The latest dismantling of Stockholm’s EURO Hockey League team has begun. Dustin Brown has been traded to Moscow for two players. Leaving Moscow and heading to Sweden are homegrown Marcus Johansson and American James Van Riemsdyk. Van Riemsdyk had 5 goals and 8 assists for Spartak, while Johansson had 6 goals and 5 assists. Brown…
The EURO League saw a few more changes in the last three days as teams continued to tweak their rosters. Nothing too earth-shattering; a lesser free agent here, a former cast-off there, and then suddenly – out of the azur – Milan’s Antti Niemi is in Gothenberg! Move the rocking chair, Marty Brodeur, there’s a…
The newest general managers in the EURO League have made the most noise as the start of Season 3 nears. Just days after Paris players hoisted the cup as Season 2 champs, the other teams in the league started jockeying for position in pursuit of future EURO Cups. Several big name players have been moved…
Here is a look at how the new champions of the EURO league – Les Rouges Eiffels de Paris – were constructed by GM Ralph Booth. Five starters on the team were acquired during the season in 5 separate trades, 4 of them with Stockholm. In the league’s initial draft, Paris picked in the middle…
(From Athens Mounaki) – Ladies and Gentlemen it is with great pleasure that I sit here before you to announce a trade that has recently been finalized and approved by the league.I had mentioned in an earlier interview that heading into the draft the Athens Greeks were looking to fill a few wholes in our…
One team needed defensive help. The other had some good defensemen riding the pine. So Milan dealt veteran blueliners Zbynek Michalek and Jaroslav Spacek to Dublin on Monday in exchange for a second round pick and $1.35 million. Both players had trouble cracking the Guerriero lineup which features Dustin Byfuglien and Brooks Orpik as the…
Two wingers who were rumored to be on their way out of their respective cities were traded for each other today. Two defensemen were also part of the deal. Athens dealt young, tough Evander Kane and Alexander Sulzer to Dublin for Scott Hartnell and Tim Gleason, as well as two first round draft picks and…
Two more trades were made today in the EURO Hockey League. As surprising as this is to hear, Bern was involved in both deals. They were trades number 6 and 7 for GM Skates21, who has taken part in a third of the league’s 21 trades. Bern traded three later picks for Minsk’s 12th rounder…
Top draft pick dealt A huge trade was made today in Europe. It might end up being the top headline of the entire season. At 10:10 a.m. EST, Milan sent shockwaves through the league with a two-word subject line: “Landeskog Available.” An hour and 28 minutes later, the first overall pick in the EURO draft…
