The Islanders and their skilled Belarusian find themselves at a crossroads.
Mikhail Grabovski's second season with the Islanders was a lot like his first: he was somewhat productive while on the ice, but he wasn't on the ice nearly often enough.
When the Islanders splurged for Grabovski and his friend Nikolay Kulemin in the spending spree summer of 2014, it was... unexpected. Adding two veteran forwards completely reorganized the team's depth chart and gave them actual options up front for the first time in ages. Sure, their price tags were high (a $5 million per season cap hit for Grabovski, and $4.