New Twist to the Hudler Situation

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George has the relevant part from Ansar Khan’s piecemach zehnder modulator on the NHL’s filing a complaint over the Hudler/KHL contract. Looks like he may not be going after all.

I can’t say I’m excited at the prospect, to be honest. Coercison is not exactly a good way to get happy players on your team. Just let him go, NHL.

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  1. Garth says:
    July 10, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    In what way is he affiliated with USA Hockey?

     

    In what was is HE affiliated but Aleksander Radulov wasn't?

     

    This doesn't make sense to me at all.  He wasn't signed to a team, how can the NHL pretend that they can hold ANY ownership?

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  2. Rob says:
    July 10, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    They hold his rights because Hudler filed for arbitration which results in a legal binding contract from an arbitrator.. That means he has a NHL contract

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  3. Garth says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    Yeah, but it could easily be argued, since the Wings are free to walk away from the arbitrator's findings if they aren't satisfied, and if one party is free to walk away but the other isn't, it's not really a fair "contract".

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  4. Baroque says:
    July 11, 2009 at 5:32 am

    This would be a heck of a lot easier if there was a valid transfer agreement or if the KHL had an analog to restricted free agency.

     

    I just wish the NHL would leave the whole situation alone for the moment, figure the horses have already left the barn, and instead of worrying about a player who wants to leave for at least double the money and more ice time, and a team that although not happy about him leaving has come to terms with it and is moving on, simply uses this as a case study in one of the many ways things can go awry.

    Focus on both leagues comitting fully to honoring real, valid, non-coerced written contracts from each other, ignore the fuzzier restricted aspects for now, and concentrate instead on negotiating an agreement based on actual cases such as Hudler and Radulov instead of vague hypotheticals.

    Once a framework is in place so no one has to waste energy reinventing the wheel with each new case because they are all treated individually, then both leagues can tackle the thornier aspects of the disputes.

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