-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Quote The Columbus Blue Jackets have suspended forward Gregory Hofmann, General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. "Gregory was given permission by the club to step away for personal reasons and informed us today that because of those reasons he has decided not to return," said Kekalainen. "Obviously, we are disappointed, but we have no other recourse than to suspend him." Hofmann, 29, was acquired in a trade from the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 13, 2021 and signed a one-year contract with the Blue Jackets on June 14, 2021 after spending the previous 11 seasons in Switzerland's NLA. He appeared in 24 games with the club, registering two goals and five assists for seven points with eight penalty minutes and a +6 plus/minus rating. His last appearance with the team was December 14 at Vancouver. https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/columbus-blue-jackets-suspend-f-gregory-hofmann/c-329653294 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hope Gregory can get what ever is going on dealt with, perhaps to resume a hockey career. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, gurn said: Hope Gregory can get what ever is going on dealt with, perhaps to resume a hockey career. If he wants to go back to Switzerland, I don't blame him. It's beautiful there. Expensive as hell, but beautiful. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: If he wants to go back to Switzerland, I don't blame him. It's beautiful there. Expensive as hell, but beautiful. Kind of like BC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: If he wants to go back to Switzerland, I don't blame him. It's beautiful there. Expensive as hell, but beautiful. Yeah, he's a Swiss League superstar. Much like Nikita Gusev and Vadim Shipachyov from the KHL, I think it's really hard for these superstar Euroleague players to transition into being third line NHLers/bottom six/fringe NHLers. Also, in Europe, most living expenses are paid for by the team so they're taking home way more cash than they would playing for an NHL club even if they're, in theory, making more than what they're making in the SHL/NLA/KHL/Liiga/etc. I won't be shocked if Hofmann is put on unconditional waivers in the next couple of weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kanucks25 Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 Sounds like a situation similar to Tryamkin. He brought his wife over but she doesn't speak much English and didn't really like it. They just had a newborn baby and she went back to Switz to live with family. Doesn't seem to be anything nefarious, it just didn't work. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, kanucks25 said: Sounds like a situation similar to Tryamkin. He brought his wife over but she doesn't speak much English and didn't really like it. They just had a newborn baby and she went back to Switz to live with family. Doesn't seem to be anything nefarious, it just didn't work. Sometimes it be like that Can't blame a guy for prioritizing family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Dp Edited January 11, 2022 by Coconuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBossy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 There is only one Hoff..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 There is another Hoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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