When Jonathan Toews returned to Bratislava for the first time after deciding to leave his team of 11 seasons, he was greeted to boos … but not full-throated booing. It seemed half of stands was angry that he left while the other half was grateful for his great service to the franchise. It was probably…
Farm Club: Ausseer Almradler GM: Hansi Huber (fifth GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Babcock (replaced Bary Trotz after season 11) (Trotz replaced Mike Johnston after Season 10) (Johnston replaced Bob Hartley after Season 4) (Hartley replaced Claude Noel after Season 3) Last season: 11th overall, (In playoffs, defeated Olso; lost to Helsinki) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12)…
Team Owner: Elizabeth II, Queen of England (Purchased after Season 10 from C. Montgomery Burns, owner, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant) Farm Club: Tottenham Templars GM: Mark Stefanski (6 GMs in team’s history) Coach: Paul Maurice (replaced Rod Brind’Amour in Season 11) (Brind’Amour replaced Barry Trotz after Season 10) (Trotz replaced Darryl Sutter after Season 7, who replaced…
Team owner: Juraj Dluhy, CEO, Cestné a Stavebné Mechanizmy Tisovec (a military equipment manufacturer in Detva, Slovakia.) Farm club: Vienna (Austria) Capitals GM: Chuck Massaro (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Lindy Ruff (replaced Brent Sutter after Season 6, who replaced Bruce Boudreau after Season 3) Last season: 7th overall (In playoffs, defeated Athens, then defeated Milan, then…
Owner: Sophia Rousseau, CEO, ELITE Models (Top Model agency in Paris) Farm Club: Paris Francais Volants GM: Donald Lockhart (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Michel Therrien (replaced Randy Cunneyworth after Season 2) Last season: 3rd overall (In playoffs, defeated Bern, lost to Berlin) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: T.J. Oshie (free agent), Rasmus Andersson (waivers), Marius Holtet (free agent),…
Farm Club: St. Petersburg Dynamo GM: Brett Warbeck (6th GM in team’s history) Coach: Joel Quenneville (formerly Glen Gulutzan) Last season: 15th overall (did not make playoffs) Ins and Outs: (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Boone Jenner (traded), Matthias Bieber (free agent), Wei Yang Zhang (free agent), Frederik Gauthier (free agent), Jean-Francois Berube (free agent) In: Ryan Johansen (free agent), Jordan Binnington (waivers),…
Team owner: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways – SBB) CEO is Andreas Meyer. Farm Club: EHC Vaduz (Lichtenstein) GM: Paja Jansson (6th GM in team’s history) Coach: Willie DesJardins (replaced Jim Montgomery after Season 11)(Montgomery replaced Doug Weight after Season 10) (Weight replaced Mike Babcock after Season 9) Last season: 19th overall; (in playoffs, lost to Paris) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Derek…
Team owner: Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, Queen of Spain. A former television journalist, she married King Felipe VI Farm Club: HC Barcelona GM: Tony B (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Dan Bylsma Last season: 10th overall. (In playoffs, lost to Berlin) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Brenden Dillon (buy out), Simon Despres (buy out), Dylan Olsen (waivers), Olivier Roland…
Farm Club: Cool Mokum Amsterdam (Netherlands) Owner: Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo, a London-based company that owns Dublin’s Guinness Brewery. GM: Steve Stringer (Sixth GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Johnston (replaced Bruce Cassidy after Season 10) (Cassidy replaced Paul MacLean after Season 7; MacLean replaced Dave Tippett after Season 4; Tippett replaced Alain Vigneault after Season 3) Last season: 23rd overall, (Missed the playoffs) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Jakob Silfverberg (free agent), Dustin…
Owner: Sara Sampaio, Portuguese super model Farm Club – HC Porto (Portugal) GM: Bryan Camara (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Barry Trotz (replaced Willie Desjardins after Season 11) (Desjardins replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 4) (Laviollette replaced Todd McLellan after Season 3) Last season: 24th overall. Did not make playoffs. Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season…
