Will some of the EURO League’s teams get unexpected lineup boosts just in time for the playoffs? It might be less than a week* when we find out the attributes of players like Auston Matthews of Copenhagen, Mitch Marner of Moscow and Ivan Provorov of Paris. The next question is how will their teams use…
With less than three weeks to play in the regular season, there are some league records that are in jeopardy of being broken. Below are the current EURO records with comments in red about the records that have realistic chances of being broken. Team Records (regular season) Most points in a season: 144, Minsk, Season 6 Fewest points…
Geneva 2, Belfast 1 (OT-SO) – The Belfast Giants could have used a little help from Geneva goalie Fredrick Andersen Thursday in their quest to beat Minsk to the President’s Trophy. But aside from allowing Cody Franson to score in the game’s first three minutes, the General goalie stopped 33 shots and that led to…
London Dons Overachiever: Kevin Shattenkirk. Season of upheaval and injuries hurt most players on the team but Shattenkirk seems unfazed. The 28-year-old has a 13.1 shooting percentage and leads Dons D-men in scoring and he averages more than a blocked shot per game, and nearly 3 hits per game. Underachiever: Michael Grabner. Austrian just turned 30 but…
This is just one guy’s opinion of who is overachieving and underachieving this season for each EURO League team. Feel free to comment on the Websim story. This is part 1 of 2 with the teams listed in alphabetical order. It was written before Friday’s games. Look for the second set of 12 teams over…
Seeing Vincent Lecavalier’s contract being bought out by Moscow this afternoon made us think about the players in the league who are approaching the end of their careers. Lecavalier is 37, he’s only played 9 games over the last three seasons, and his body is slowing down rapidly. If he gets onto another team, it…
The mid-season evolution has occurred and Copenhagen’s Cedric Paquette has improved the most, going up 3 OV points. The 22-year-old has yet to get into a EURO League game, and Copenhagen has lots of good left wingers, but he might have moved up the depth chart this weekend. Several teams had more than one player…
If a quick look at league statistics can be trusted, Marko Dano, 22, is definitely pulling his weight in Copenhagen as a second-line right wing. Dano leads the league in turnover ratio, having taken away 34 pucks and given up only 14 for a ratio of +20 through 22 games played. At the other end of…
Back in Season 1 of the EURO League, veteran Marty Turco watched a lot of hockey from the St. Petersburg bench. Pekka Rinne did almost all of the goaltending for the team that season and Turco saw action in only 10 games. He probably deserved more playing time with his .915 save percentage. If you…
Paris 6, Milan 4 – Evgeny Malkin looks like he’s a man on a mission this season. The 30-year-old whose worst season thus far in the league was when he produced “only” 99 points in Paris’ Cup-winning season, is on pace for a personal best 138 points and he is the league’s leading scorer right now.…
