Team Owner: C. Montgomery Burns, owner, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Farm Club: Tottenham Templars GM: Eric Smith (5th GM in team’s history) Coach: Barry Trotz (replaced Darryl Sutter after Season 7, who replaced Ken Hitchcock after Season 6) Last season: 8th overall; In playoffs, defeated Copenhagen, defeated St. Petersburg, lost to Belfast. Ins and Outs (Season 9 to…
Owner: Sophia Rousseau, CEO, ELITE Models (Top Model agency in Paris) Farm Club: Paris Francais Volants GM: Tim Norelco (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Michel Therrien (replaced Randy Cunneyworth after Season 2) Last season: 10th overall (In playoffs, defeated Madrid, lost to Athens) Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Corey Perry (free agent), Joffrey Lupul (free agent), Jack Callow (free…
Team owner: Sergei Smirnov, former director of JSC Proletarsky Zavod Farm Club: Sibir Novosibirsk (Russia) GM: Ben Stuller (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: John Stevens (replaced Guy Boucher after Season 8, who replaced Paul Maurice after Season 6, who replaced Kevin Dineen after Season 4) Last season: 5th overall, (In playoffs, defeated Moscow, lost to London) Ins and Outs (Season…
Farm club: H.C. Bolzano-Bozen (Italy) Foxes GM: David Bell (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Bob Boughner (replaced Ken Hitchcock after Season 9) (Hitchcock replaced Bruce Boudreau after Season 6, who replaced Randy Carlyle after Season 3) Last season: 12th overall. In playoffs, lost to Berlin. Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Marcus Kruger (free agent), Kyle Okposo (free agent), TJ…
Farm Club: St. Petersburg Dynamo GM: David Reichel (5th GM in team’s history) Coach: Joel Quenneville (formerly Glen Gulutzan) Last season: 15th overall (In the playoffs, lost to St. Petersburg) Ins and Outs: (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Trevor Van Riemsdyk (free agent), Keith Kinkaid (free agent), Brandon Pirri (free agent), Benoit Pouliot (free agent), Melker Karlsson (free agent), Adam McQuaid (retired) In: Boone Jenner (trade), Aaron…
Free agent frenzy for Season 10 was in fact frenzied with many of the top players choosing Northern Conference teams as their new homes. But Bern made major headlines with the signings of two of the most dangerous forwards available: Patrick Kane and Derek Stepan. It now looks like Bern will have theses top two…
Ten players and their teams couldn’t agree on Type 2 contracts this season, forcing league arbiter Mary Howarth Arden to make decisions, it was announced this morning. Madrid and Berlin were hit hardest. Lady Arden of Heswall, as she is known in England, also serves as a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United…
Teams with money will compete for a good crop of free agents this weekend in the EURO. On the auction block will be 23 Type 3 free agents with OV Ratings of 80 or higher, including five with ratings over 85. A cursory look at team finances (before this Type 2 step is done) shows…
By admitting he made a procedural error in the initial free agency process, Copenhagen Trident General Manager Martin Sayle placed a bull’s eye on his back and most of Denmark is taking aim at him today. “We go to the games like we supposed to; we hand them our money like we supposed to; and…
Copenhagen General Manager Martin Sayle is one of many team officials who had to suppress swear words today. Some might have let them slip out. Johnny Gaudreau and Marko Dano, two key cogs (both 82 OV ratings) in the Tridents machine, declined Sayle’s offers, it was announced today, and now to retain them Sayle will…
