Red Wings director of player development Jiri Fischer discussed Petr Mrazek's contract with iDnes.cz's Michael Beren and Robert Sara, and here's a rough translation thereof:

Fischer of Detroit: The Red Wings believe in Mrazek. And Arbitration is sensitive for both sides.

Jiri Fischer is currently in Rokycanech, meeting with colleagues ahead of September's World Cup. But the Czech coach is still watching events with the Detroit Re Wings, in which player development takes place. "I'm very pleased that Mrazek signed a 2-year contract to avoid arbitration," said the former defender to iDNES.cz.

Last week Mrazek ended his summer fun with honest season preparation and headed to Toronto. In the Canadian city he should've settled the next contract by arbitration. It's a tough business.

When an NHL player and a team are unable to agree on the terms of the contract, they go to an independent court. Dozens of guys have gone to arbitration, and their employer often humbles them, just to spare money...

"It's a very sensitive issue for both sides. Nobody ever leaves arbitration excited. Someone is disappointed and someone is less happy. Sometimes even both sides are disappointed. There's never a triumph for both sides. So I'm glad they got together like this," said coach Fischer regarding Mrazek's story.

The Czech goalie met with representatives of the Red Wings at the "last minute" and both sides agreed to continue cooperating. And so Don Meehan, Mrazek's agent, contacted Detroit boss Ken Holland on Tuesday, and on Wednesday they decided at breakfast, just a few hours before the start of the hearing.

The talented Mrazek has significantly improved his contract--next season he'll have a salary of $3.85 million and in the 2017-18 season he'll earn $4.15 million.

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"He was catching well, he was the oldest goaltender there, was the best, most advanced. I know him personally, he played in the OHL, I spoke with him several times. He had a great season in Plzen. Now how his career goes in the future depends on him."

Detroit now has a strong goaltending pair--the experienced Jimmy Howard makes a million more. Mrazek, who should be the new #1 goalie, together with Howard takes up $9.3 million in salary cap space.

"Not every team has two goalies with high salaries. Maybe Dallas, but they're one of the most fundamental parts of the team, as it should be. So it goes. We'll see what happens in the future," muses Fischer. "With the money for goalies, we're definitely on the edge, but we see them as our strength."

"Petr is a good young goaltender, but he's growing, said general manager Ken Holland to the Detroit Free Press.

Fischer believes that the Viktovice native playing in the best league in the world will succeed. "He's a great goaltender, probably will be among the elite. He showed from early December until the second half of January that he was perhaps the NHL's best goalie. He didn't fare as well as Michal Neuvirth, but I can't remember a time when a Czech goaltender had successful percentage numbers #1 and #2 against his competition. They were amazingly good statistics," said the Detroit executive regarding the first half of the season, when Mrazek aspired for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goalie.

"But then he got hurt, which was his first injury in the NHL, for a month and a half, and that's why he struggled so much," said Fischer.

Now there's joy that Mrazek is under contract, and he can calmly prepare for the World Cup. Perhaps coach Josef Jandaovi will find Fischer recommending his pupil as the #1 goaltender.