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Toronto Maple Leafs: The Grabovski Buyout Domino Effect

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.