudler (1 yr, $2M)

[SaltySkywalker]

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Also sick mental choker at the playoffs. His playoff SV% is at same ballpark as Niemi and Lehtonen...

He has won a cup, can't be that much of choker. Two, if you count the one he was backing-up this past season.

 

[777]

He's still relatively young. Look at the #3 from that year Drouin who appeared to be a perfect fit in TB. He just kinda got it finally in the playoffs.

Good point. It's easy to forget how young he is when you see him on the ice.

 

[Sky04]

He's still relatively young. Look at the #3 from that year Drouin who appeared to be a perfect fit in TB. He just kinda got it finally in the playoffs.

Drouins skillset and IQ have always been top6 caliber, Cooper really stiffled him for a year and a half. Its different from a guy who cant put it together.

 

[WhatWhat]

Nill said, per Stepneski, that he sees Hudler in a top 6 spot. Which tells me he doesn't see Nuke in said spot.

Well Janmark isn't really a wiz on the 2nd line. He is more of a 3rd liner anyways

 

[WhatWhat]

I don't understand how Nichuskin hasn't worked out in Dallas. His skillset on that style of team seems like a perfect fit

Hes fine. People just think that he has amounted to nothing because he isn't a 50 point winger after 2 full seasons.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Hudler is a perfect Nill signing, After all Nill know's a lot about Hudler from his Detroit days so there's that.

 

[Elysian]

Well Janmark isn't really a wiz on the 2nd line. He is more of a 3rd liner anyways

Janmark is a better 2nd liner than Nichushkin.

 

[WhatWhat]

Janmark is a better 2nd liner than Nichushkin.

But Janmark would fill a 3rd line role better. They essentially had the same P/60 last year. The difference is Janmark is better defensively. A Janmark - Faksa - Hemsky line is a freaking solid shut down line that can also be a scoring threat

 

[Troy McClure]

Hes fine. People just think that he has amounted to nothing because he isn't a 50 point winger after 2 full seasons.

Nichushking whining to Russian media multiple times hasn't helped his cause.

 

[serp]

Hudler is either playing 2nd line with Spezza or 4th line. While it would be kinda of funny to build a full Czecking line with Hudler-Faksa-Hemsky but Hudler doesn't seem like a good fit on a line that relies on speed.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

He has won a cup, can't be that much of choker. Two, if you count the one he was backing-up this past season.

Hockey is a team game, when will people stop seeing winning the cup as an individual achievement..

 

[Zirakzigil]

Great price for Hudler. He is a top 6 winger.

 

[CrypTic]

Solid signing for Dallas. Great price for a good player. would have never predicted this, though.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Tons of firepower on O for Dallas already. Even more now.

 

[DALLAS90]

Hudler can play on any 4 lines.. plus 1st or 2nd PP, our forwards are unbelievable, I can see 300 goals this year

 

[Slush]

Dallas just got even stronger with this signing and Hudler doesn't have to feel like he's the main guy to score all the goals so with that he should produce a lot more points this year than he did this past season.

 

[WonderTwinsUnite]

Jim ****ing Benning can't get this type of deal done to boost a popgun offense?

 

[vipernsx]

Dallas has a great offense, their defense is shaping up, but the only real problem Dallas has is in goal.

If you mean by shaping up, you mean improving I disagree.

Losing your 2 & 3 blueliners while adding a guy who's a #4 on a good team isn't moving in the right direction.

IMO any goalie can look bad with a porous defense in front of him. Lehtonen and Niemi aren't getting much help in their own end.

I guess the plan is to have a bunch of rookie blueliners play key minutes. They've got potential with their young blueliners, I just don't know if I'm trusting them with key minutes in the NHL yet.

Hudler can play on any 4 lines.. plus 1st or 2nd PP, our forwards are unbelievable, I can see 300 goals this year

Won't help if they get 310 goals against.

 

[DALLAS90]

Hamhuis - Klingberg
Oduya - Johns
Lindell - Nemeth/Benn

thats what its gunna be opening night unless something happens.

Russell - Demers were the 3rd pair in the playoffs BECAUSE Johns played so good while Demers was injured, don't you remember it was Oduya - Demers the entire season til he got injured in the MTL game?

I'm not saying its a NSH D core but its not as bad as ppl make it, Lindell is gunna be good Top 4 D once he gets going imo plus we have Honka waiting whos gunna be as good as Klingberg imo

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Hudler is either playing 2nd line with Spezza or 4th line. While it would be kinda of funny to build a full Czecking line with Hudler-Faksa-Hemsky but Hudler doesn't seem like a good fit on a line that relies on speed.

He has actually one of the best trailer-slappers in the NHL. He fits well with speedy players if they can think with him, which those two can.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Damn the stars forwards so jealous

 

[Paper]

Kinda hard to do when he only played 53 games in Calgary. His pace while in CGY was over 50 points in 82 games.

Lol?

He still got to play substantial time with Gaudreau and Monahan this year and still couldn't put up 50 points. The argument that 50 points is a "lowball number" if he gets to play with good linemates, that all depends on what Hudler you get.

If you get 2014-2015 Hudler, yeah he probably sees 70+ points like he was able to put up with Gaudreau and Monahan.

If you get 2015-2016 Hudler, not only will he put up less than 50 points with good linemates, he will be hurting the point total of whoever he does get to play with.

 

[bleuetbio]

This is an awesome deal for the Stars. The best bet of the summer for this prize.

 

[Mr Misty]

Can he play the left wing or just the right?

 

[leafsnat1on]

If thats true that's incredible

Seguin Spezza, Benn, Hemsky, Sharp Nuke Hudler that offense is disgusting if true

Not saying all these players are one dimensional, but having all similar offensively minded players will not win them the cup.

I see zero grit in there even if Benn plays hard.