The Madrid Royals made a strong move Sunday, spending $11.3 million to sign free agents Jakob Silfverberg and Nick Bjugstad. Silfverberg, a RW who is now 32, spent his whole career in Dublin. He is a good skater, a four-time 20-goal scorer and he is coming off his career-best point total of 56. Bjugstad, a…
Munich General Manager Jared Smith took his third big and bold stride in a rebuild and suddenly the Red Bulls look like a team that will make noise in Season 12. After signing Thomas Powell and P.K. Subban earlier in free agency the Red Bulls added former Bern star Derek Stepan early Saturday. Stepan was…
Carey Price has won more games than Tuukka Rask has, but no other goalie in EURO League history has. Rask took a year off last year after being dropped by his only club – the Paris Rouge Eiffels – and he came back as a Bern Interrail Friday, signing a contract for $4.2 million. He…
Jonathan Toews ranks fifth in scoring all-time in the EURO League and he will be wearing a new jersey for the first time. The Jokerit signed him to a two-year contract at $8.5 million per year and he should have a good chance of claiming the Cup he chased for the previous 11 seasons in…
Bidding has been slow in free agency but some of the bigger names are starting to come off the market. Helsinki and Bratislava, the two teams that were bounced out of the playoffs in their respective conference finals, shored up their defense with U.S. veterans who were among the top players available at that position.…
The two-time defending champs from Copenhagen are among the first teams to make moves to shore up their lineups as the EURO League heads into Season 12. Boone Jenner, a 29-year-old with no glaring weakenesses in his game, is the man Tridents GM Martin Sayle had his heart set on and he got him in…
Half of the teams in the EURO League go into Season 12 without a coach under contract. Adam Oates, Michel Therrien, Barry Trotz, John Stevens, Willie DesJardins, Dave Tippett and newcomer to the coaching ranks Rod Brind’Amour will be the most sought-after bench bosses to fill the vacancies.
Defensemen Kevin Dallman and Alex Goligoski were teammates in Copenhagen for 53 games of Season 2 when Dallman started his EURO career, but before that season ended, Dallman had been traded away. Suddenly, they are teammates again. Rather than call on farm team members Steve Oleksy or Sam Girard to replace injured Kris Letang, Paris…
Rose had her secretarial and accounting projects under control in the league office and she was planning to start a batch of pierogis when she saw the post about Tyler Myers having taken only 9 shots this season. “Holy Schmokes!” she said. “No goals and only 9 shots for the giant Myers?!” She pushed aside…
As the EURO League plunges headlong into the first free agent period under Websim 3.0, a pause has been requested. Free agents who have received offers announced they will make their decisions within 1 to 4 days once we resume. In the interim, let’s take a look at which teams probably have offers out there…
