"Gary Greenstin, the California-based agent for Mikhail Grabovski, is in town — and it's not to mark Groundhog Day.

Amid heightened speculation of what the Maple Leafs will do with Grabovski, their red-hot impending unrestricted free agent centre, Greenstin could be here to talk about the same kind of extension the Leafs gave defenceman John-Michael Liles last week.

Greenstin met the Leafs twice in Calgary during the world junior tournament. Asked if the visit with his clients (he also represents winger Nikolai Kulemin) would include a talk with general manager Brian Burke, Greenstin chose his words carefully.

"You'll see," Greenstin said. "I usually don't make comments during negotiations. But I will say that Mikhail loves Toronto and the organization and would like to stay."