Career
He was drafted into the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) by the New York Rangers in 2008, playing for both the Rangers and Saint Louis Blues organizations prior to joining the KHL.
Grachyov played one game with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague (RSL) in the 2007-2008 season. He was then selected 75th overall by the New York Rangers in the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft on June 21, 2008. He was also drafted 40th overall in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft by the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
In the 2009-2010 season, Grachyov played with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Rangers" top-level minor league affiliate, where he scored 12 goals and 16 assists in his first season as a professional in North America.
He was called-up to the Rangers on October 8, 2009, but was later reassigned to Hartford the following day without playing having played a game for New New York Grachyov was again called up to the Rangers on October 28, 2010, and made his National Hockey League debut against the Carolina Hurricanes on October 29, 2010.
He was returned to Hartford on November 8 after playing six games for the Rangers. On January 23, 2011, he was again promoted to New York, but again sent down for two games with the Connecticut Whale – the Rangers" new AHL affiliate – during the National Hockey League All-Star break.
He was recalled to the Rangers on January 30, 2011, but returned to the Whale on February 1 without playing another game with the Rangers.
In 73 games with the Whale in 2010-2011, Grachyov scored 16 goals and had 22 assists for 38 total points. He also tied with Pavel Valentenko for the team lead with a plus/minus rating of +21. On June 25, 2011, Grachyov was traded to the Saint Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round draft pick in 2011.
His first National Hockey League point came on an assist in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 22, 2011.
Grachyov scored his first career National Hockey League goal on December 26 against the Dallas Stars" Andrew Raycroft.