Hockey player Matěj Chalupa will work in Mountfield in Hradec Králové at the beginning of the season.
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As an undrafted free agent, Chalupa signed a two-year rookie contract with Chicago. It guarantees him $ 925,000 a year if he works in the NHL and $ 70,000 while on a farm, plus a $ 92,500 signing bonus. It will enter into force from the new season.
“I was very pleased to be able to play with the boys again and not just have to train until departure for the sea. I’m looking forward to the matches as a small child for Christmas. Perhaps I will be at least a little valid for the team and we will continue to win as before. I’m also looking forward to Hradec Králové fans, because they are really great here, “said Chalupa Chalupa Mountfield HK.
Chicago is still finishing last year and in the series of the 1st round of the playoffs in Toronto, they lose to Vegas 0: 3 in matches. According to current assumptions, given the situation with the spread of covid-19, the camps should start in November before the new NHL season and the competition in December. However, the league management has not yet confirmed the dates. The lower AHL set the beginning at December 4.
Chalupa confirmed his interest in playing for Hradec Králové in mid-July, but at that time he did not yet know how Chicago would react to it. “If I started here, it would be great, because the training is good, but the match will not replace anything,” Chalupa said at the time.
In the last season of the extra league, the Prague native collected 24 points in seven matches for seven goals and 17 assists. In 12 matches of the Champions League, he helped the East Bohemians to the final seven points for five goals and two assists. In total, Chalupa, who also played for Plzeň, has 128 matches and 39 points for 11 goals and 28 assists in his account in the highest domestic competition.
Hronek, who was the most productive Czech back in the basic part of the NHL with 31 points for nine goals and 22 assists out of 65 matches, will also start the season in his native Hradec Králové, from where he left overseas in 2016.
“We have agreed on everything with both Detroit and Filip. We are just waiting for the final decision of the APK clubs regarding the beginning of the competition year,” said Mountfield general manager Aleš Kmoníček on the club’s website.
“If the idea of postponing the beginning wins, and we hope not, we would also postpone the signing of the contract with Filip. It is mainly because of the insurance, which makes sense due to its amount only when it will actually be played,” Kmoníček added. to the address of the best defender and member of the All Star team of last year’s World Cup in Bratislava.
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