It is simply people taking one preseason game and blowing it way out of proportion. Some to probably troll the Habs, some to big brain things. People should not take small sample sizes or meaningless games and extrapolate.
Patrick Laine was playing center last season prior to his season ending injury. But your point is still pretty valid, it's much rarer for wingers to start playing center at the NHL level than it is for centers to get pushed to winger.
Well in that case, Kovalenko should be an elite superstar in the NHL. I know he’s older than Michkov, but my point is I was expecting more when I checked his stats
Elite iq and shot. Rest of the game has yet to come around, but it likely will. Should be a good top line guy with the upside of elite being easily the realm of possibility. Just watch the kid and you’ll see the talent.
No he shouldn't... He's almost 24. It isn't even remotely comparable.
Well they also say Michkov is just one dimensional offensive player, he’s also small in size. 5’10 147. The height is not that bad, but 147 is too skinny. He was also a healthy scratch to start this season. All I’m saying is maybe the hype is too much right now. People were saying he should have gone 2nd overall after Bedard
Those stats are probably 2 years old quite frankly(Go to Elite Prospects if you want up to date stats), he's about 175 and should fill out to ~185, about the same size as Bedard. The KHL scratching is 100% politics, he's the best player on his team.
Hockey db needs to update its stuff I guess. 175 from 147 is a big difference
The KHL scratching isn’t politics. It is how they choose to develop young players. They all go through this process no matter the talent.
I wouldn't sell it if I were you. It could be worth a lot of money later on. He is about to break out. He is only 28.
Yeah I don’t believe in the long term
