Bidders in the first free agent step are being conservative, and as a result, some teams are having easy rides to their new men. But it’s early yet. By Saturday afternoon (Eastern Time) some of the bigger dominos will star to fall. Rumors around the league are that goalie Braden Holtby is leaning toward signing…
Ahh, the salary cap. She’s a stern one. Somewhere between Cruella Deville and the Wicked Witch of the West, by our reckoning. As free agency step 1 begins, look at all the good players available! The ones pictured below have OV ratings of 80 or higher – and that’s not even all of them. Some…
The Capitals finished 9th in the Northern Conference and missed the playoffs in Season 12 but that miss paid off with a draft lottery win that saw Edinburgh move all the way up to the top pick in the draft, just ahead of their neighbors to the west in Dublin. The Scottish team has been…
This page shows 8 random times in league history and doesn’t include every logo ever used. The first map is in the top left and the most recent one – used between Season 12/Season 13 – is on the bottom right. You can click on a map to get a closer look at it.
Winning and losing affects coaches’ performance – or is it vice versa? Any way, here are the 15 coaches whose ability changed between seasons. Brian Sutter, Helsinki +4 (contract expired) Paul MacLean, Oslo +3 (contract expired) Adam Oates, Berlin +1 Jim Montgomery, Munich +1 (contract expired) Barry Trotz, Lisbon +1 Michel Therrien +1 Rod Brind’Amour,…
Loui Eriksson, Joe Pavelski, Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuck and Henrik Lundquist are among the biggest of the 64 names added to the retirement list today as the league moved from Season 12 to 13. Even at age 37, Eriksson seemed to have plenty of gas in the tank. With Paris, last season, the left wing…
With Season 12 now part of league history, here is a look at the EURO’s all-time statistics. The top 50 players in each category are listed with the name of the team they finished Season 12 regular season with. Retired players (just Nathan Horton, actually) are represented with the jersey they wore most often in…
HELSINKI – Maybe the Helsinki Jokerit had first-time jitters. The glaring spotlight of the Finals was a new experience for them. The Smurfs certainly had no reason to show any jitters. They have been a fixture in the big series for the last four seasons. While the Jokerit only lost at home 3 times during…
The Helsinki Jokerit emerged from the Northern Conference to face the Berlin Smurfs for EURO Cup #12. Their team nicknames would lead you to believe this will be a fun series. But trust us, both clubs are taking it very seriously. The teams met three times in the regular season with the home team winning…
When it comes time to really think about our Season 13 budgets, it will be the GMs of many of the league’s top teams who will have the hardest thinking to do. Oslo, Belfast, Copenhagen and Berlin all have two or more important players asking for significant pay raises because their Type 2 contracts will…
