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Calv wrote:Manimal, do you know much about Westerling? He seems to have been around the block a bit...
He has been a terrific playmaker at the Allsvenskan level. His full game was never good enough for the SHL.
His age might be a concern but he is so smart with the puck and stick so he can probably make it work at the lower level.
Calv wrote:Manimal, do you know much about Westerling? He seems to have been around the block a bit...
He has been a terrific playmaker at the Allsvenskan level. His full game was never good enough for the SHL.
His age might be a concern but he is so smart with the puck and stick so he can probably make it work at the lower level.
Storm finally announce Finnerty as head coach. Also there's going to be a one-off hockey game fundraising for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack
Decided to try something out earlier on (yes I have too much spare time). I know that Brian Stewart was rumoured to be going to Guildford Flames, and I looked at the roster on their website and noticed that each player has a separate webpage. For example, Ben Davies is http://guildfordflames.com/_5_ben_davies so I decided to go to http://guildfordflames.com/_41_brian_stewart and it says Under Construction. If you type in a different player name & number who does not exist, e.g. guildfordflames.com/_99_wayne_gretzky it auto redirects to the home page... So I'd say that's pretty conclusive that Stewart has signed.
Now if you want to try every other combination of player name and number then you'll be able to see who they've already signed
It also seems we have pages for Mike Will, Jez Lundin, Kari Sihvonen, Jarred Lane, Sam Godfrey and Andy McKinney. Seems Duggan and Michal Satek have left.
Edit: Scrap that. Sounds like pages for some former players have not been removed yet - e.g. Sam Waller.
Well, I doubt Zakharchenko will get much. The Ukraine league is no more, and he can't play in the VHL because of import goalies restrictions. He surely can't play in the KHL as foreigner, therefore his choices are limited. Garnett is old and washed up (for top-level leagues), that also means reasonable salary, most likely.
Calv wrote:Mike Garnett and Zakharchenko is going to take some beating as a netminding duo Nottingham going all out this season to win the league?
wow...what would be the salary range for both of them in your opinion? Interesting they both choose UK..
No idea about Zakharchenko, but I think this advert is from the Panthers advertising their starter role http://jobs.eliteprospects.com/JobPosting/53 so that shows a starting salary. Garnett is also on a University deal, so will get his university fees covered which will come to tens of thousands of pounds as well, plus he will have a car and flat sorted by the team as well.
Alessandro wrote:Mokshantsev to Notthingham. Congrats!! Any hint on his salary?
Not a jot unfortunately, contract terms very rarely become public and if they do its more hearsay than fact. I'd expect somewhere around £500 per week at most, but that's a guess.
What sort of player is he, and where do you see him playing in the future? (eg as a top-6 forward for a KHL team?)
16-yr old Kieran Brown signs for Sheffield after 2 years in Iowa Wild Jrs. His Jr stats are crazy, in 2012-13 he scored 141 goals in 15 games for Bradford U-12s Surprised he didn't stay in the States, he's by far the best British prospect currently
Edinburgh sign Dmitri Khristich as head coach, he was formerly assistant coach for Ukraine and Video Coach in the KHL. His playing career included 811 games in the NHL (including all - star appearances) and he also played for the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. Didn't see that one coming... Interesting to see how he does at the smallest budget team.
Nottingham going all out this season to win the league?
Surprised he didn't stay in the States, he's by far the best British prospect currently