GM: Martin Sayle Coach: Ken Hitchcock Last season: 2nd overall. In playoffs, defeated Edinburgh; lost to Paris Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 18 to Season 19) In: Matt Duchene (trade), Ryan O’Reilly (trade), Shane Wright (trade), Cedric Paquette (free agent), Kristaps Zile (trade), Zach Whitecloud (free agent), Erik Brannstrom (free agent), Sam Malinski (free agent)…
GM: David Bell Coach: Willie Desjardins Last season: 9th overall. In playoffs, defeated Kosice, lost to Munich Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 18 to Season 19) In: Brandon Bussi (draft), Christian Dvorak (free agent), Par Arlbrandt (free agent), Oskar Lindblom (free agent), Ben Kindel (draft), Matthew Robertson (draft), Sam Rinzel (draft), Denton Mataychuk (draft) Out: Martin Jones (free…
Early on, Helsinki General Manager Jukka Tuominen called this season a “rebuilding year” for his club. And to be fair, some demolition work did take place. Only the when all the dust settled, all the other teams were left in ruins and it was the Jokerit who were the lone team left standing to hoist…
GM: David Bell Coach: Willie Desjardins Last season: 13th overall. In playoffs, lost to Munich Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Martin Jones (free agent), Dylan Gambrell (free agent) Out: Ryan Pulock (free agent), Ryan McLeod (waivers), Keith Petruzzelli (free agent), Logan Couture (free agent), Brock McGinn (free agent), Potential Lineup Matthew Tkachuk/Aapeli Rasanen/Robby…
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…
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…
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: 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…
Quick Glance: On paper, according to Websim’s “Team Evaluations,” Berlin has the better offense, defense, goalies, powerplay, penalty killing, coaches, depth … and everyone knows they have the better cheerleaders. But turn the page to General Manager and Bratislava has a huge advantage there. It showed during the regular season when the Eagles won 5…
