I am going to try to write a sentence or two about each game. St. Petersburg 4, Prague 3 (OT-SO) – Goalie Ondrej Pavelec earned a point in the standings for Prague, making 55 saves in a game the home team dominated. Jan Kovar scored twice for the Krasnyye Zvezdy. Lisbon 3, Athens 1 –…
GM: Chris Patton (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Alain Vigneault (replaced Darryl Sutter) Last season: 4th overall; (In playoffs: defeated London, Moscow and then lost to Minsk in seven games) Ins and Outs (Season 6 to Season 7) Out: Matt Moulson (trade) In: Brett Howden (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 6) Claude Giroux, C; Evander…
GM: John Charles (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Bob Hartley (replaced Randy Carlyle before Season 6, who replaced Lindy Ruff) Last season: 20th overall, out of the playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 6 to Season 7) Out: Brandon Dubinsky (trade), Mike Cammalleri (free agent), Grant Clitsome (free agent), Fedor Tyutin (bought out) In: David Savard (waivers), Jesse Puljujarvi (draft),…
EURO League general managers voted to move the Milan franchise into the Schloder Division once Lisbon moves into the Demitra Division between seasons 7 and 8. The move follows the relocation of Frankfurt to Lisbon following Season 5. League rules dictate that a moved team must remain in its current division for three seasons and…
GM: Ron Lavallee (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Joel Quenneville (formerly Glen Gulutzan) Last season: 5th overall (In the playoffs, defeated Helsinki; lost to Belfast) Ins and Outs (Season 6 to Season 7) Out: Andrei Markov (free agent), Frans Nielsen (free agent), Brian Campbell (retired) In: Derek Roy (waivers), Gerhard Unterluggauer (waivers), Olli Juolevi (draft), Logan Brown (draft), Trevor Van…
GM: Trevor Grimm (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Barry Trotz Last season: 9th overall; In playoffs, lost to Moscow in Round 1. Ins and Outs (Season 6 to Season 7) Out: Thomas Vanek (free agent), Mark Stuart (free agent) In: Niklas Hjalmarsson (free agent), Tyler Jost (draft), Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (draft), Scott Laughton (draft) In Place (Key…
GM: Igor Kirunov (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Dave Tippett (replaced Guy Boucher, who replaced Lindy Ruff, who replaced Claude Julien) Last season: Cup champions, 1st overall, (defeated Dublin, Gothenburg, Belfast and then Paris in the finals) Ins and Outs (Season 6 to Season 7) Out: Tony Martensson (free agent), Kyle Quincey (free agent) In: German Rubtsov (draft), Yegor…
Jonathan Quick, Evgeny Malkin and Jimmy Howard all decided to go back to their powerful teams to put a slight damper on the free agent frenzy period in the EURO League. Still, teams like St. Petersburg, Bern, Munich and others made headlines and created excitement in their cities. For the first time since they played together…
Superstar goalie Jonathan Quick leads a dandy cast of free agents that will be available to EURO general managers early next week when “free agent frenzy” occurs. Most of the bigger names are coming from the Southern Conference. Quick is a bonafide superstar in the league (94 OV) with three individual regular season trophies under his belt, including the…
After moving up from seventh to first in the EURO League’s Season 7 draft, the Geneva Generals cemented a spot on their blueline for now and the long-term in selecting Canadian Colton Parayko first overall. Parayko has no deficiencies aside from inexperience and he was blessed with 6-6 size and exceptional hockey smarts. He could step right into…
