Twelve players who were waived by their previous clubs are packing and traveling to their new cities today. In addition, veteran free agent Vinny Lecavalier signed a long-term deal with the EURO Cup champion Moscow Spartak. Here the waived players, arranged by their new team: Athens: Richard Bachman (from Helsinki), Bobby Sanguinetti Bratislava: Riley Nash…
GM: Igor Kirunov (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Lindy Ruff (formerly Claude Julien) Last season: 18th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Sergei Kostitsyn (trade), Ilya Nikulin (trade), Valeri Nichushkin (trade), Magnus Paajarvi (trade), Nick Bjugstad (trade) In: Michael Del Zotto (trade), Aaron Ekblad (draft), Gustav Nyquist (draft), Ivan Barbashev (draft) In Place (Key…
Many teams have new coaches this season in the EURO Hockey League: Belfast – Alain Vigneault (replaces Darryl Sutter) Bratislava – Brent Sutter (Bruce Boudreau) Copenhagen – Paul Maurice (Brent Sutter) Dublin – Dave Tippett (Alain Vigneault) Edinburgh – Randy Carlyle (Lindy Ruff) Frankfurt – Peter Laviolette (Todd McLellan) Geneva – Darryl Sutter (Joel Quenneville) Milan…
GM: Troy Huzulak (fourth GM in team’s history) Coach: Craig Berube Last season: 5th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Dion Phaneuf (trade), Joe Thornton (Free agency, Frankfurt), Dan Boyle (FA, Belfast), Ray Whitney (retired), Milan Hejduk (retired), Matt Gilroy, Joe Corvo, Alexandre Picard, Paul Gaustad, Torrey Mitchell In: Mark Giordano (trade),…
GM: Ralph Booth (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Michel Therrien Last season: 1st overall, lost in Cup Finals Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: None In: Philipp Grubauer (draft), Jared McCann (draft), Thatcher Demko (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 4) Corey Perry, RW; Evgeny Malkin, C; Kris Letang, D; Tukkaa…
Some major cash was thrown around to free agents this off season with Belfast, Milan and Frankfurt doing the most to improve their teams. Belfast ($23 million spent): After gaining Nathan MacKinnon at the tail end of last season and getting Ondrej Palat with the draft lottery win, the Giants used their spending money to…
GM: Chris Patton (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Darryl Sutter Last season: 19th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Tony Martensson (trade), Olivier Roland (trade), Ondrej Pavelec (trade), Adam Larsson (trade) In: Joe Pavelski (free agent), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (trade), James Neal (trade), Matt Moulson (free agent), Dan Boyle (free agent), Ondrej…
M: Terry Moutafis (only GM in team’s history) Coach John Tortorella Last season: 6th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Lubomir Visnovsky (retired) In: Artturi Lehkonen (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 4) David Backes, C; Ryan O’Reilly, C; T.J. Oshie, RW; Dustin Byfuglien, D, Cam Ward, G…
GM: Trevor Grimm (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Barry Trotz Last season: 9th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Kyle Clifford (trade), Gareth Roberts (trade) In: Travis Zajac (trade) Sam Bennett (draft), Chad Johnson (draft), Brandon Montour (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 4) Henrik Lundqvist, G; Jake Trouba,…
GM: Andy Rolling (4th GM in team’s history) Coach Joel Quenneville Last season: 17th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Michael Del Zotto (trade) In: Valeri Nichushkin (trade), Sergei Kostitsyn (trade), Ilya Nikulin (trade), Frederik Andersen (draft), Riley Sheahan (draft), Dylan Larkin (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 4) …
