Denis Grebeshkov heads to KHL after Preds decline his discount
by Dirk Hoag on Jul 28, 2010 12:34 PM EDT
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PrintMultiple hockey reporters are confirming that free agent defenseman Denis Grebeshkov has signed a two-year deal with SKA of the KHL, but this bit from James Mirtle is worth the attention of Preds fans:
Other sources indicate Grebeshkov offered Preds small discount on last year's salary to stay, but Nashville declined.
How small was the discount? Who knows, but it was pretty well understood early on that Grebeshkov's $3.15 million salary from last season was too costly for a team clearing salary space for guys like Patric Hornqvist this summer, and Shea Weber coming up.
All the same, Grebeshkov's unique offensive skill-set would have been useful to a Predators team which needs some punch both on the power play, and the left side of the defense.
UPDATE: James Mirtle writes at the Globe & Mail that teams were looking for a 30- to 40-percent reduction in Grebeshkov's salary, so instead he's getting a deal from SKA which includes a slight increase instead.
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This was posted on Paul’s blog:
http://www.russianhockeyfans.com/khl/alexander-radulov-i-never-regretted-my-choice-222.html
Yup, Chris posted that a little while ago.
Radulov sounds as confused as ever.
More fun than a stick to the face!
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heh
Thats exactly the vibe I got from it. Dude still doesn’t have his head screwed all the way on.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 28, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
horrible news.
guy was good. way to good to be wasted in the KHL. I can’t believe no NHL team was interested.
"It's gonna be fun on the bun."
I’ll have a story on Grebeshkov on our site later today with the details. My feeling is he really wanted to stay in Nashville.
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Thanks, James. I’ll post it on the front page or have this post updated when you publish it.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 28, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
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