GM: Dennis Sullo Coach: Bruce Cassidy Last season: 17th overall. In playoffs, lost to Bern Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Jackson Blake (draft), Joseph Woll (free agent), Mark Kastelic (free agent), Drew Helleson (draft), Brett Berard (draft) Out: Joel Eriksson Ek (free agent), Adam Lowry (fee agent), Jake Middleton (free agent), Vitek Vanecek…
GM: Martin Sayle Coach: Ken Hitchcock Last season: 4th overall. In playoffs, defeated Oslo; lost to Helsinki Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Matt Murray (trade), Alex Debrincat (trade), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (free agent), Tyler Myers (free agent), Benedikt Bruckner (free agent), Nikita Zaitsev (free agent), Simon Hjalmarsson (free agent), Alex Wennberg…
GM: Neil Taylor Coach: Dave Hakstol Last season: 18th overall. Did not make playoffs Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Christian Fischer (waivers), Matt Rempe (draft), Ty Emberson (draft), Out: Par Arlbrandt (free agent), Alex Galchenyuk (free agent), Brendan Perlini (free agent), Sean Durzi (free agent), Kilian Van Gorp (free agent), Sonny Milano…
GM: Peter Ott Coach: Paul MacLean Last season: 21st overall. Missed playoffs Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Filip Hronek (trade), Emil Bemstrom (trade), Roger Karrer (trade), Ilya Samsonov (trade), Out: Brady Tkachuk (trade), Bowen Byram (trade), Cole Perfetti (trade) Potential Lineup Nail Yakupov/Mika Zibanejad/Robert Thomas Phillip Schultz/Connor Bedard/Emil Bemstrom Michael Rasmussen/Miro Aaltonen/Arthur Kaliyev…
GM: Svein Haugsmoen Coach: Alain Vigneault Last season: 5th overall. In playoffs, defeated Paris; lost to Minsk Team History Page Ins and Outs (Season 17 to Season 18) In: Henrik Haapala (waivers), Michael Bunting (free agent), Matt Dumba (free agent), Jared McCann (free agent), Mackenzie Blackwood (free agent), Haydn Fleury (free agent), Daniel Sprong (free agent) Out: Mattias Sjogren (free agent),…
Thanks to the sky-high salaries player agents are asking for, there doesn’t seem to be much activity in the first step of free agency in the EURO League. That could change in the second step, when salary demands come down. Actually, activity could increase at any minute, although it has remained quiet for two days…
The EURO League’s version of Black Friday in the US, where shoppers get more selfish than they have ever been, is almost upon us. Once the draft ends, we will move onto the Free Agent Frenzy, where teams can bid for the best puzzle pieces out there. But before we start describing the mouth-watering entrees on…
Matthew Schaefer, a defenseman who was picked first in the NHL draft two months ago despite being injured for a lot of his draft year, is the newest member of the Prague Sparta franchise. After Peter Ott’s club won the draft lottery to move from 4th to 1st in the draft order, the GM quickly…
The top three scorers and the top-scoring defenseman in EURO League history will suit up for at least another season, but the fourth-leading scorer, two of the top 3 point-producing defensemen and 67 other players have decided to retire. Staying for Season 18 are league legends John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Alex Pietrangelo – all with…
This will be news to some and a review for others, but here are some unique rules we have in the EURO League. Off Season Stashed Star Players Teams are permitted to have one 80OV or higher player earning over the maximum farm salary on the farm for a week or more. If there are…
