Monday Mashup: Petter Granberg claimed by Nashville

NHLI via Getty ImagesHaving been placed on IR on the opening day roster, Petter Granberg was bound to waivers before he could rejoin the Marlies. Yesterday, Nashville — oddly enough, one of the deepest organizations at the right defence position — swooped in to make the claim.

A conditioning stint might have been an option for the Leafs, but Granberg is coming off a serious achilles injury and wasn’t going to be see any NHL action without a significant chunk of games spent getting himself back up to speed in the AHL. He was going to be exposed to waivers eventually either way, and he would’ve been in tough to stake a claim to one of the top seven or eight defence spots to avoid this very…