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Originally Posted by turnbuckle
Buddy, you just said yourself that "like everyone here" you've never seen Grabovsky play, so how the hell would you know whetther or not he could become a high impact player? Same thing goes for Perezhogin, Latendresse, Price and Kostitsyn. How do you know? Seems to me there's as good a chance they'll be high impact players as they won't, all of them have the physical capablilites in one way or another.
BTW - Montreal has seen Grabovsky play on several occasions, and a few of our Russian friends have seen him play quite a bit, including live. Everyone comments on his tremendous speed. Now we are getting to see him at the WC's and he's impressing many of us. Reminds me of a fellow named Datsyuk when it comes to that; a later round draft pick that blossoms in Europe, and we in North America hear good things about him. Grabovsky doesn't have Datsyuk's sick stickhandling abilities and overall skill of course, but other than that there are a number of similarities. Who knows how they'll all turn out....but I do know one thing for sure - it's been a long time since the Habs had these many good prospects, and the future bodes well.
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Exactly, and you can add that part of what fans do is imagine that we've got a sleeper on our hands and he'll come over and make an impact, everyone loves those stories. It's possible, if it doesn't happen, we adjust and hope the next guy turns out. Seems more enjoyable that way. I haven't seen any posts suggesting him as 'can't miss'.