Some big names have changed teams in recent days, and perhaps the biggest signed with the only team that made an offer to him. When the league began, Milan had first pick and went with the awesome potential represented in winger Gabriel Landeskog, a 19-year-old Swedish rookie. But he was a Guerriero for only a…
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 Expansion? Very few leagues in Websim add new franchises and expand, but ours came close to being able to do that a couple times. If that opportunity arises at the…
There have been a lot of teams changing cities in recent seasons. Gone are Moscow, St. Petersburg and Geneva; in are Hanover, Amsterdam and Kosice. The commissioner will propose a realignment of the divisions to make them more sensible from a geographic point of view. A poll will be conduct to determine if the majority of…
Season 16 could be the last hurrah for dozens of the best players the EURO League has ever seen. The first-ever, first-round draft picks are in their late 30s now and their value keeps falling and falling. It won’t be long before great careers end and we will be able to truly see what the…
Websim added a Stars of the Game point system during Season 15 to help us see which players had really great games, weeks and months. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin of Bern had the best game of the season according to the new formula in a 6-4 win over Zurich. The defenseman scored 2 goals, had 2…
Eight players who were on rosters for Season 15 have retired from the league. They join 67 others whose names have been removed from the players list on the Attributes page of the Websim website. While Alexander Ovechkin scored 6 points in his 8 games, the only retiree who saw significant ice time was Marcus…
Connor Bedard is the top prize in the EURO League draft that will take place this week, but the gap between him and every other prospect has shrunk, thanks to an injury he has sustained. First-year NHLers who play a certain number of games (about 35 for skaters and 15 for goalies) get their Websim…
In the Jukka Tuominen era, Helsinki was used to knocking on the door of the EURO League penthouse, but they always met disappointment. Three seasons in a row (11 through 13), the Jokerit finished the regular season with the most points in the league. But the Cup always seemed to end up in Copenhagen or…
EURO general managers will have quite a decision to make at the end of the year in deciding which player gets the coveted Rookie of the Year trophy. We don’t remember any year with so many quality candidates. It will probably boil down to who Websim’s system places at the top of the five-player candidates list.…
Websim’s mid-season evolution is the time when – for the most part – all of the league’s older players age a little faster, while the younger players mature a bit. Stockholm HC benefitted the most this season, with four players whose OV and PO ratings went up 2 points. Forwards Adrian Kempe, Daniel Sprong and…
