Vienna has just one regular season game to play. Berlin – the league’s slow tortoise – has 6 games left. So it’s time to start thinking about season trophies that will be voted on during the playoffs. How about the Rookie of the Year Trophy? There is a formula Websim uses to determine which five…
For sure, general managers in the EURO League will have five good choices to vote for when it comes time to award the Player of the Year Trophy at the end of Season 12. It’s possible goalies Matt Murray (Oslo) and Kari Ramo (Helsinki) will be among the choices. Many believe they deserve to be…
Eighteen of 24 general managers voted in this year’s all-star voting slecting 4 forwards at each position, 8 defensemen and 3 goalies per conference. Twelve players, including the top goalie in each conference, are on the all-star team for the first time in their careers. At the other end of the spectrum are Erik Karlsson…
The Best Goalie Trophy in the EURO this season is likely to find its way to Scandinavia. Oslo’s Matt Murray and Helsinki’s Kari Ramo are putting up superhero statistics this season. Either would be a worthy choice. Paris’ Philipp Grubauer should also get some attention, but his very good numbers aren’t at the same great…
Helsinki won’t come close to breaking Minsk’s Season 6 record for points in the standings, but the Jokerit could end the year as the highest-scoring team in league history. They should also have a goaltending record to boast about. With 4 games remaining to play, they need to score 19 times to tie Belfast’s record…
Suddenly, Chuck wrote again. Like it is doing to events all over the planet, the pandemic is affecting the EURO Season. But in a different way. The commissioner took social distancing to the extreme and has simply vanished. Until now. Today he announced he will ask all GMs to vote for Season 12 all-stars. There…
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…
