Confirmed Signing with Link: Leafs sign Mikhail Grabovski to extension (5 years; $5.5M per)

[dierks]

Originally Posted by DohDog

Ouch! I'll laugh if he gets more than 4

I guess you haven't watched him play over the last 2 years then. Grabo is one of the hardest working forwards. When he goes, the second line goes.

Plekanec got 5 mill.. Grabo should get the same.
Similar stats over the past 2 seasons and Grabos two years younger

[feverz28]

4.25 would be fair for 5 years, hopefully no more then 4.75.

[alpine4life]

My Guess: 5yrs/22M

[shaner89]

Sweet

Id assume 5/30

[Caballo Blanco]

6.5 m

[blasted_Sabre]

Originally Posted by Freudian

In todays NHL you have to make an effort to re-sign your UFAs if they are good because it's getting harder to find replacements elsewhere.

Yep. he was the top UFA centre this summer and would have commanded big bucks in a bidding war.

Glad that hes a Leaf. Hes a heart and soul warrior.

[Tuomaz]

He will take a little discount. I guess 4.65$

[StuckOutHere]

I am thinking 4.5 sounds about right considering the term.

[K19]

Originally Posted by HOCKEYGOON

non-Leaf fans will label him as simply a 2nd line center not realizing that he carries our 2nd line and makes those around him look good.

Any many Leafs fans are homers. Grabo IS simply a 2nd line center. Can a 2nd line center not make others around him better? Isn't that what he's supposed to do? I like him, but let's not glorify him here either. He's a good 2nd line center, nothing more. Solid signing, hopefully it's 4.5-4.75, 5 is the absolute max.

[Pi]

YES. Anything less than 5 is awesome. Heck I wouldn't even mind more than 5 considering guys like Connolly and Lombardi are off the hook after next year. Plays every night with every inch of his body and doesn't take anything for granted...Couple that with the fact that he absolutely torches the Habs, I love this guy.

I still remember that game when he took two thunderous hits from Chara looked all but out with a concussion, kept playing and score the game winner with less than 3 mins to go in regulation by slipping right past two defenseman.

[SLAPSHOT723]

I'm guessing $5.1 million/year.

Too bad, I was hoping the Islanders were going to pursue him in free agency.

[theboss]

Originally Posted by dierks

I guess you haven't watched him play over the last 2 years then. Grabo is one of the hardest working forwards. When he goes, the second line goes.

Plekanec got 5 mill.. Grabo should get the same.
Similar stats over the past 2 seasons and Grabos two years
younger

Plek can shut down players in the regular season and playoffs. What has grabo done in the playoffs? Oh yeah nvm

[John-Eric Iannicello]

Given his age, production, importance to the team, and lack of forward talent on the UFA market - wouldn't shock me if it's 5 over 5.

Seems like it's the market price for such players.

[Pi]

Originally Posted by theboss

Plek can shut down players in the regular season and playoffs. What has grabo done in the playoffs? Oh yeah nvm

Next time, tell him to shutdown Grabo when he's playing against the Habs.

[theboss]

Originally Posted by Pi

Next time, tell him to shutdown Grabo when he's playing against the Habs.

He was to busy shutting down kessel and lupul

[deckercky]

5/50

[shakes]

Originally Posted by Pi

Next time, tell him to shutdown Grabo when he's playing against the Habs.

The timing isn't great for Habs fans to be making fun of Grabovski

[DogsFan]

Originally Posted by sparxx87

So if Gomez is 7, Grabo should be 12?

Silly Habs fans.

Habs didn't sign Gomez to his contract so that point is irrelevant.

[Cherith Cutestory]

Originally Posted by theboss

Plek can shut down players in the regular season and playoffs. What has grabo done in the playoffs? Oh yeah nvm

Is this a thread about plekanec or a totally different player who just re-signed with a totally different team. **** off.

Anyways, good for the leafs. He has some great chemistry with kulemin and MacArthur which you wouldn't necessarily be able to replace this off-season.

[shakes]

Originally Posted by theboss

He was to busy shutting down kessel and lupul

Looks like you better clone him then. Seems like no one else could shut Grabovski down

[Vipers31]

Originally Posted by deckercky

5/50

/Fehr Time

[amckay6]

Originally Posted by theboss

He was to busy shutting down kessel and lupul

Guess it helps to have some secondary scoring then eh?

[TheBigE]

Originally Posted by DogsFan

Habs didn't sign Gomez to his contract so that point is irrelevant.

No it isn't, the Habs willingly traded for his contract.

[Luck 6]

Anything under 5mil is good. You can't compare his cap hit to players that signed their contract 2 seasons ago, the cap has gone up considerably since then. It's like saying "if Kesler makes 5mil then Grabo should make no more than 3.25mil." It just doesn't work that way.

I'm gonna guess 4.83mil/yr, a bit of a home town discount.

[theboss]

Originally Posted by shakes

Looks like you better clone him then. Seems like no one else could shut Grabovski down

I wish