jfb392
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Yes, "just ran into a good source who confirms that Mikhail Grigorenko will be returned to the QMJHL in the coming days".I assume this means he's been sent back.
Yes, "just ran into a good source who confirms that Mikhail Grigorenko will be returned to the QMJHL in the coming days".I assume this means he's been sent back.
Would rather just see what I could get for Grigs on the trade market versus sending him to the Q. Sending him to the Q will just cause a huge confidence and trust issue with the organization. His career will essentially be done.
Yes his career is over because he got sent back at 19 years old.
Martin Biron @martybiron43 16m
To translate my last tweet. @StephRDSJunior said he talked to a source who confirm Grigorenko would be going back to juniors.
Would rather just see what I could get for Grigs on the trade market versus sending him to the Q. Sending him to the Q will just cause a huge confidence and trust issue with the organization. His career will essentially be done.
Would rather just see what I could get for Grigs on the trade market versus sending him to the Q. Sending him to the Q will just cause a huge confidence and trust issue with the organization. His career will essentially be done.
Take the age out and just look at what this kid has gone through. I don't blame him if he says f u to the Sabres and goes to Russia. This organization has done an incredible disservice towards him and the relationship will never be strong.
What exactly has he "done"? He's not ready and it showed. He needs to go back and improve himself and mature and grow. Just like 90% of every other draft pick. Regier screwed this up, but something tells me LaFontaine's communications skills will be in full use helping Mikhail with the transition back to a level he should still be at.
Good. The guy is clearly not ready. Regier screwed the pooch by starting the clock on his contract and potentially losing years of control, but the guy needs to be playing to improve, and playing at a level where he is not completely lost.
Bingo. Regier and crew really screwed this up last year by rushing him. Whether it was them being scared he would bolt to Russia or them really thinking it was best for him to be in the NHL, they messed up bad by starting his ELC and then burning a year of UFA. That put them between a rock and a hard place this year, and they kept him up because of it. Sending a player back to the Q after burning two years off his ELC sucks, but this new FO did the right thing given the circumstance. Take the hit on his contract status in order to try to salvage this kid's career.
Good god you view players, developing, management, busts, ownership, trades and drafts in the exact opposite of reality. It's quite incredible. 19 year old sent to juniors is the exact opposite of bust, and ruined.
I know Pegula was encouraging his organization to take risks, but they never should have taken Grigorenko at 12. They talked to Roy, who was struggling with Grigorenko's work ethic at the time.
Devine will help orient LaFontaine. I think the new GM will be more involved with the draft than Darcy was.
They should have taken BPA (Teravainen or Hertl?). I know, hindsight is wonderful.... and I'm sure I'll change my mind in ten years.
Good. The guy is clearly not ready. Regier screwed the pooch by starting the clock on his contract and potentially losing years of control, but the guy needs to be playing to improve, and playing at a level where he is not completely lost.
This reads a lot like revisionist history to me. Grigorenko was pretty much the highest rated guy when Buffalo picked, it's not like he was a reach by any means. Hertl and Teravainen fell to 17 and 18. It's not like they were immediately scooped up after Grigorenko got picked. Hertl's inclusion especially seems to be influenced by his success so far this season, and not at all related to how he was rated when the draft actually happened.