Michkov to be healthy scratched tonight

[FlyguyOX]

100% goal+assist+shootout goal and all because Torts healthy scratched him for 2 games, otherwise it definitely wouldn't have happened! Torts is a genius!

Sure is. Look how well Andrae is doing in place of Drysdale.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Periodization science has become pretty advanced in recent years when it comes to developing young players. Teams will measure every player’s vitals during training and games and pair that with Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scores to know exactly how to manage load. RPE is pretty established at this point and I would be shocked if a professional club like Philly and SJ are not using these methods to manage their players.

Michkov looked good tonight and I’m sure Philly will use him for every game they can while making sure they maximize his development curve by giving him proper rest as needed.

The Flyers are coached by John Tortorella. They are run by a health insurance executive, their ex-color commentator, and a novice GM who was trained for like 6 months by Chuck Fletcher. They don't even have a translator for Michkov or any of their non-North American players in the minors. They regularly overuse players of all ages until they break (Couturier, Ersson last season, for example). I highly, highly doubt they're going off anything scientific here. One of the more retrograde franchises in the league.

 

[Dr Robot]

I looked at his stats last night. It looked like he was only playing about 40 games a year in Russia. There could just legit be an acclimation process to the 82 game NHL schedule that Torts has in place.

 

[Barrie22]

I looked at his stats last night. It looked like he was only playing about 40 games a year in Russia. There could just legit be an acclimation process to the 82 game NHL schedule that Torts has in place.

Yeah michkov has only played 50 games once in his career, the KHL does have a more nhl like schedule just a lot less games. Still a transition period to learning how to adapt to the nhl schedule. Granted not as big as a learning curve as celebrini/Smith from there ncaa schedules of 2 games a week.

 

[kp61c]

Tyson Foerster scored at a higher pace as a rookie two years ago and is trending just fine.

looked invisible in the games i watched. not a good player. if michkov looks like him in 2 years, that will be a disaster.

 

[Albatros]

looked invisible in the games i watched. not a good player. if michkov looks like him in 2 years, that will be a disaster.

See also Tolvanen, Eeli.

 

[Rich Nixon]

looked invisible in the games i watched. not a good player. if michkov looks like him in 2 years, that will be a disaster.

Foerster is basically the poster child for what the Flyers do wrong with player development. They don't maximize strengths, they just try to turn every player into the same player. When Foerster came up, he was exciting. Quick through the neutral zone, creative, ripping shots and scoring goals.

But he wasn't a Complete Player, which is Tortsadelphian for "grinder." He's now a very safe shot-blocker and inefficient puck-chasing forechecker who displays next to no flash or creativity. And they love him for it and tout it as a success story. He's never a scratch, because he does The Fundamentals (as they see them) so obsessively. At the expense of what he used to do, though.

The issue they've had with Frost this whole time is that he can't both be that guy and produce offense, because corner crashin' is completely antithetical to how he produces offense. So he's a whole lot of nothing these days, too, and they've since turned their attention to Brink.

They think you completely change how an offensive player approaches the game and then once they've done that, the offense will just reappear. But that's not how it works. If it was, the whole league would be Patrice Bergerons.

All of that to say...I think Michkov should basically just ignore them.

 

[kp61c]

See also Tolvanen, Eeli.

you think Michkov will end up in the same tier as Tolvanen?

 

[Albatros]

you think Michkov will end up in the same tier as Tolvanen?

Torts will teach him to play the right way.

 

[Guadana]

See also Tolvanen, Eeli.

Torts will teach him to play the right way.

I understand that you hope he will end up in the same tier as Tolvanen, but your hopes will gone.

 

[Fantomas]

Eeli Tolvanen once played in the KHL, as did Michkov, ergo Michkov will be Tolvanen.

This is just rock-solid logic.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Foerster is basically the poster child for what the Flyers do wrong with player development. They don't maximize strengths, they just try to turn every player into the same player. When Foerster came up, he was exciting. Quick through the neutral zone, creative, ripping shots and scoring goals.

But he wasn't a Complete Player, which is Tortsadelphian for "grinder." He's now a very safe shot-blocker and inefficient puck-chasing forechecker who displays next to no flash or creativity. And they love him for it and tout it as a success story. He's never a scratch, because he does The Fundamentals (as they see them) so obsessively. At the expense of what he used to do, though.

The issue they've had with Frost this whole time is that he can't both be that guy and produce offense, because corner crashin' is completely antithetical to how he produces offense. So he's a whole lot nothing these days, too, and they've since turned their attention to Brink.

They think you completely change how an offensive player approaches the game and then once they've done that, the offense will just reappear. But that's not how it works. If it was, the whole league would be Patrice Bergerons.

All of that to say...I think Michkov should basically just ignore them.

This "coach the skill out of them and turn them into grinders" seems all too familiar to me. Like master, like apprentice, it seems.