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Playing days at an end, Grier looks for new goals

Found December 11, 2011 on Boston.com:
PLAYERS: Mike Grier
TEAMS: Buffalo Sabres

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As always, Mike Grier was game, but he also wanted to be selective. If he were going to continue his NHL career, the 36-year-old winger wanted it to be back in Buffalo, one of the four cities he called home over his 1,060-game career, or here in Boston.
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