It was Friedman on a recent edition of 32 thoughts. He said that Michkov and his camp withheld information and told information differently to other teams to manipulate the outcome to go where he wanted, which is Philly.
Michkov also met with them secretly on top of the regularly scheduled one that he had with other teams.
It's where he wanted to go, so even if you picked him, he could sulk and stay in Russia to force a move like Gauthier did to Philly.. and the return for Gauthier, is rarely ever the value of the guy forcing his way out.
And I do extend the courtesy to other prospects and players; all I've ever done on the Michkov saga is say that how SKA wanted nothing to do with him, even if he returns from Philly this year, is a strange thing to wrap your head around and gives a lot of credence to the smoke regarding the character questions. Turns out SKA is just a really stupid organization, as evidenced by handling Demidov; so I've not made the assertation recently.
Just a case of a guy who wanted to go somewhere and used his contract in Russia to navigate his way favorably through the process.
