Toronto Maple Leafs: The Grabovski Buyout Domino Effect

As I have previously written, the Toronto Maple Leafs have come a long, long way as an organization over the last few years.

It wasn’t too long ago that the Toronto Maple Leafs front office was infested with the kinds of hockey minds that thought signing a 38 year old Stephane Robidas to a 3 year contract was a shrewd move.

God, I almost threw up just typing that.

While the David Clarkson contract is the consensus pick for Dave Nonis‘s worst move as Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager, I am here to provide a counterpoint. The buyout of Mikhail Grabovski in the summer of 2013 created a domino effect that crippled the Leafs organization for years. It is absolutely worthy of challenging for the…