EuroVision: Schneider looking to leave?

EuroVision: Highlights, notes, tweets and photos from across the pond – where the lockout doesn’t quite translate

No NHL team has fewer locked-out players overseas than the Vancouver Canucks, who have seen only one player hop on that long flight.

But with no collective bargaining agreement talks scheduled, Bieksa’s Buddies could soon be Bieksa’s Pen Pals.

Cory Schneider – a.k.a. the Canucks goaltender not coming to Toronto – has started exploring his European options.

Mike Liut, Schneider’s agent, is investigating potential deals for his client. Schneider is a member of the NHLPA’s bargaining committee and has maintained that an NHL goalie might not benefit from playing on the larger European ice surface.

“If everyone is going to start heading over there with bad news, (jobs) are going to start filling up pretty quickly. It’s something I have to think about more seriously,” Schneider told the Vancouver Province. “My agent is out there talking to teams seeing what available and he’s just waiting to hear from them.

“I haven’t given him the green light to go out and try to find something. Nothing is imminent.”

So, about that one Canuck overseas…

Depth-line winger Dale Weise made his debut in the Dutch pro league over the weekend. And what a debut.

Weise threw up a ridiculous eight points in his first two games for the Destil Trappers, leading his new team to consecutive victories over the HYC Herentals (4-1) and Eindhoven Kemphanen (10-3).

It took the forward only 34 seconds into his backup career to score his first Dutch goal.

“A dream debut,” he told local media after that first game. “Getting that first goal took some pressure off me. ”

Tyler Seguin scores a hat trick for EHC Biel Tuesday right after finding out that the team signed Patrick Kane:

The Biel press release announcing the acquisition of Patrick Kane mostly detailed the upside of Kane’s abilities, but is way more objective than a press release you’d get from an NHL club:

“And off the ice, he has (not always) the reputation of an exemplary professional,” reads the translated release, a reference to Kane’s well-documented reputation as a sometime party animal.

Good to know the Swiss are still neutral.

Jon “Nasty” Mirasty, who lost the KHL’s “Fight of the Year” (so far) earlier this week, punches himself on the bench.

Get fired up:

On the injury front, Tuukka Rask, who was set to supplant Tim Thomas as the Boston Bruins’ No. 1 goaltender this season, suffered a mild groin injury in the first period of Tuesday’s Czech league game in Plzen.

Rask has a sparkling 1.85 GAA and 6-2 record in his eight games for Plzen HC.

“He’s fine,” Rask’s agent, Bill Zito wrote in an email to Boston.com. “Just a little tweak and he didn’t want to push it. Probably play Friday.”

And Jaromir Jagr’s ailment, which caused him to miss a few games, turned out not to be his recurring groin problem:

Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu played four seasons for the Swedish Elite League’s TPS before joining the Wild. His return to TPS is the Swedish equivalent of Zach Parise returning to Minneapolis:

Ever the hero, Nail Yakupov scores with just 10 seconds remaining in regulation Tuesday to steal a 5-4 win for Neftekhimik over Sibir:

Side note: Every time I see a tweet from Nail Yakupov, I yelp out in fear. I’m sure he’s saying something charming and inspiring, but combine those Russian characters and obscure emoticons with that profile photo and I think he’s coming to get us.

Former NHL journeyman Brent Sopel, who joined the KHL last season, is on a bit of a hot streak. He scored for the third straight game, but his Metallurg Novokuznetsk still fell 2-1 to Ak Bars Kazan on Tuesday.

The KHL suspended Evander Kane one game for his hit to the head of Nikita Pivtsakina on Monday.

“Offenses of this kind can lead to additional disciplinary measures, including a ban of up to five games,” the KHL stated on its website. “In this instance, the Committee has suspended Evander Kane for one game.”

Perhaps Kane, who has already been pegged by his new coach as being out of shape, will use those 60 minutes to enjoy more cheesecake with friends:

We’re guessing Jets fans would prefer to see Kane tweeting out pics of him lifting weights or something. The guy has yet to register a point but has plenty of PIMs – and now a suspension.

The Ottawa Senators’ Norris Trophy winner is reportedly just fine where he is, thank you very much:

And if you’re looking for a Halloween costume that isn’t James Bond or That Gangnam Style Guy, you might want to consider a Sibir hockey mascot:

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