Bratislava owner Juraj Dluhy must be hard to please. His team surpirsed the field and came within a game of winning the championship, but he is decidedly glum these days. “The players did well and we got a couple of nice banners,” Dluhy said. “But I made less money than I did three seasons ago.…
There are some new general managers in the EURO League this season who already don’t understand all the fuss about Erik Forssell. Here’s a quick primer to bring you up to speed on the league. The main characters All league decisions are made in an office in Vienna, on Schulerstrasse, around the block from the…
Life in the EURO League is so good, nobody wants to leave it. Only five players who played at least a game in Season 8 retired, according to Season 9 rosters that came out today. The most notable is German defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, 38. Seidenberg began his career as a 6th-round draft pick of the…
Some coaches got a little better over the last season, while others didn’t seem to pay attention or try to improve. Coach of the Year Dave Tippett of Minsk and Willie Desjardins of Lisbon obviously spent their free time on road trips with the iPads, studying video and taking online self-improvement courses. On the other…
