Reply With QuoteIs there a reason he would go to a Swiss league over the KHL or the SEL or SM? I remember the Swiss olympic team had some pretty sweet goaltending back in '04...is this a good place for goalies to go to or is Stephan just desperate for work?
Stephan signs in Switzerland
Tobias Stephan has signed to play in Switzerland:
SWISS TEAM WEBSITE
Bachman should have no problem beating out Matt Climie for the starter role with the Texas Stars. Brent Krahn will probably end up in the ECHL.
You won't see Stephan back in the NHL again.
Is there a reason he would go to a Swiss league over the KHL or the SEL or SM? I remember the Swiss olympic team had some pretty sweet goaltending back in '04...is this a good place for goalies to go to or is Stephan just desperate for work?
Stephan is from Switzerland and came up through the Swiss system... looks like he's just going home.Originally Posted by refarls9
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=8595
12 Team Full-Keeper (Custom 82-game schedule, start 6F + 4D + 1G):
G=1, A=0.5, GA=-0.5
F: Crosby, Benn, Giroux, Kopitar, Boedker, Franzen, Nyquist, Hertl, Ennis, Brassard, Saad, Yakupov, Kuznetsov, Dubinsky, Plekanec, Semin
D: Yandle, Franson, Vatanen, Bouwmeester, Carlson, Garrison, Daley, Leopold, Voynov, Marincin
G: Florida, Arizona
FARM: Kucherov, Tatar, Bjugstad, Girgensons, Etem, Jurco, Nylander, Severson, Lee, Nieto, Stone, Zucker, DeAngelo, Kempe, Dano, Grimaldi, Bjorkstrand, Tolchinsky, R. Murray, Nygren, Elliott[/SIZE]
The Swiss league also pays some decent cash. Some Swedish players go there to earn a bit more than they could in the SEL.
Edit: By the way, now that we're talking Swiss goalies, whatever happened to David Aebischer?
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Stephan is regarded as the 2nd best goalie to come out of Switzerland skillwise.
Better than Gerber and Aebischer.
Stephan played for Kloten Flyers and was coached by Peter Markus.
Hiller and Reto Berra (WJ star in Vancouver 2005) are coached by Marcel Kull in Davos the team that produces great goalies in Switzerland.
30 GM Commish Dynasty
G A +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV
Start: 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 4D, 1Utl, 1G
C:Savard,Filpulla,Arnott,Ott,Boyd,Weight,Rupp
LW:Heatley,Morrow,Sullivan,Tambellini,Bissonnette, Pierro-Zabotel
RW: Hemsky,Backes,Orr,Tikhonov,Artyukhin,Ortmeyer
D:EJ,Ehrhoff,Hjalmarsson,Babchuk,Commodore
G: M.A.Fleury,Deslauriers,Koskinen,Monnino
Oh, ok, I had no idea he was Swiss.
That 2006 Swiss olympic team had Huet too, right? And Streit of course. I think they had Huet, Gerber and Aebischer....not bad for a little neutral country in the middle of Europe
Last edited by refarls9; July 30, 2009 at 2:52 PM.
Huet is French, I believe.
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Correct: France-french, not Quebecois!
12 Team Full-Keeper (Custom 82-game schedule, start 6F + 4D + 1G):
G=1, A=0.5, GA=-0.5
F: Crosby, Benn, Giroux, Kopitar, Boedker, Franzen, Nyquist, Hertl, Ennis, Brassard, Saad, Yakupov, Kuznetsov, Dubinsky, Plekanec, Semin
D: Yandle, Franson, Vatanen, Bouwmeester, Carlson, Garrison, Daley, Leopold, Voynov, Marincin
G: Florida, Arizona
FARM: Kucherov, Tatar, Bjugstad, Girgensons, Etem, Jurco, Nylander, Severson, Lee, Nieto, Stone, Zucker, DeAngelo, Kempe, Dano, Grimaldi, Bjorkstrand, Tolchinsky, R. Murray, Nygren, Elliott[/SIZE]
That's right, France-French. For some reason I thought Huet jumped on board with the '06 Swiss team...but I was wrong. Gerber and Aeb were there tho, here's all the rosters:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter...ory?id=2270142
Switzerland
Goaltenders: David Aebischer, Avalanche; Marco Buhrer, SC Bern; Martin Gerber, Hurricanes.
Defensemen: Goran Bezina, Geneve-Servette; Severin Blindenbacher, ZSC; Olivier Keller, EHC Basel; Mathias Seger, ZSC; Martin Steinegger, SC Bern; Mark Streit, Canadiens; Julien Vauclair, Lugano.
Forwards: Flavien Conne, Lugano; Patric Della Rossa, Zug; Paul DiPietro, Zug; Patrick Fischer, Zug; Sandy Jeannin, Lugano; Marcel Jenni, Kloten; Romano Lemm, Kloten; Thierry Paterlini, ZSC; Martin Pluss, Frolunda; Ivo Ruthemann, SC Bern; Adrian Wichser, ZSC; Thomas Ziegler, SC Bern; Kevin Romy, Lugano.
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