Who goes there now ? Righini ? Can Grassl skate both two JGP and one senior GP ?
The spot doesn't belong to Italy. It belonged to Zandron. Sometimes we see a GP spot swapped with another countryman, but it's unlikely in this case as there are no Italian guys on the replacement list. The rules aren't always followed, but if they are, the replacement should be one of the ten highest ranked guys on the Season's Best list who doesn't already have two assignments:
1. Jun-Hwan Cha KOR
2. Nam Nguyen CAN
3. Kevin Reynolds CAN
4. Brendan Kerry AUS
5. Yaroslav Paniot UKR
6. Paul Fentz GER
7. Artur Dmitriev RUS
8. Nic Nadeau CAN
9. Denis Ten KAZ
10. Alex Johnson USA
Fentz, Dmitriev, & Ten are already at Rostelecom so it won't be them.