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# A Belated Belarusian Birthday
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-news-february-1-2012/
- Published: 2012-02-01T12:05:06.000Z
- Updated: 2012-02-01T12:05:06.000Z
- Author: Colin Odneal
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

[Is Mikhail Grabovski Playing Like a Top-10 Center in the League? - Mike Langlois from Vintage Leaf Memories](http://vintageleafmemories.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-mikhail-grabovski-playing-like-top.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> I’m trying to remember exactly when, but at some point in this space last season I asked if Grabovski had become a top-10 NHL center. As I recall, some said yes but others thought that was a bit Leafcentric-sounding and not realistic, given the number of truly elite centers that there are in the league.
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> Former NHL coach Marc Crawford seemed to suggest last night on TSN that Grabovski was now in that elite group. I’m not sure if that’s the case. I guess it depends on what we mean by elite, eh? (We sure didn’t think so six weeks ago, when Grabbo seemed to be trying hard, but was not making much happen through the first 30 or so games of the current season…)
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> Heck, now the guy may be named the NHL Player of the Month for January (a made-up award in this modern-era, but what the heck, people seem to pay attention to these things) and he clearly has been a big part of any success the Leafs have had in recent weeks. So, you’ve all watched him play—where does he fit in the pantheon of NHL frontline centers?
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More links after the jump.  

**Game Recaps**

[Fighting for Stanley](http://www.fightingforstanley.ca/toronto/mikhail-grabovski-with-two-goals-and-an-assist-as-the-toronto-maple-leafs-squander-lead-to-pittsburgh-penguins-leafs-lose-in-a-shootout/?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=mikhail-grabovski-with-two-goals-and-an-assist-as-the-toronto-maple-leafs-squander-lead-to-pittsburgh-penguins-leafs-lose-in-a-shootout)

[Game 50 in 10 at MLHS](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2012/01/31/game-in-10-game-50-leafs-at-pens/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

**Leafs Links**

[Love in the Time of Trade-Season](http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com/2012/01/love-in-time-of-trade-season-setting.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+BlueChipProspects+%28Blue+Chip+Prospects%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader)

BCP wants to set expectations in order to ease the pain.

[What Would Be in a 2012 Maple Leafs Time Capsule?](http://www.dirtydangle.com/2012/01/what-would-be-in-2012-maple-leafs-time.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+DirtyDangle+%28Dirty+Dangle%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader)

Dirty Dangle thinks he knows.

[Trade Rumblings: Flyers' D-man Search](http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/%5F/id/14388/trade-rumblings-flyers-d-man-search?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

LeBrun confirms that the [Flyers](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/philadelphia-flyers?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have asked about Schenn.

[The Mikhail Grabovski Trade](http://leafshq.com/2012/01/31/graphic-the-mikhail-grabovski-trade/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Jeffler isn't saying that it's lopsided........but it's totally lopsided.

[Draft Schmaft: The Maple Leafs First Round Draft VI](http://thehockeywriters.com/draft-schmaft-the-maple-leafs-first-round-draft-vi-1978-1980/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Looking at 1978-1980.

[Don Cherry's Bizarre Feud with Brian Burke](http://theleafsnation.com/2012/1/31/don-cherrys-bizarre-feud-with-brian-burke?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Cam looks deeper into something we got a glimpse off on HNIC.

[Four Keys of the Home Stretch](http://theleafsnation.com/2012/1/31/four-keys-of-the-home-stretch?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Leafs should have read this before last night's game.

[You Can't Replace Grabbo](http://yakovmironov.blogspot.com/2012/01/one-reason-why-you-keep-grabbo-around.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Yakov Mironov looks at pending UFA production.

**Other Links**

[Great Moments in All-Star Weekend History](http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2012/01/great-moments-in-all-star-weekend.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

DGB looks back at the good times.