Historically the San Jose Sharks are not the most active franchise during the dog days of summer. But general manager Doug Wilson made a bigger splash than usual with six key free agent signings this summer. Speed and Skill added with Boedker Mikkel Boedker signed a surprising 4-year, $16 million deal. Most reports [...]
Looking at whether the success of a propect's team has an effect on his future draft position in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Every year in the Canadian junior hockey leagues there are standout teams and outright dominant ones. These successes are often due to the prescence of elite prospects playing on the team at hand, [...]
With their first pick of the 2016 entry draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected Swedish goalie Filip Gustavsson. The Stanley Cup champs followed their remarkable season with an understated draft, holding six picks through seven rounds and not making their first selection until near the end of the second round. After another late second-rounder, the [...]
While all NHL GMs wrestle with the league-wide salary cap, Jim Rutherford of the Pittsburgh Penguins is the only one whose team is currently over the league's cap ceiling. When do NHL GMs get to use vacation time? After the seemingly interminable season ends and the Stanley Cup parade is done, the annual entry [...]
A Russian named German got Philadelphia's 2016 NHL entry draft off to a solid start. The first thing that comes to mind when considering the Philadelphia Flyers' pipeline is defense. This is a team that is building from the back end out and they have some serious horses on the way. However, in an [...]
Was there ever any doubt that Maple Leaf GM Lou Lamoriello would sign franchise center Auston Matthews to an entry-level contract? Welcome back for my latest Prospect Ramblings column. This week, I look at the media mirage surrounding the Auston Matthews contract signing, the upcoming rookie tournaments across the league, and Chris [...]
Former NHL blueliner Jeff Brown is not a small man, but he's dwarfed by his 6-6 son Logan, for whom the Ottawa Senators traded up to select 11th overall in the 2016 NHL entry draft. It was a disappointing season in the nation’s capital as the Senators failed to follow up on an unlikely [...]
The New York Rangers ended the 2015/2016 season by bowing out in the first round of the playoffs without much of a whimper. This was heart-wrenching, especially coming off of a successful regular season and back-to-back deep playoff runs. Frustration was apparent, and it ultimately bubbled to the surface during the exit interviews when Rangers [...]
| Mikhail Grigorenko, RW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 191 |
| Born: 1994-05-16 | Hometown: Khabarovsk, Russia | Drafted: 2012 by Buffalo Sabres, 12th overall |
This time of year, we watch closely on those players who are headed for Salary Arbitration… ***JULY 27 UPDATE – Only Tyson Barrie (Jul 29), Martin Marincin (Aug 3) and Michael Stone (Aug 4) are left unsigned, the rest have settled. **JULY 25 UPDATE – Brayden Schenn (Jul 25), Peter Holland (Jul 25) and Frank Corrado (Jul 26) have signed. [...]
