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Minor signings by the Wings

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:54 pm
by Mr Swagtastic
Grigorenko signs 1-year deal - Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced that the team has signed right wing Igor Grigorenko to a one-year entry-level contract. In keeping with club policy, specific terms of the deal are not available.

Grigorenko, 24, was selected by the Red Wings in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He spent the 2006-07 season playing in Russia's top professional league with Tolyatti Lada, where he tallied 14 goals and 13 assists for 27 points in 49

Igor's Bio

RedWingsCentral.com wrote:
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"His hands have come back, he's got great hockey sense, but now it's if his skating can come back to the level it was. He's about 85 to 90 percent of what he was." -- Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill (January 2006) ... "There

Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:39 am
by ajaX82
Good, im a big Grigorenko fan and believe he is pretty highly touted in the system. I expect him to make a run at the club next year

Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:02 am
by Mr Swagtastic
Just a heads up the moniker or username of RedWingsCentral.com is a site not a member on here.

I hope Igor steps up and makes the team.

Posted: Sat Jun 2, 2007 4:15 pm
by TNBT
I'm glad to see Igor has signed. I was starting to wonder if we would ever see him in a Wings jersey.