Ilya Mikheyev

[Dave92]

He looks pretty awful when it comes to goal scoring, I'd bet Matthews at 15 had a better shot than Mikheyev does now.

But he's still a very useful player with incredible speed.

 

[Cleatus]

He's extremely snakebit, but I'm sure the goals will come around eventually (not that he'll ever be much of a scorer). I think he's gonna be alot like Hyman for the Leafs in a couple of years, scoring 15-20 goals while doing most of the dirty work on his line.

 

[baton elevated]

If Mik could finish he would be the reincarnation of Kovalev

 

[TMLAM34]

I feel like once Mikheyev gets that first goal, they’ll start to come more often. He needs his confidence offensively back.

 

[Muston Atthews]

He seems to get at least one breakaway a game on the PK. Man he has no finish though. Definitely a player to keep around and keep in the line up due to his PK abilities, size and exceptional speed

 

[crump]

Still waiting for that bench spoon celly.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

If Mik could finish he would be the reincarnation of Kovalev

That's kinda a polar opposite comparison though right?
Kovalev was a dangler east west; big man with soft hands.
Mikhayev is a straight line North/South; big man, speedster.

 

[Mickey Marner]

It's weird that he has a good defensive stick but can't finish for shit. He's worth his salary without the goals, but he'd be worth double if he could score.

 

[baton elevated]

That's kinda a polar opposite comparison though right?
Kovalev was a dangler east west; big man with soft hands.
Mikhayev is a straight line North/South; big man, speedster.

Yes I agree, they aren't similar players. I was comparing the size and speed similarity. Mik does not possess Kovalev's game breaking talent. When Kovy wanted to play, he could dangle through the opposition effortlessly. A true talent.

 

[Gary Nylund]

IIRC Soupy had scored in 6 straight before he got injured so LOL at the can't finish narrative.

 

[Apex Predator]

I wonder if the injury has affected his shot.

 

[Buzzman17]

He has been one of our best players tonight.

 

[Magic Man]

I agree with a lot of what has been posted in this thread. Big, strong on the puck, great skater, great PK'er. Untapped offensive potential which could simply be in part to his serious wrist injury last season. He may regain that touch or he may not. Still a useful player, but he may not always be part of the top-9 if he can't score.

 

[PromisedLand]

he gotta stop eating soup for a while and get some meat and potatoes going in his diet

 

[Jmo89]

He's definitely snakebit. Hopefully the team figures out a way to help him break through. Get a greasy one somehow.

 

[Damisoph]

Despite being snake-bitten, he's been skating really well, his presence on the PK has been huge. When he gets one the floodgates are going to open.

 

[SoftDumpNtheCorner88]

He seemed a bit disinterested into his game, the soup,kerfoot,Vesey line was pretty quiet from what I saw. He's hustled harder the last couple of games except this one.

He will get one in and start heating up eventually.

 

[RoadWarrior]

I wonder if the injury has affected his shot.

No doubt. His tendon was completely ruptured. He needs months of physiotherapy to regain strength in that one arm.

 

[HellasLEAF]

He looks big and fast out there. Playing well.

 

[Battle Lin]

simmonds, vesey, kerfoot, and spezza all have more points, but watching the games you don't notice them more than mikheyev, he really makes a lot of plays with that speed...when we get joe and robertson back, i still like him with kerfoot over vesey and simmonds cause of his elite speed and strong defense

 

[TMLAM34]

I wouldn’t remove Hyman off the top line once Thornton returns considering Matthews and Marner have been absolutely killing it. I’d like to see Thornton on the third line with Mikheyev, hopefully Thornton and his passing can get Mikheyev going with a couple goals!

 

[Mitchy]

Just needs to get that one goal to get the monkey off his back. Once that happens, looking forward to the hot streak

 

[Randy Randerson]

If this is what Mikheyev is, a guy who looks good in all situations every night but can't finish well enough to break the 20goal/40pt plateau, that might not be a bad thing. It might keep him affordable and it's not like this team needs him to be an offensive engine. If he has a net effect of adding 20-25 goals to our goal differential I don't care if he does it by keeping the other team from scoring by just always having the puck in their end

 

[bansheebeat]

I don't see Kovalev at all. To me, if he had a better and luckier shot, he'd be more of a Kulemin.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

He’s never going to score again. But he’s still a good player lol