General managers in the EURO League seem to be onto a trend in Websim world. They showed during the Season 9 draft they have a lot of faith in prospects without attributes. In fact when Minsk GM Igor Kirunov went to the podium to make the final two picks, there was just one prospect remaining…
Antoine Morand is used to scoring points at a rate of about one per game. He may not be able to continue scoring at that rate with the Anaheim Ducks in his first season when he gets his attributes, but boy, Zurich Lions fans would be so happy if he did. Morand plays center, is a…
At the end of the first round, the champs took a defensive forward who can help pretty soon, and at the end of Round 2, General Manager Igor Kirunov went with one of the youngest players he could get. Alex Formenton, 18, scored about a point per game with the London Knights of the Ontario…
Big, quick and skilled is how scouts describe Maxime Comtois, a Canadian left wing who was previously drafted by the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. He just because property of the Bern Interrail. With the Victoriaville Tigres in the QMJHL, Comtois saw his production drop a little from 2016 to 2017, but then he saw it improve…
Jack Studnicka’s point totals with the Oshawa Generals went up from 52 to 72 in the last year and he was named captain of the team. Belfast Giants General Manager Chris Patton noticed and made the 6-1 Canadian center the 43rd player taken in the draft. Studnicka joins Brett Howden, Cal Foote and Jacob Larsson…
Picks 36 through 42: Geneva – The Generals’ current goalies – Frederik Andersen and Michael Hutchinson – are 29 and 27 with 19-year-old Filip Gustavsson in the system as well. Ivan Nalimov, a 21-year-old Russian, was drafted at pick 36 and he and Gustavsson will be teammates vying for the top job once Andersen vacates…
Alexander Volkov was born in Moscow but he’s spent almost all of young hockey career playing in St. Petersburg. After being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL, he ventured across the sea to play in the AHL, but the 20-year-old RW might have a return to St. Petersburg in his future. Krasnyye…
Prague General Manager Peter Ott looked to Sweden to select the first defenseman in 10 picks when he called the name of Gustav Lindstrom. The 6-2 teen-ager from Ostervala will learn the basics with the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL as he prepares for his EURO career as a prospect without attributes. There is…
With a pick obtained two seasons ago as part of an Alexander Ovechkin trade, Dublin General Manager Gayle Rock picked Californian Troy Loggins, a center with a well-rounded game. Loggins, 22, is smaller than most scouts and coaches would like, but he does everything pretty well. He might not be dynamic enough to draw top…
It was Bern’s turn to draft 7th and two of the highest rated players available were Swiss. With Joonas Korpisalo already in the system, the Interrail turned their attention away from the goalie position and selected Robert Karrer, a 19-year-old defensemen. Calvin Thurkauf, another Swiss-born player, was considered the top forward available at the time. They…
