| 11 March 2010
Why do I get the feeling we're going to get a whole new readership with that headline?
For awhile there, I thought it might be fun to be Denis Grebeshkov. There are worse things in the world to be than 26 and Russian playing in the National Hockey League. No one looks at you funny if you try to order vodka at Denny's with your Grand Slam breakfast, you've got an awesome techno soundtrack playing in your subconscious at all times, and oh yeah - you're no longer in FREEZING COLD RUSSIA.
And if that weren't enough, your time in North America seems to be getting better and better. You got to go the Olympics in Vancouver, and getting bounced by Canada in the quarters allowed you to go to all the other event. And after two full seasons as a part of Kevin Lowe's Albertan Trainwreck, Grebeshkov was dealt at the deadline to Nashville. That's in Tennessee. Today, Tennessee is 26 degrees warmer than Edmonton.
And with all due respect to Shania Twain and Terri Clark, Nashville scores very high in the "smoking hot singer songwriters hoping to get discovered" demo. Point for the G Man!
But with every peak, there must be a valley.
The Preds are confirming a report in today's Edmonton Journal that Grebeshkov will be out "several weeks'' after taking a shot to the groin in Sunday's loss to Vancouver. Grebeshkov needed to undergo surgery on a testicle Sunday as well, but had been released from the hospital by Monday morning, when he stopped by Centennial Sportsplex.
Now I'm no doctor, but hopefully this surgery will give him the balls need to stay in position once in awhile.
(Yeah, he's the left defenseman on this game-losing tally)
