Former Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek spoke with iSport.cz’s Pavel Rysany for a behind-the-paywall article, and Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff posted the text available to readers from all over the world this morning.
As Duff notes, Hronek tells Rysany that the trade which sent him to the Vancouver Canucks for a 1st round and 4th round pick was a shock:
Looking back, the defenseman can readily admit that the news he was going to the Vancouver Canucks just prior to last season’s NHL trade deadline caught Hronek completely by surprise.
The call came out of the blue, from Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman.
“He said they changed me,” Hronek explained to Czech website isport.blesk.cz. “You don’t even know that business is baking. I had absolutely no signs that anything was going on. It all happened very quickly.
“I was surprised, but these things belong to hockey. It happened, it was meant to be. I thought there was no point in thinking about it again.”
Duff continues, and there’s nothing said by Hronek that’s controversial, but the Czech is certainly difficult to translate. Kudos to Duff for giving it a go.
