By Phelim McAleer Copenhagen Post This is the 2nd part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at the Demitra Division tonight and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished trading so it’s not set in stone). I am…
By Phelim McAleer Copenhagen Post This is the 1st part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at each division and rate the teams to make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished trading so it’s not set in stone).…
Ownership changes, coaching changes, out-of-work players signing contracts like Nic Lidstrom signs autographs … we had it all today in the EURO League. The Page Ownership Group, headed by GM Myli, came to the rescue of an abandoned team for the second time in EURO history. Last season, POG purchased the Prague squad and ran…
Berlin scored a coup Thursday in signing Ray Whitney, the old but remarkably productive left winger from the Bern Bears. The Smurfs paid big money – $8.5 million – to acquire the 40-year-old all-star who finished 14th in the league in scoring. Whitney played in 75 games for Bern, racking up 41 goals and 95…
Thirteen Type 3 free agents signed with their original teams today including two top goaltenders and Shane Doan, Stockholm’s highlt sought-after RW. Geneva kept three more members of its championship team in the fold. Geneva: Greg Zanon, 3 years with player option, $1.75m.; Brad Stuart, 3 years with player option, $2.8m.; Adam Hall, 3 years…
Among the highlights of the first round of free agent signings: Oslo convinces Shea Weber and Ryan Suter to stay in Norway for the next three years; Belfast locks up its two goalies – Cory Schneider and Devan Dubnyk for three years; Geneva convinces five pieces of the Cup-winning team to stay long-term Zach Parise…
There are 229 players out there waiting to find out how much money EURO teams might offer them to play this season. Some of them (sorry, Krystofer Barch) won’t get offers. But others may be viewed as key pieces to team puzzles. All of them may be affected by a collective caution that is wafting…
Pick 69: Drew SHORE was selected by Copenhagen as a future centerman. Shore was born in Denver, lives and plays in Miami and will shove off for Denmark in a year. With the Florida Panthers, he is getting a lot of ice time and is fourth on the team in shots on goal. He has…
Pick 38: Fredrick NORRENA, a 33-year-old goalie, goes to Oslo on a three-year contract to back up American Jimmy Howard. Pick 39: Josef VASICEK, the big LW who can fire the puck, may have to fight for regular shifts if Stockholm resigns two aging veterans: Ryan Smyth and Steve Sullivan. Pick 40: Olexander POBYEDONOSTSEV, a…
Here’s a quick look at who got whom since the last report. Pick 20: Talgat ZHAILAUOV goes from his home country of Kazakhstan to Munich, where he is by far the youngest center and obviously a key building block for the franchise’s future. Short but thick, Zhailauov is said to be a good skater with great…
