What a great couple of days this is going to be for some EURO players. And what stressful times for some general managers. Belfast GM Chris Patton owns the rights to the three top Type 2 free agents and what he decides to do with them will have a lot to say with how close…
Farm Club – Glasgow (Scotland) Claymores GM: John Charles (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Tom Rowe (replaced Bob Hartley before Season 9) (replaced Randy Carlyle before Season 6, who replaced Lindy Ruff) Last season: 22nd overall, out of the playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Matthieu Perreault (free agent), Drew Stafford (free agent), Joe Morrow…
Farm Club: Venice (Italy) Griffins GM: Dennis Sullo (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Sullivan (replaced Craig Berube after Season 9, Berube replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 8) (Laviolette replaced Paul MacLean after Season 4) Last season: 17th overall; out of playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Jamie McBain (free agent), Derek Forbort (free agent), Nathan Beaulieu (free…
Owner: Sara Sampaio, Portuguese super model Farm Club – HC Porto (Portugal) GM: Bryan Camara (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Willie Desjardins (Replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 4; Laviollette replaced Todd McLellan after Season 3) Last season: 11th overall (lost to Geneva) Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Daniel Fernholm (free agent), Michael Grabner (free…
Farm Club: Stockholm Sun Towers GM: Mikko M (fourth GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Johnston (replaced Bob Hartley after Season 4) (Hartley replaced Claude Noel after Season 3) Last season: 16th overall, (In playoffs, lost to Belfast) Ins and Outs (Season 9 to Season 10) Out: Mats Zuccarello (free agent), Joe Pavelski (free agent), Blake Wheeler (free agent), T.J. Oshie (free…
General Managers almost put Jason Pominville into the Hall of Fame, but the Canadian winger who played a season for Prague and then seven with Athens did not get the required 8.1 average for entry. Pominville scored 584 points in his 635-game EURO career and is currently 46th all-time in scoring. Here is how the…
Teams in the Kharlamov Division from the former Soviet Union are already making trades to change their trajectories as we head toward Season 10. Minsk and St. Petersburg made the loudest news when the Krasnyye Zvezdy took a gamble on Patrick Kane, obtaining his negotiating rights for a third-round pick in this draft. Kane is…
Jesper Bratt will walk into Munich later this week as the top overall pick in the Season 10 EURO League draft. The Swedish teenager will be shown around town by Red Bull General Manager Grant Sayle, the man who called out Bratt’s name at the podium in Salzburg today. Munich was slated to pick 6th…
Just as David Recihel got better at his job last year and Paja Jansson got worse at his, the ability of many EURO coaches changed too for Season 10. The attributes changes are in and here are the changes: John Tortorella, Athens, +3* Alain Vigneault, Belfast, +3* Adam Oates, Berlin, +2 Brent Sutter, Geneva, +2*…
The following EURO League veterans decided to retire before the start of Season 10. The seven who were on EURO rosters last season are listed at the top with their team and number of games played. The only real surprise retiree is Adam McQuaid, who played regularly for Moscow and put together his best season…
