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A documentary of Michkov and Tortorella interactions of this rookie season would probably make better content than any of the other NHL behind-the-scenes documentaries.

Ha ha, I actually agree with him insofar as that a player shouldn't be looking to do it every time. If the opportunity is there, yeah, try it, but otherwise there are often better plays to be had.
 

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Ha ha, I actually agree with him insofar as that a player shouldn't be looking to do it every time. If the opportunity is there, yeah, try it, but otherwise there are often better plays to be had.
A lot of noise was made (for obvious reasons) when Tortorella scratched Michkov for two games in the early November. Before his scratch, he had
13GP, 10 points, 3 even strength points, -8

Since he came back from being scratched:
15GP, 17 points, 12 even strength points, +13 (+5 better than any othe Flyer in that time period!).

So while it's obvious that he learns the NHL game as he plays more games, but surely that scratch did have the desired effect.
 
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Pokecheque

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Interesting talking to an Isles fan about that last game--he shares Roy's frustration about nearly blowing that big lead, but he also wonders why in hell Roy was throwing Scott Mayfield out there to try and defend it, especially when it got close. I'm guessing he's got Nate Guenin syndrome again, which to this day is by far my biggest frustration with him. Took Roy TWO YEARS to finally figure out that guy sucked donkey balls.

Can't help but wonder if Tyson Barrie's prime would've been even better had he not gotten paired with trash for most of his time in Colorado.
 
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For what it's worth, last 10 games: 6G, 11P, 7EVP, +4
I wasn't really trying to dog on the guy. I was more or less just pointing out that for a long time, we were interested in pretty much anyone who could play C. I was dumb enough to hope there would be a way to trade a Toews package to Arizona for Hayton and Crouse prior to him signing that 7 year deal. :laugh:
 

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