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Total Sports Management specializes in facilitating European options for our clients, and can do so for you. The ECHL Scenario When you're in the East Coast Hockey League, you need to know a couple of things: first, if you don't move up to the AHL within the first two years, you probably won't . This doesn't mean that you're not a good player. The... problem is that there are so many players out there that it's very difficult to make it to the NHL from the Coast. Second, you need to play well, be noticed, AND you need to get lucky. However, there are players every year who played in the ECHL and made it into the NHL, so this article is not designed to deflate players' NHL aspirations. Rather, the point of this article is to emphasize you need to have a game plan if you want to make significant money playing hockey . Total Sports Management (TSM) makes this clear to its player-clients. Casey Kesselring Before embarking on your chosen plan, you need to decide if you're just playing simply to avoid a "real job" for a few more years or if you wish to maximize your career . If your answer is the former, you're not going to need Total Sports Management to do that. TSM looks not only for talented players but also for hard working players who wish to make the best career out of playing hockey possible . One of the advantages that TSM has available for our players is a network in Europe of players, coaches and general managers . TSM can help secure good contracts for our players-clients on European clubs, in various leagues and countries, including the lucrative elite leagues. What To Expect In Europe Once our players arrive in Europe and begin playing, most everything then becomes based upon performance , not the contract they have signed. Your initial European contract will also probably not be extremely lucrative. It will, most likely, be a single season contract during which you'll have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills to teams and leagues that will pay you more money during your second season in Europe . ...Read More