Rumor: Report: Habs’ Holloway signing in KHL

[SB164]

Per Championat, Bud Holloway — the 28-year-old journeyman that made his storybook NHL debut with the Habs last season — has opted to join KHL powerhouse CSKA Moscow.

Holloway joined the Habs last season after four highly productive years in Europe.

In 2011, he emerged as a Swedish League star — Holloway set a record for most points in a SHL postseason (23 in 19 games) and, in his second season, became just the second player in league history to score eclipse the 70-point plateau.

In ’14-15, Holloway signed in Switzerland and continued to be a productive scorer, with 37 points in 42 games for SC Bern.

His scoring exploits translated over to the AHL, as he led St. John’s with 61 points in 70 games.

Montreal called up Holloway for his first-ever big league game in late November, and head coach Michel Therrien was effusive in his praise.

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/05/24/report-habs-holloway-signing-in-khl/

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[hototogisu]

Kinda too bad. Not because I think he was something special but more because St. John's needs all the help it can get. Would have liked to have him back for next year as a call-up option.

On the other hand he's 28, so he can't wait forever for an NHL to come calling for a 1-way deal. If CSKA is offering him good money, makes sense to take it. Good luck to him.

 

[SB164]

Therrien gave him 8 mins on a 4th line if I remember correctly.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Kinda sad he didn't get a better chance.

 

[scrubadam]

Therrien gave him 8 mins on a 4th line if I remember correctly.

Yup lets blame MT of course.

Holloway is an AHL/Euro player. Why do you think he only came over here at 28?

We all had fantasies of Bud breaking out and being a 2nd liner but the truth is that he nothing more than a good AHL player.

No surprise first thing when I saw this thread I knew that MT and eventually MB will be blamed for Bud not being an elite 80 pt superstar.

He will be missed in Saint Johns as he was a great veteran who produced. Big hole down there and with more of our youngsters getting a shot to play in the NHL next years team is going to have a talent problem.

 

[sergejean]

Therrien gave him 8 mins on a 4th line if I remember correctly.

Yes... and that's 8 minutes more than what any other NHL coaches were willing to give him.

 

[montreal]

It was expected that Holloway wouldn't be back. Good luck to him in the KHL.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Shouldn't be that hard to replace in the grand scheme of things.

 

[McDrailers]

aaaaand there goes the last reason for me to head down to Mile One.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Can't say I'm surprised, it's what makes the most sense from his perspective. He doesn't have anything to prove in the AHL anymore and it seemed pretty clear last year that we had no intention of giving him a chance with the big team. Might as well make some money in Europe.

 

[NobleSix]

Didn't really get a chance here. Like most.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Didn't really get a chance here. Like most.

Not a huge loss. He's not the first nor the last one of his genre.

 

[Alex514]

So long Bud.... You had one of the coolest names in the league and you lived your dream of playing at least one NHL game.

Best of luck in the KHL.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Hf plotting him in the top 9 after his signing last offseason.

Good times

 

[NobleSix]

Not a huge loss. He's not the first nor the last one of his genre.

I agree. I wouldn't be surprised to see him back in the NHL in a couple of years after a few good seasons in the KHL though.

 

[groovejuice]

Hf plotting him in the top 9 after his signing last offseason.

Good times

Yeah. Who would have thought he'd end up being the Caps top scorer and only get a handful of shifts with the big team, especially considering the injuries.

 

[Whitesnake]

Not a big loss. We could surely do better if we want to add vets up front. Though, maybe Bergevin don't want that....

 

[groovejuice]

Not a big loss. We could surely do better if we want to add vets up front. Though, maybe Bergevin don't want that....

I figure once we were obviously going to miss the playoffs, several St. John's players should have played in Montreal. Good for them and good for draft position.

 

[Odelein24]

I wonder why he didn't get a bigger look with the team. Especially once we were out of the playoffs.

 

[David Suzuki]

Guess I'm not a Habs fan anymore :/

 

[WeThreeKings]

Not a big surprise but he certainly could have played over DLR and allowed DLR to continue to develop bis offensive confidence in the AHL rather than continue to get ****ed up here.

 

[montreal]

Not a big loss. We could surely do better if we want to add vets up front. Though, maybe Bergevin don't want that....

not sure how much better you can get then one of the best players in the AHL. The interesting part to me,

Our AHL Leading Scorers Last 3 years,

2014-2015 - Holloway
2013-2014 - Hensick
2012-2013 - St. Pierre

Each one was gone the next season. Would be nice if they could find one that can stick around more then 1 season to help with the youth. Assuming Dumont is gone as well, going to need some good veteran leaders up front.

 

[Harry Wong]

Never ceases to amaze me how and why teams sign guys who are sucessful at every level they have played and yet they barely get a look in the NHL. Don't understand why they didn't play Holloway after we clearly had missed the playoffs, and why he didn't get some time on an offensive line. Was his lack of ability that obvious and if so why did they sign him in the first place?

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Yeah. Who would have thought he'd end up being the Caps top scorer and only get a handful of shifts with the big team, especially considering the injuries.

That was my projection.

 

[kingdok]

I remember when Holloway, Semin and Kassian were gonna have a hard battle for second line duties.