Twelve players who were waived by their previous clubs are packing and traveling to their new cities today. In addition, veteran free agent Vinny Lecavalier signed a long-term deal with the EURO Cup champion Moscow Spartak. Here the waived players, arranged by their new team: Athens: Richard Bachman (from Helsinki), Bobby Sanguinetti Bratislava: Riley Nash…
Many teams have new coaches this season in the EURO Hockey League: Belfast – Alain Vigneault (replaces Darryl Sutter) Bratislava – Brent Sutter (Bruce Boudreau) Copenhagen – Paul Maurice (Brent Sutter) Dublin – Dave Tippett (Alain Vigneault) Edinburgh – Randy Carlyle (Lindy Ruff) Frankfurt – Peter Laviolette (Todd McLellan) Geneva – Darryl Sutter (Joel Quenneville) Milan…
Some major cash was thrown around to free agents this off season with Belfast, Milan and Frankfurt doing the most to improve their teams. Belfast ($23 million spent): After gaining Nathan MacKinnon at the tail end of last season and getting Ondrej Palat with the draft lottery win, the Giants used their spending money to…
The second-leading scorer in the league last season – he’s also the fourth-leading scorer in EURO history – is shooting for the big, huge, colossal pay check. Joe Pavelski, who tied for the league lead in assists with 76 and added 41 goals last season with Madrid will be the top free agent available when…
Prospects without attributes were shunned in two of the last three picks of the draft. Berlin, which couldn’t pick any more prospects, took the guy Copenhagen was hoping to grab when they selected Carl Soderberg, a big, Swedish center who can score points. But he will find it hard getting playing time in Smurfland with…
Goalie Eddie Lack looked surprised to hear his name called by Madrid as the EURO draft hit pick number 65. The Royals had recently traded for Jonas Hiller, drafted Darcy Kuemper and they already had Robin Lehner on their roster. Lack looks to be fourth on the depth chart and two of the guys in…
Swiss team Bern looked to Austria for their pick in the third round, tapping Michael Raffl, 25, with the 59th pick overall. Raffl moves fast and a lot as a left winger and he is expected to play a defensive role for the Bears, He could be their fourth-line winger this season with Derek Dorsett…
After Michael Bournival, a hustling left winger, was taken by Stockholm to open the third round of the draft, the next 9 or so picks came fast and furious. Six of the round’s 10 picks were proespects. Jon Merrill, a 21-year-old defenseman who can move the puck, was drafted by Minsk with the 50th pick,…
The teams have completed two rounds of the Season 3 draft and have entered the third and final round. Not too many of the players who have been selected in the last 15 or 20 picks will see their names on the back of a EURO team jersey later this month when Season 4 begins.…
Calvin De Haan looks like he’ll be a smooth skater, a good puck handler with a good work ethic when he gets a little older. Today the defenseman became a member of the Oslo Outlaws. The 22-year-old Canadian is Oslo’s second player to come in the draft. They took 20-year-old Czech Tomas Hertl with the…
