Friedman: Ilya Mikheyev requests a trade

[Leaf Fans]

Bigger role? Or bigger roll to mop up the soup in his bowl?

I'll let myself out.

Maybe both.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

He's a bottom 6 player.... he can go play bottom 6 anywhere else or perhaps a top 6 spot in Ottawa or Arizona for 1 last try? There is always Russia....

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I find it amusing that fans are just fine when a GM signs a player to a contract, but then trades him to another team or buys him out when it's in the best interest of the team. Yet when a player is looked upon poorly when he requests a trade because he wants a situation that's more in his best interest.

I'm fine when a player requests a trade. Sometimes it sucks, but they are the only ones looking out for their best interest, just as a GM, as he should, is looking out for the team's best interest

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I find it amusing that fans are just fine when a GM signs a player to a contract, but then trades him to another team or buys him out when it's in the best interest of the team. Yet when a player is looked upon poorly when he requests a trade because he wants a situation that's more in his best interest.

I'm fine when a player requests a trade. Sometimes it sucks, but they are the only ones looking out for their best interest, just as a GM, as he should, is looking out for the team's best interest

So where does Illya want to play?

I'm not sure he's an NHL player to even start the season.

So which AHL team does he want to play for?

 

[Leaf Fans]

So where does Illya want to play?

I'm not sure he's an NHL player to even start the season.

So which AHL team does he want to play for?

I think he will be playing in Toronto for the Leafs. This matter was dealt with in June.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So where does Illya want to play?

I'm not sure he's an NHL player to even start the season.

So which AHL team does he want to play for?

I don't know (although it sounds like it's a non-issue now), but that's irrelevant to my point. My point isn't that he's some great, marketable player with a future on 31 other teams, it's more towards the "He signed a contract, he should honor it" crowd. GMs do what's they feel is in their best interest, players have the right to do what they feel is in their best interest. Yet many fans seem to think a player is some sort of bad apple when he requests a trade. Just odd to me.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I agree he will play for the Leafs. But I don't see his upside. I don't see him being some great player on any other team. He should be happy that the Leafs are weak on the wing.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I don't know (although it sounds like it's a non-issue now), but that's irrelevant to my point. My point isn't that he's some great, marketable player with a future on 31 other teams, it's more towards the "He signed a contract, he should honor it" crowd. GMs do what's they feel is in their best interest, players have the right to do what they feel is in their best interest. Yet many fans seem to think a player is some sort of bad apple when he requests a trade. Just odd to me.

The grass is not always greener, a lot of people learn that the hard way.

 

[ZEBROA]

Im a leaf fan so I guess i should be butthurt and overreact?

"hes hates my team Lets hates hims back"

We know nothing, not why he wants to leave, not how it was brought up. But lets hate on the monkeys and not the clowns that run the Circus.

 

[Richard88]

Colorado would be a perfect fit given Mikheyev's speed and the Avs need for a 2LW to replace Saad.

 

[domiwroze]

*click tongue*

Nice.

 

[cyris]

Please go back to Russia

But then sign with Colorado or NYI next summer.

He can’t do that. He is under contract to the Leafs. If he goes back to Russia without us lending him to a Russian team he is still under contract to Toronto when he comes back.

 

[Bounces R Way]

That mustache is getting to him

 

[ItWasJustified]

Colorado would be a perfect fit given Mikheyev's speed and the Avs need for a 2LW to replace Saad.

It would take a so called ''hockey trade'' to make it work since both teams consider themselves to be contenders, and I don't see a player on Colorado's roster that they willingly would trade and Toronto would want.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

The conclusion of his trade request went something like..

 

[Get North]

After reading this information, I am predicting they fall short in the playoffs again and the blame will fall on locker room issues aka Mikheyev. As long as it's not management or star players.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

Can't take Mikheyev seriously with such a baby face.

 

[T_Cage]

I mean, if we could get say Bozak for 1m and a donato or something for around 800k, I’d be fine with trading him for a pick. I like Ilya, but he’s replaceable

 

[BruinsBtn]

He'll be a depth pickup for a contender at the deadline for a 3rd or 4th

 

[Debrincat93]

lol

 

[varano]

Depth players asking for trades..... oh boy

 

[Funk21]

So Toronto shows him so much love during his injury and can’t say enough glowing things About the organization and its management and now he wants out?

Slow news day and need to get clicks. This insight is almost as good as the TSN article rating the Canadian teams defence.

Guy had an awful year, should have scored 15 goals given the number of great chances and break always but just couldn’t finish. Gotta imagine he will get an opportunity to play top 6 minutes for some time and it’s his opportunity to rise up or fail.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

He played more then he f***ing deserved this year and he requests a trade? Hilarious.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

And if he doesnt he should just shut up and sit on the bench? Its not like an Eichel situation where hes worth anything, he just wants a chance to play on a team that has a spot for him. This is just like the Islanders refusing to move Ho-Sang.

Look at Barabonov, he would have never gotten a fair shake in Toronto, but excelled outside of it. Some environments arent right for guys.

....Mikheyev was played and played a lot. You have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[holy]

Lmao, he’s a Bambi anyways. Leafs fans shouldn’t fret too much.