Ethan Moreau gets the dubious distinction of being the final player selected in the first EURO Hockey League draft. The cagey veteran was the 264th player chosen. No word yet on whether he’ll be sporting the number 264 as his Milan jersey number or if a more traditional number will be given to him. Speaking…
With only 13 picks left in the first ever EURO Hockey League draft, Alaska native Scott Gomez admitted he is starting to get nervous about not being drafted by a single team. “I have to admit, I’m starting to wonder,” Gomez said from the same seat he’s been in at Vienna’s Mozart Ice Stadthalle since…
By dcallow This is the 4th part of 4 in the season preview series. Today we are looking at the second division in the Northern Conference, being the Ahearne Division that comprises of the Northwestern teams. As always, I rate goalies, top 4 D, and top 6 offence out of 10, the “future” potential of…
By dcallow This is the 3rd part of 4 in the season preview series. Today we are looking at the first division in the Northern Conference, being the Kharlamov Division that comprises of the Northeastern teams. As always, I rate goalies, top 4 D, and top 6 offence out of 10, the “future” potential of…
By dcallow This is the 2nd part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at the Demitra Division tonight and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished drafting/trading so it’s not set in stone). I am evaluating the Goaltending,…
By dcallow This is the 1st part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at each division and hopefully rate and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished drafting/trading so it’s not set in stone). I am evaluating the…
Once teams got past their starting 20, owners tightened their financial belts and largely went with small-salary players for the rest of the draft. That tact leaves multi-millionaires like Danny Briere, Mike Cammalleri and Martin Havlat, among a lot others, without teams as the draft’s 26th and final round is about to begin. Still, occasionally…
A brief wrap-up tonight. Eleven teams had two picks today, Paris had one and the other 12 teams could only watch. Some might have also caught some of that secondary draft that was going on in Pittsburgh. The draft is to the point where most teams have their top two forward lines and top two…
By Volker Vollpfosten After being named the GM of Berlin, Winfling set the strategy to draft young and hungry players with attractive contracts. But the owner of the Berlin Smurfs, a guy who looks like Papa Smurf or Santa Claus and has the characteristics of Al Davis and Jerry Jones thought otherwise and blindsided Winfling…
By Sergei P When Sergei Pevtzov heard for the first time about a crazy idea to create an European league he thought it will never happened. Seriously who could imagine NHL super-stars playing over-seas? Luongo in Copenhagen? Weber is Oslo? Stamkos in Madrid? Give me a break! The next time he was contacted it was…
