As I’m about to spend the day with a charming lady who’s both as confused as I am as to why a pair of night owls had to get up at 7 AM to end our vacation and is a little annoyed that her son is writing a blog entry as we finish packing up the Pacifica and prepare to head home, I’m going to keep this Red Wings “overnight report” very brief, and mostly in bullet-point form:
• If you missed it late last night, the Free Press’s Helene St. James offers the following take on Jiri Hudler’s future with the Red Wings after a very sub-par return to the NHL during the 2010-2011 season:
So what’s ahead for Hudler? Expect him to be kept on a short leash. He didn’t lack for opportunity last season; even when he wasn’t on one of the top two lines, he was a regular on the power play, over such options as Danny Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi.
During the Phoenix series a team scout pointed out that Hudler is always a threat to score; unf...
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