Thanks to the sky-high salaries player agents are asking for, there doesn’t seem to be much activity in the first step of free agency in the EURO League. That could change in the second step, when salary demands come down. Actually, activity could increase at any minute, although it has remained quiet for two days…
The EURO League’s version of Black Friday in the US, where shoppers get more selfish than they have ever been, is almost upon us. Once the draft ends, we will move onto the Free Agent Frenzy, where teams can bid for the best puzzle pieces out there. But before we start describing the mouth-watering entrees on…
Matthew Schaefer, a defenseman who was picked first in the NHL draft two months ago despite being injured for a lot of his draft year, is the newest member of the Prague Sparta franchise. After Peter Ott’s club won the draft lottery to move from 4th to 1st in the draft order, the GM quickly…
The top three scorers and the top-scoring defenseman in EURO League history will suit up for at least another season, but the fourth-leading scorer, two of the top 3 point-producing defensemen and 67 other players have decided to retire. Staying for Season 18 are league legends John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Alex Pietrangelo – all with…
This will be news to some and a review for others, but here are some unique rules we have in the EURO League. Off Season Stashed Star Players Teams are permitted to have one 80OV or higher player earning over the maximum farm salary on the farm for a week or more. If there are…
Websim Hockey’s newest feature is “Stars History” which appears in the Standings tab. It is a way to gauge how well a player does in a game and it’s based on his stats from that game. Only the top three performances of the day make it onto the list, although everyone’s stats go into weekly…
Helsinki Captain Tyler Seguin holds up the EURO Cup in Berlin after the Jokerits beat The Smurfs in four games. The Jokerit beat Berlin 4-1 Monday to capture their second EURO Cup in 3 seasons and their second in league history. Both times, Helsinki won it in four games over Berlin. The game was was…
Quick Glance: We’ve seen this movie before. A few times. Under their current general managers these two teams have always been at the top of the standings and have always been a threat to win the Cup. In Season 12, they met in the Cup Finals and Berlin won it. Season 13 was an instant…
Quick Glance: The fact that Berlin spanked their little brother in Germany 5 out of 6 times this season is a bit irrelevant now. Little bro is flying high after an exciting Round 2 upset win over Bern, the team that finished the regular season first in the Southern Conference. The Red Bulls are young,…
Quick Glance: This will be exciting. You need a microscope connected to a telescope connected to a magnifying glass – or something like that – if you are trying to discover which team has the edge. It’s the league’s top two teams in the regular season and they’re so closely matched they both tallied 120…
