Wed 1/15/14 9:19 AM

After keeping quiet for over a week, Jiri Hudler spoke briefly about being kept off the Czech Republic Olympic team. "Disappointing," Hudler said. "But there is nothing I can do about it. Just disappointed. A little sad." Hudler leads all Czech Republic-born players with 39 points in 47 games, so his exclusion from the team relative to those who got picked over him makes this about as big a snub as there's been among the Olympic teams.