Detroit general manager Ken Holland says that Jiri Hudler will not return to the team this season. "He's playing in the KHL, he's gone, but at some point in time we'll suspend him," Holland told ESPN. "He'll come off our cap but we'll continue to own his rights." The IIHF has refused Hudler his transfer card, which means that he can't play in the KHL as expected. Detroit doesn't have the cap space for Hudler.