Posts About "Mikhail Grabovski"
Which Players Could The Islanders Lose In An Expansion Draft?
March 17th, 2016 The NHL general managers concluded their meetings in Boca Raton, Florida on Wednesday. The GMs were delivered a framework of rules if the league decides to add at least one team. Las Vegas and Quebec City have filed formal applications to be considered for expansion franchises. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league will do...
Henrik Sedin Gets Boarded, May Miss Time
January 17th, 2016 The Vancouver Canucks lost captain Henrik Sedin during Sunday's game against the New York Islanders, after he was boarded from behind by the Islanders' Mikhail Grabovski. There aren't many good angles on the replay with, as @myregularface notes below, some replays looking a little like Grabovski pushed him in the shoulder and others...
Montreal Canadiens: Did They Win the Pateryn, Grabovski Trade?
November 21st, 2015 When the Montreal Canadiens face off against the New York Islanders on Sunday, it will mark the second time in three nights Greg Pateryn and Mikhail Grabovski will face each other. It will also be just the second time in seven years. The Pateryn, Grabovski Trade On July 3, 2008, then-Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey made a...
Isles Lose Grabovski on Monday
November 16th, 2015 The New York Islanders lost forward Mikhail Grabovski to injury in Monday's win over the Arizona Coyotes. Grabovski started the game as the team's third line center and left about half way through the second period with what was later termed an upper body injury. The team announced during the game that Grabovski would not...
Petrov Coming to Brooklyn After Long Wait
June 3rd, 2015 Kirill Petrov was a pretty well thought of prospect heading into the 2008 NHL Draft. However, due to a pre-existing contract in Russia and uncertainty if he would ever come to North America his stock dropped and the Islanders managed to grab him in the third round. As the years passed by, most fans began to doubt that Petrov would...
Grabovski's Absence Troubling Islanders
March 27th, 2015 Since losing Mikhail Grabovski to an "upper body injury" (concussion) after a hit from Nashville's Eric Nystrom, the Islanders are 2-5-2 and losing ground in the Metropolitan Division. Nystrom's hit won't exactly make Islanders fans toss their 23 jerseys into the trash, but the impact of Grabovski's absence needs to be...
