Tribute Nicklas Grossman

[Eye of Ra]

What are you guys memories of him? What did he bring to the ice?

Flyers fans disliked him, but how did he do with Dallas?

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[starsfan86]

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What are you guys memories of him? What did he bring to the ice?

Flyers fans disliked him, but how did he do with Dallas?

Meh

 

[Troy McClure]

Warm body

 

[Azzuri]

Glad hockey has moved past plugs like him being considered too pairing D

 

[Arkham32]

I thought he passed away for a second with this thread. I remember the days of Fistric, Niskanen, Grossman being the core good bankruptcy times

 

[eartotheground]

I thought he passed away for a second with this thread. I remember the days of Fistric, Niskanen, Grossman being the core good bankruptcy times

good grief same.

saw this guy play in des moines when the baby stars were there. he stood out as miles above the rest of the players on the ice. never really did anything much at the nhl level though.

 

[MBTendy]

similar to guys like Jordie Benn, and Hakanpaa .. they did what they had to do but were easily replaceable.

 

[LT]

Will always remember that he ended up having his name misspelled in Dallas the entire time

 

[account deactivated]

Mattias Norstrom wannabe.

 

[starsfan86]

Mattias Norstrom wannabe.

And Patrick Nemeth is a Grossmann wannabe

 

[jballa95]

I actually don't remember much about Grossman from that era (which is probably a good thing). He was the partner of Robidas for a couple of years (the top-pair, which is crazy). But he never did anything that really stood out (once again, not a bad thing). Robidas was the #1 d-man when Zubov left, Fistric made big hits, Daley was essentially a 4th forward, and Skrastins (R.I.P.) was the craziest shot blocker I've seen (even crazier than Tanev).

 

[LT]

Some of those early 2010s rosters were legit bottom feeder rosters that were propped up by mid FA signings and elite goaltending from Kari Lehtonen.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

You guys are pretty harsh. He was a solid defensive defenseman. Niewy couldn't afford to keep Grossman during the bankruptcy years, but he at least got second and third-round draft picks for him from Philly, who must have known our financial situation.

 

[Henderson33]

Daley-Robidas
Skrastins-Grossman
Fistric-Niskanen

2010 home opener featured these 6 defenseman. Goligoski was added in the last quarter of the season. Woywitka played 63 games as well. That team ended up with 42 wins.

Kari really screwed us during our supposed tank years, then screwed us again when we finally had a solid team. I loved Kari though, gave us some really entertaining play during those god awful years. Wish those injuries never caught up with him.

 

[TrillMike]

Haven’t thought about him in a long time. Don’t miss the bankruptcy years.

The title of this made me think he died.

 

[serp]

Will always remember that he ended up having his name misspelled in Dallas the entire time

Stars spelled him with just 1 S and he never said a word about it for some reason . Incredibly wierd when that came out after he was moved to Philly.

 

[LT]

Stars spelled him with just 1 S and he never said a word about it for some reason . Incredibly wierd when that came out after he was moved to Philly.

Think it was two Ns at the end and we only ever used one

IIRC it was noticed on a flight to Philly after he signed and he said he just never cared enough to say anything

 

[serp]

Think it was two Ns at the end and we only ever used one

IIRC it was noticed on a flight to Philly after he signed and he said he just never cared enough to say anything

Yep it was the N's not the S .

Was this already a thing in Sweden too because they must've seen his play back there too ? Trying to find old pictures from before he came to NA but i'm not sure thats still available.