He may have completed the trip East early last weekend but Florida forward Marcel Goc has finally sealed his short-term future by rejoining Adler ("Eagles") Mannheim, a German Elite League club with which he spent several short stints a decade ago. The 29 year-old center collected 27 points (11 goals) in 57 games with the Panthers in 2011-12 while winning 51.6% of faceoffs taken. A truncated interview featured on the Eagles' official site can be found here, but warm up the translator beforehand.

Younger brother Nikolai is a defenseman entering his third season with Mannheim.