The long-rumored trade of Dublin’s top draft pick, left winger Alexander Ovechkin, became reality this afternoon when the Fighting Irish sent Ovie and a 2014 first round pick to Moscow in exchange for two 24-year-old U.S.-born forwards, Phil Kessel and Bobby Ryan. The Dynamo take on Ovechkin’s five-year, $9 million salary. Kessel, a right wing, …
Milan narrowly missed a computer pick, beating the buzzer on the last pick of Round 12 by less than 15 minutes. But everything turned out fine for GM jkellyAT, as he scooped up a pair of 29-year-old forwards in quick succession. Pest Steve Ott will now wreak havoc along the left wing in Milan, while…
Here are a few highlights from today. The best player chosen today in the draft was taken … well by force. Gothenburg missed the pick and had the computer pick high-priced center Vincent Lecavalier. On the plus side, Vinny is a finesse player with stamina and will rack up points with the best of them,…
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…
