Minsk added five players through free agency today, Bern added four more and five other teams also added at least one player. The Hussars hope Jonas Gustavsson will become a monster in Minsk, signing him to a $1 million deal. They also scored a pair of defensemen for $800,000 each and a pair of forwards…
Some people collect baseball cards. Some collect Beanie Babies. EURO general managers skates21 and jkellyAT apparently collect humans. More than half of the 27 players who signed free agent contracts today did so with either Bern or Milan. Bern signed 8 players including goalie Nicklas Backstrom, defensemen Anton Volchenkov and Ron Hainsey, and forwards Martin…
Ken Hitchcock will takes his Jack Adams trophy and English surname to London to coach the London Knights in the EURO Hockey League. Hitch was one of seven men who will make $1.5 million during each of the next three years in Europe. Two other Ahearne Division teams landed the bench bosses for which they…
Ethan Moreau gets the dubious distinction of being the final player selected in the first EURO Hockey League draft. The cagey veteran was the 264th player chosen. No word yet on whether he’ll be sporting the number 264 as his Milan jersey number or if a more traditional number will be given to him. Speaking…
With only 13 picks left in the first ever EURO Hockey League draft, Alaska native Scott Gomez admitted he is starting to get nervous about not being drafted by a single team. “I have to admit, I’m starting to wonder,” Gomez said from the same seat he’s been in at Vienna’s Mozart Ice Stadthalle since…
By dcallow This is the 4th part of 4 in the season preview series. Today we are looking at the second division in the Northern Conference, being the Ahearne Division that comprises of the Northwestern teams. As always, I rate goalies, top 4 D, and top 6 offence out of 10, the “future” potential of…
By dcallow This is the 3rd part of 4 in the season preview series. Today we are looking at the first division in the Northern Conference, being the Kharlamov Division that comprises of the Northeastern teams. As always, I rate goalies, top 4 D, and top 6 offence out of 10, the “future” potential of…
By dcallow This is the 2nd part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at the Demitra Division tonight and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished drafting/trading so it’s not set in stone). I am evaluating the Goaltending,…
By dcallow This is the 1st part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at each division and hopefully rate and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished drafting/trading so it’s not set in stone). I am evaluating the…
Once teams got past their starting 20, owners tightened their financial belts and largely went with small-salary players for the rest of the draft. That tact leaves multi-millionaires like Danny Briere, Mike Cammalleri and Martin Havlat, among a lot others, without teams as the draft’s 26th and final round is about to begin. Still, occasionally…
