Let me put on my savant hat and predict what the local scribes are going to say about the latest move by Cliff:
Who????
Can’t be a good move?
They gave up Greg Pateryn and a second-round draft pick in 2010!
The sky is falling
Bring back JFJ
Ok, so maybe I am exagerarting, no one will say bring back Ferguson.
Anyway, here is the skinny
According to our friends at Globesports:
Mikhail Grabovski Center
Born Jan 31 1984 — Potsdam, Germany
Height 5.11 — Weight 182 — Shoots L
Selected by Montreal Canadiens round 5 #150 overall 2004 NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003-04 Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Russia 44 6 11 17 28 5 0 0 0 4
2004-05 Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Russia 60 16 20 36 34 3 2 0 2 2
2005-06 Moscow Dynamo Russia 48 10 18 28 28 4 0 0 0 4
2006-07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 66 17 37 54 34 20 4 7 11 21
2006-07 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007-08 Montreal Canadiens NHL 24 3 6 9 8 — — — — —
2007-08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 12 8 12 20 6 — — — — —
NHL Totals 27 3 6 9 8
Greg Pateryn, on the other hand:
Greg Pateryn Defense
Born Jun 20 1990 — Sterling Heights, MI
Height 6.02 — Weight 212
Selected by Toronto Maple Leafs round 5 #128 overall 2008 NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007-08 Ohio Junior Blue Jackets USHL 60 3 24 27 145 — — — — —
Cliff has said that Mikhail will be looked at to compete for C role immediately. He apparently had a great World Junior Tournament with Belarus