Don't need or want? Are you saying that the Blues have 12 forwards better than him? Or perhaps they are fine with mediocrity? He definitely isn't a cancer!
Prospect Info: 2023 Draft Thread (Yotes picking #6 & #12)
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Blues already have Kyrou and Thomas who are smaller skilled players.
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How many small skilled players do you want on your team? Probably 1-2. Trend is you win cups with size and grit and skill. It’s not the most skill that wins. It’s not about Keller being a hell of a playwr because he is. It’s about he doesn’t address a perceived weakness in the Blues roster.
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Why do you and others want to trade a fantastic home grown talent? BA approaching Chych was dumb enough. We waited a long time for Keller and I want to keep our home grown talent and set a great culture. I hope and expect word on a new location shortly and hopefully all this talk cools down.
Don't believe everything you hear or read. I don't like Russians but if he fell to us I would take him. If he wants to play in the NHL, he has to go through us.
I will be ****** if they trade Keller. I want this team to start getting good.
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Because these owners screwed up the arena situation so badly that he’s going to request a trade.
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If that is the case I would imagine Schmaltz/Fisher are out the door as well.
After the Tempe debacle, I wouldn't be surprised if the rumors about signing someone this offseason are true. To appease Keller,the rest of the players and some of the fans. That being said, I hope this doesn't ruin the rebuild.
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When you sort prospect say his model, you can see that it must be nonsense.
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Normally I would agree 100% but he is going through a tough patch in life and maybe not really prioritizing his career at the moment. His talent will shine through in the end and his passion for the game will cause him to make the right choices latter on.
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Look it up. The NHL confirmed they did.
Edit: And I'd assume that Michkov was one of the nine invited. To be fair, visas could've been an issue, but again, apparently he got one for the actual draft. And I wasn't bothered about him not attending the combine until I heard rumors that he's not taking interviews with at least some teams too. If that's true than it's just adding up.
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Arizonatah Coyetis
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Good point.
I'll admit that using the term "skipped" regarding the combine might not have been the best choice of words. Still, no combine and rumors (even though they're just rumors) that even hint that he may be trying to fall to preferred team(s) makes him too risky for us, IMO.
I'm going off of what Dan Marr (Director of NHL Central Scouting) said when asked about Russians coming to the Combine. Maybe he was wrong or he's being misunderstood, or politics. I just don't know. Either way, if there's one team in the entire league that he might not want to play for, it's us. And he has all that time under the KHL contract to find a way off our team if he did choose to. We've been burned before (Wheeler, Turris, etc.) I would hope and expect that the teams actually have a better grasp of what's real and what's overblown BS being reported than I do though.
Emptying the 2023 NHL Combine Notebook.
"The other top story was the absence of Russian players at the Combine including top prospect Matvei Michkov. Central Scouting Director Dan Marr was asked about this on Friday. He admitted that the nine Russian players would be welcomed at the Combine if they could get there. Marr went on to talk about the current geopolitical climate. “We can’t control the geopolitical situation over there. We talked to all the agents for the players and it’s difficult to travel. It’s difficult to get visas to enter the U.S. and we just left it open. There were top-nine Russian players."
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Coyotes have a Russian scout in Russia, right?
That guys job for the past year has been to get familiar with Michkov. The Coyotes know Michkov inside and out. They know what he wants. They have a pretty good idea what happened to his dad.
We might feel uneasy as fans if he's our pick, but we can rest assured that Bill will be fully aware of the actual risks. He can cut through media propaganda in a way that we can't.
That guys job for the past year has been to get familiar with Michkov. The Coyotes know Michkov inside and out. They know what he wants. They have a pretty good idea what happened to his dad.
We might feel uneasy as fans if he's our pick, but we can rest assured that Bill will be fully aware of the actual risks. He can cut through media propaganda in a way that we can't.
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Sounds like it was also hard for local scouts in Russia to gain access. For a franchise like AZ where they spend so much time delving into background of the prospects (especially After Mitchell Miller fiasco) this doesn’t bode well for our willingness to draft Mitchkov at 6. That being said i’d sell it like he could be our guy to see if u can get something to pass on him.
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Sounds like none of the teams know him because nobody can get access. I can’t imagine the coyotes are the special team.
Im not saying I’ll be disappointed if we pick him. I wouldn’t be. Im saying there’s no way we pick him.
Remind what Keller’s agency said publicly about what he wants and what his timeline is. Go ahead.
That list says participants not invitees. Dan Marr confirmed they were invited.
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