Here’s an excerpt from the Toronto Star article by Paul Hunter:

The Leafs hope that by sandwiching the diminutive centre between two hulking wingers who also happen to be, arguably, Toronto’s two best forwards – and by happy coincidence also speak the German-born Grabovski’s native Russian – they might just replace some of their lost offence. The Leafs might even create a Mats-lite, both literally and figuratively.

“There’s no guarantees,” said coach Ron Wilson after putting his new squad through its first on-ice session.

“It’s just trying to get a guy comfortable and acclimated as quickly as possible because we have … I’m not going to say high expectations, but we have high hopes for him.”