SKA before Arseniy Gritsyuk In an interview with , he said he would be interested in meeting on the ice Canadian Michael MacLeod from Barys, who previously played for New Jersey.
MacLeod signed with Barys Astana in August. The 26-year-old’s one-way deal is for one season. MacLeod was selected by New Jersey in the first round, 12th overall, of the 2016 NHL Draft and has since played 287 games in the North American League, recording 85 points (29 goals, 56 assists). In his last NHL season with the Devils, the Canadiens scored 10 goals and had nine assists in 45 regular-season games.
Gritsyuk was drafted by New Jersey in 2019 in the fifth round, 129th overall.
— What is the style of “New Jersey” now? This team was led by Sheldon Keefe, who had been “solicited” from Toronto.
— To be honest, I still don’t really understand what kind of team this is. However, you have to spend at least some time in this team to understand what’s going on inside. By last names – yes, there is a good composition there.
And now an interesting forward, Michael MacLeod, who played in New Jersey for the last four seasons, is coming to our league, to Barys. Yegor Chinakhov (Columbus player – Ed.) told me about him, that he is just a crazy center (forward), at the end of the games he always throws in. I am interested in playing against Barys to see him in action. And he played a lot for the Devils – yes, on the third and fourth lines. But Chinach says that MacLeod has done a lot of work. How does he move? How does he think on the ice? Playing against him is very interesting for me, “Gritsyuk told .
SKA St. Petersburg terminated the contract with Gritsyuk, after which they concluded a new agreement with him. The contract with the 23-year-old forward is for one season. Last season, Gritsyuk played 60 matches for the St. Petersburg military team and scored 44 (23+21) points with a utility indicator of “+10”.
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