Leafs Roster analysis - Forwards - Mikhail Grabovski

[member 147413]

I will be going through our roster and injured players and we will determine the players role... i.e Kessel (Elite winger) vs (1A winger) vs (1B winger) vs (2A winger)

This is not determining their role for the team, but what they're capable of on a playoff team. I'll only be putting what in my mind are "realistic" options.

Term definitions:

Elite: Top 5 in their position
1A: 1st line/1st pairing/#1 Goalie
1B: Able to fill in 1st line/1st pairing/Average Starter
2A: 2nd line/2nd pairing/Back-up
2B: Able to fill in 2nd line/2nd pairing/Too good for AHL Starter but not proven
3A: 3rd line/3rd pairing
3B Able to fill in 3rd line/3rd pairing
4A 4th line
4B: Able to fill in 4th line
Scratch: 13th player/7th dman
AHL player: Self explanatory

I'll be starting from the net out.

Goaltending

James Reimer 1B
Ben Scrivens 2A

Defense

Cody Franson 2B
Mark Fraser 3A
Jake Gardiner 1B
Carl Gunnarsson 2B
Korbinian Holzer 3A
Mike Komisarek 3B
Michael Kostka 3B
John-Michael Liles 2B
Dion Phaneuf 1A

Forwards

Tyler Bozak 3A
Matt Frattin 2B
Mikhail Grabovski
Nazem Kadri
Phil Kessel
Leo Komarov
Nikolai Kulemin
Joffrey Lupul
Clarke MacArthur
Jay Mcclement
Frazer McLaren
Colton Orr
David Steckel
James Van Riemsdyk

Keep me aware of errors please.

 

[Hurt]

2nd line Center in my opinion.

 

[Duffman955]

Average 2nd line center

 

[TMLife*]

Average second line center. I'd say his point totals would be much higher if he wasn't out against top lines every game

 

[Jozay]

I think hes a 2A. But hes being used is the wrong role by Carlyle. He is more of a scoring type of guy, but Carlyle is using him as a shutdown kind of guy.

 

[pooleboy]

surprised not more 1B tbh

 

[BonMorrison]

2A. He's already proven it. People are going to be bias though and use this one poor season as an excuse to give him a 2B or lower.

 

[member 147413]

Bump, poll closes soon, tying to get more votes.

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

2B

He's not a top-2 center on a contender

 

[Grandrift145]

he is a perfectly good second line center

our problem is we have a third line center playing on the first line

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I wouldn't even give this loser a 3A, kid's playing on borrowed time here, he stinks. No one can or should disagree.

The look on Nonis's face said it all on the Jet's 3rd goal.