Value of: Michkov Defection fantasy

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

I smoke good weed as well

 

[steveat]

He's not coming over until his RFA years are almost done. Why get paid less in the NHL?

I think he gets arrested for the murder of his father and he gets scratched from ever draft list...come the final round...a scout from the New York Islanders calls Lou and says ...Michkov just got released and is innocent. Islanders proceed to choose Michkov for their 7th and final pick of the 2023 NHL draft.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Just for funzies, I'm wondering where people think Michkov would go in an alternate reality where he defects to the US (or Canada if that makes visas easier somehow) and announces he's on the Phil Kessel summer training program and has already added 20lbs.

Could he go #2 if he could play in October?

Montréal would than take him at 5, if he'd still be there, which isn't likely
Problem right now is that:
1- KHL contract
2- Putin is a goddamn maniac and we don't know when the war will end

If you remove both factor, Michkov could be taken as early as #2

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

My wet dream

 

[Kaladin]

I'd have a very hard time picking between Bedard and Michkov personally.

 

[ViD]

Will the KHL survive the next few years?

Why wouldn’t it ?

 

[CapsFrontOffice]

Just for funzies, I'm wondering where people think Michkov would go in an alternate reality where he defects to the US (or Canada if that makes visas easier somehow) and announces he's on the Phil Kessel summer training program and has already added 20lbs.

Could he go #2 if he could play in October?

ummm dude try alt reality 1117, hurry or you're going to miss a giant hot dog eating Phil Kessel ....except in that reality Phil Kessel is not a hockey player, he is a trash man with a receding hair line going through a expensive, emotionally taxing divorce. Michkov is a Capital in that reality and every other one. So yeah there is that there

Also in that reality Gretzky staged a global war to prevent Ovechkin from breaking his record

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it

p.s. I'm on to you Wayne

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Just for funzies, I'm wondering where people think Michkov would go in an alternate reality where he defects to the US (or Canada if that makes visas easier somehow) and announces he's on the Phil Kessel summer training program and has already added 20lbs.

Could he go #2 if he could play in October?

It wouldn’t be defection, he simply wouldn’t be honoring a contract and the nhl doesn’t let you play if you do that. Part of their agreement now that Russians can come over. It’s not 1990 anymore.

Also Phil Kessel is what peak performance looks like. A Roman god bod with a protective layer of blubber. Makes it Conor Meh-nard, Mich goes first.

 

[CapsFrontOffice]

I'd have a very hard time picking between Bedard and Michkov personally.

Shut yo mouth! lol

 

[heilongjetsfan]

Yes there is. The NHL will not allow you to come over from the KHL if you currently have a contract. The only way is to buyout your own contract and your NHL team is also not allowed to pay it for you because of the agreement between the 2 leagues.

As for the OP he comfortably goes 3rd or 4th and maybe 2nd if Anaheim believe they have 2 centers and are better picking up a winger. He is without a doubt the 2nd best player in the draft.

ty for eventually suspending your disbelief and playing my game

 

[heilongjetsfan]

It wouldn’t be defection, he simply wouldn’t be honoring a contract and the nhl doesn’t let you play if you do that. Part of their agreement now that Russians can come over. It’s not 1990 anymore.

Also Phil Kessel is what peak performance looks like. A Roman god bod with a protective layer of blubber. Makes it Conor Meh-nard, Mich goes first.

In our scenario he's literally applying for some form of refugee status. And he got it. And he can freely travel or work wherever he likes. And his body is ready for the rigours of an 82 game season, and any other logical objection you could possibly conceive has been nullified by the sheer magic of an imaginary scenario and you also got Freaky Fridayed with Pat Verbeek.

You taking him or you gonna pass him down to Jarmo?

 

[LeapOnOver]

He's not coming over until his RFA years are almost done. Why get paid less in the NHL?

I think he gets arrested for the murder of his father and he gets scratched from ever draft list...come the final round...a scout from the New York Islanders calls Lou and says ...Michkov just got released and is innocent. Islanders proceed to choose Michkov for their 7th and final pick of the 2023 NHL draft.

Getting away from a civil war might be one....

 

[Hanji]

Getting away from a civil war might be one....

What civil war?

 

[centipede2233]

Either 2nd or 4th. Columbus has to take a center.

That worked out real well for Montreal taking kotkaniemi at 3 and passing on tkachuk…

 

[LeapOnOver]

What civil war?

The one that was just averted and could pop up again at any time...or don't you watch the news?

 

[steveat]

Getting away from a civil war might be one....

Just because Russia is at war doesn't mean people can't travel. There's a lot of European union teams in the KHL. I think you should go visit Russia first. I had a totally wrong perception of it too before I went.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

That worked out real well for Montreal taking kotkaniemi at 3 and passing on tkachuk…

Zadina was the consensus 3rd ranked player in that draft remember, so it kind of did. Similarly Dubois over Puljujarvi.

With that said of course Michkov could easily be a significantly better player than Fantilli/Carlsson and those previous examples are completely irrelevant to the matter.

 

[Stealth JD]

Michkov should go two regardless and probably will.

 

[TGWL]

There's really 2 different parts to the question. You're asking if he was going to play in Oct where would he land in the draft, and if size was less of a concern where in the draft would he go? If Size was less of a concern, does that change the way he plays the game?

He'd go 2/3 and you can probably argue either spot depending on the team drafting him.

 

[Guffman]

If he defects he would look good in Chicago on a line with Wagner

I don’t think Wagner and the Russians are getting along these days, at least according to my news feed.

 

[57special]

Michkov is under contract to a KHL team. He can defect all he wants, but the NHL is not going to sign him unless that contract is resolved, and that will likely not happen because it opens a whole new can of worms best left unopened.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Whoever drafts him, I can't wait for the Tetris style movie down the road about how they got him out of Russia early.

 

[StewieP19]

If he's sure to play this season (not the reality) he goes 2nd on draft.

 

[Shocker]

Defection Fantasies and Defecation Fantasies are almost spelled the same. Pretty different kinds of fantasies though.

Both are pretty shit things to go through too.

 

[frederixx]

If he was either American or Canadian, i think he would be an easy choice for the 2nd overall pick. I personally think he would be much better than Fantilli.