Eighteen of 24 general managers voted in this year’s all-star voting slecting 4 forwards at each position, 8 defensemen and 3 goalies per conference. Twelve players, including the top goalie in each conference, are on the all-star team for the first time in their careers. At the other end of the spectrum are Erik Karlsson…
The Best Goalie Trophy in the EURO this season is likely to find its way to Scandinavia. Oslo’s Matt Murray and Helsinki’s Kari Ramo are putting up superhero statistics this season. Either would be a worthy choice. Paris’ Philipp Grubauer should also get some attention, but his very good numbers aren’t at the same great…
Suddenly, Chuck wrote again. Like it is doing to events all over the planet, the pandemic is affecting the EURO Season. But in a different way. The commissioner took social distancing to the extreme and has simply vanished. Until now. Today he announced he will ask all GMs to vote for Season 12 all-stars. There…
St. Petersburg is practically flipping its team, doing a major renovation that could include a new coach too. Today, the Krasnyye Zvezdy added eight players through free agency and they might not be done yet. The most famous of them all is Alexander Ovechkin, who at age 37, will get to say he has played…
When it was learned Nicklas Backstrom and Martin Hanzal were going to be a free agents, the Helsinki Jokerit suddenly had two big holes to fill at center. With a wave of his magic wand (and $15.1 million in cash) General Manager Jukka Tuominen made Joanthan Toews and Anze Kopitar appear. Kopitar joined the team…
EURO players are really greedy right now. When we advance to the next step, they will be more in the mood to take what they can get. Instead of holding out for $6 million today, a player might take $4 million on Wednesday. So what does a general manager do? If he has cash to…
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…
A year after jumping up 5 spots to win the top pick in the Season 11 EURO draft, the Gothenburg Frolunda did it again this season. Offensive defenseman Adam Fox is the prize this season. Fox, who in his NHL career was a trade acquisition by the New York Rangers, enters the EURO League with…
Fifty-four players have decided they aren’t good enough anymore – or at least willing – to play in the EURO League and they’ve retired. For some, the decision is not a surprise. They were never good enough in the first place. Others, however, were in lineups a few weeks ago. One player who decided to…
