The EURO League’s Season 3 draft is into the third round, with pickings slim and many teams gambling on prospects without attributes. Of the 24 picks in the second round and the first 6 of the third round, 11 prospects have been selected. The most recent were Kerby Rychel, now of Helsinki (see below) and…
(Note: Igor Kirunov (Minsk) corrected something I wrote Friday, pointing out prospects won’t get their attributes until after the NHL season is complete, meaning they will not be available this EURO season even if they hit 40 games played before our mid-season evolution. Of course, if you GMs want, we could delay the start of…
Braden Holtby is the biggest news in London since Prince George. Holtby might not have made quite as much noise upon arrival as the royal baby did, but he’s way better at stopping 90 mph pucks. The goalie was the first pick of the EURO League draft. He will probably start his EURO career as…
The EURO League’s Season 3 draft could be a week away, which means players like Braden Holtby, Brendan Gallagher and Nathan MacKinnon will know which languages they will have to start learning. The season is supposed to start Wednesday, but the draft will not be held until a day or two after all teams have…
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…
Teemu Selanne won’t be speeding around the ice in a Gothenburg sweater any more. Daniel Alfredsson has traded a lockerroom in Milan for a rocking chair his family’s home in native Sweden, and Jaromir Jagr has retired from Belfast and hockey. And one of the best defensemen ever, Nicklas Lidstrom, has hung up the skates…
There couldn’t have been a more exciting finish to a season. Game 6 of the EURO Cup finals was seconds away from going into overtime when Joffrey Lupul wired a shot through Pekka Rinne to win the second-ever EURO Cup for Paris. There were 4 seconds left on the clock at the time. Les Rouges…
Playing before another packed house in St. Petersburg, the Red Stars refused to die Monday. Falling behind Paris 1-0 early when Corey Perry scored his 11th goal of the playoffs, St. Pete clawed their way back and took a 3-1 lead into the second period. Top line center Brad Richards took an Erik Cole pass…
Paris is sitting pretty, just a win away from hoisting the EURO Cup overhedd, and it was a goal from a fourth-liner that looms as the biggest of the series so far. After losing Game 1 by a 6-2 score, Paris has surged ahead with three wins in a row. In Game 4, Paris used…
