Jonas Siegel: After being bought out by the Maple Leafs, Mikhail Grabovski was pretty upset hours later.
“Of course I feel sad,” he continued in a lengthy conversation, minutes later, “I played five years here. I’m supposed to feel upset about that. I loved it . Toronto fans are one of the best fans in the world.”
“I play in the Russian KHL, I make lots of points and what’s going to happen? He make me play on the fourth line and he put me in the playoffs on the fourth line and third line again,” Grabovski spewed. “Yeah, I don’t score goals. I need to work more about that. I know that. But if you feel support from your coach . I don’t feel any support from this idiot.”
“Wilson pushed me same hard as this,” Grabovski said, months of frustration finally bubbling to the surface, “but don’t be an with me. If you don’t like something tell right away, don’t put me on the bench, healthy scratch or something. Don’t put me on a third line and then play me six minutes in a game.”
He won’t rule out returning to the KHL. Figures to get interest from several NHL teams.
James Mirtle: The Predators were interested in Grabovski in the past, so he could be a fit there.
Darren Dreger: Dreger thinks potential landing spots for Grabovski could be with the Ducks, Lightning and Blues.