This is a series of stories that will highlight some of the more consequential trades made throughout the 18-year history of the EURO League. We aren’t looking for the most one-sided deals or the ones that seemed to help both sides … we’re just looking at the trades and how they affected the league. We…
This is a series of stories that will highlight some of the more consequential trades made throughout the 18-year history of the EURO League. We aren’t looking for the most one-sided deals or the ones that seemed to help both sides … we’re just looking at the trades and how they affected the league. We…
This is a series of stories that will highlight some of the more consequential trades made throughout the 18-year history of the EURO League. We aren’t looking for the most one-sided deals or the ones that seemed to help both sides … we’re just looking at the trades and how they affected the league. We…
You probably don’t need a fancy blue and white chart with weird numbers on it to tell you it would be a good idea to try to imitate what Copenhagen, Berlin, Minsk, Helsinki and Belfast have been doing in the EURO League. But to reinforce that unscientific reaction, look what you see when you compare…
In their first four games of the season, the Helsinki Jokerit have been like machine guns, firing an incredible number of pucks at opposing goalies.The defending Cup champions seem pretty serious about defending their title. Their shot totals in the four games were 44, 34, 54 and 48 for an average of 45 shots per…
If it feels like your offense has been skating on oatmeal instead of ice against Minsk, Copenhagen and Helsinki, there is a good reason for that: those three teams are virtually perfecting team defense and protecting their goalies at unprecedented rates in the last few years. Last year (Season 17), Minsk set a league record…
GM: Mikko Mantykoski Coach: Dan Bylsma Last season: 24th overall. Did not make playoffs Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Tyler Seguin (free agent), Shayne Gostisbehere (trade), Teuvo Teravainen (free agent), Keith Petruzzelli (free agent), Dysin Mayo (free agent), Jacob De La Rose (free agent), Steven Santini (free agent), Anthony Nigro (free agent),…
GM: Eugene Wilkinson Coach: Barry Trotz Last season: 10th overall. In playoffs, defeated Milan; defeated Bern; lost to Berlin. Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Alexandre Carrier (trade), Adrian Kempe (trade) Out: Semyon Varlamov (retired), Noah Hanifin (trade), Alexander Volkov (free agent), Mike Hoffman (free agent) Potential Lineup Clayton Keller/Dylan Sikura/Oliver Björkstrand Casey Mittelstadt/Nick…
GM: Roger Bowmoore Coach: Paul Maurice Last season: 14th overall. Did not make playoffs Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Kevin Lankinen (free agent), Matt Roy (free agent), Troy Terry (free agent), Bernd Wolf (free agent), Alexander Volkov (free agent), Mike Iulianello (free agent), Out: Andrew Hammond (free agent), Danton Heinen (free agent), Jakub…
GM: Ronnie Walker Coach: Jim Hiller Last season: 20th overall. Did not make playoffs. Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Matt Duchene (free agent), Sam Reinhart (free agent), Thomas Chabot (trade), Juuse Saros (free agent), Sean Monahan (free agent), Travis Dermott (free agent), Eliezer Sherbatov (free agent), Ty Dellandrea (trade) Out: Jakob Chychrun (trade),…
