Player Discussion: Mikhail Sergachev

[Stammertime91]

And now Bergevin deals away Galchenyuk for Domi. Lmao. Again I will reiterate.. it will be a sad day for Lightning fans when Marc Bergevin is fired.

 

[Todd1a]

And now Bergevin deals away Galchenyuk for Domi. Lmao. Again I will reiterate.. it will be a sad day for Lightning fans when Marc Bergevin is fired.

I love Bergevin he just keeps making them worse lol

 

[Todd1a]

And now Bergevin deals away Galchenyuk for Domi. Lmao. Again I will reiterate.. it will be a sad day for Lightning fans when Marc Bergevin is fired.

Bergevin turned Subban, Markov, Sergachev, and Galchenyuk into Weber, Drouin, and Domi lol

 

[BoltSTH]

Bergevin turned Subban, Markov, Sergachev, and Galchenyuk into Weber, Drouin, and Domi lol

Time for SFY to trade Johnson for their 1st. You know he had tremendous chemistry with Drouin

 

[These Are The Days]

I sometimes wonder if we'll be lucky to see Yzerman shake up the core at all. Cuz patience and all.... I'm against it. We upset the establishment one time by moving on from the likes of Boyle, Brown, Filppula for Cirelli, Point and Gourde and we are immeasurably better. But to Boyle's credit I'd take him back in a second.

 

[Master P]

Time for SFY to trade Johnson for their 1st. You know he had tremendous chemistry with Drouin

OMG if Yzerman could pull that off.......I don't know what i'd do.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

tbf that wouldn't even be a bad deal for the habs, their current C depth is Danault DeLaRose and Froese LOOOOOOL

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Nah, Bergevin wouldn't give us a 1st until next year.

 

[EXTRAS]

Upside?

 

[BoltSTH]

Upside?

Top pair RHD partner for Hedman.

 

[The Macho King]

Top pair RHD partner for Hedman.

He's not right handed.

 

[BoltSTH]

He's not right handed.

But he prefers to play 'off' side.

 

[Sky04]

Ceiling: Slightly better than Bobby Orr
Floor: Slightly better than Erik Karlsson

 

[Sky04]

But he prefers to play 'off' side.

That still wouldn't make him a RHD...... and when did he say that? MS has played left side his entire career sans a couple games this season.

 

[CupsOverCash]

That still wouldn't make him a RHD...... and when did he say that? MS has played left side his entire career sans a couple games this season.

I dont think I ever saw him say that he "prefers" it but Ive seen him say that he "likes" it.

Mikhail Sergachev ‘hasn’t missed a beat’ on right side

It has been a comfortable fit for Sergachev, a skilled puck-mover who often played on the right in juniors with Windsor of the Ontario League.

"I like it," Sergachev said. "You can do different things. Your stick is to the middle always, and you can shoot one-timers from the right. It's just different. Sometimes it's better."

 

[EXTRAS]

Top pair RHD partner for Hedman.

But like 70 point top pair with potential for Norris, or like 50 point guy like krug or ristolainen?

 

[RegularSznAllStars]

But like 70 point top pair with potential for Norris, or like 50 point guy like krug or ristolainen?

I mean, he did 40 in a pretty sheltered rookie season. Don’t think 50 this year would surprised anyone. 70 on this team certainly is not out of the question, but hard to say. We will have a better idea in a few months.

 

[The Macho King]

I mean, he did 40 in a pretty sheltered rookie season. Don’t think 50 this year would surprised anyone. 70 on this team certainly is not out of the question, but hard to say. We will have a better idea in a few months.

50 would surprise me. In a weird way, the jump from 40 to 50 for a Dman is pretty huge, especially if he's given more responsibility.

 

[The Gongshow]

QB'ing the 2nd PP unit helps boost his point totals a bit

 

[Netter]

played alot Right side in Juniors (both actually)

 

[DFC]

I mean, he did 40 in a pretty sheltered rookie season. Don’t think 50 this year would surprised anyone. 70 on this team certainly is not out of the question, but hard to say. We will have a better idea in a few months.

I think the sheltering helped him accumulate those points though.

I doubt he matches that total this year, although I think long-term he'll be a 50 point guy more often than not. We've seen a lot of guys show flashes of brilliance (Koekkoek was one of our best players in the 2016 series against the Pens), and then come back to earth. Sergachev's season was full of that. Just because he ended on a high note doesn't mean it's a given he'll pick up where he left off. We could still be a few years from MS being a legit top-4 defender.

 

[Rschmitz]

I think the sheltering helped him accumulate those points though.

I doubt he matches that total this year, although I think long-term he'll be a 50 point guy more often than not. We've seen a lot of guys show flashes of brilliance (Koekkoek was one of our best players in the 2016 series against the Pens), and then come back to earth. Sergachev's season was full of that. Just because he ended on a high note doesn't mean it's a given he'll pick up where he left off. We could still be a few years from MS being a legit top-4 defender.

IDK. I don't see him getting fewer offensive zone opportunities and he's shown the he excels with additional minutes.

 

[DFC]

IDK. I don't see him getting fewer offensive zone opportunities and he's shown the he excels with additional minutes.

Yeah, but he only scored 1 goal in the second half, before finding his game again in the playoffs. I just don't think we should get our hopes too high based on what we saw most recently, and assume there'll be no more bumps in the road.

 

[Byrddog]

The guy is just 20 now, defensemen do not approach the top of there game until 25 or later. The unrealistic expectations on kids is one thing wrong with the game right now. Serg is not going anywhere for at least 4 to 5 years. And will be hitting his prime when Hedman starts his decline. It is impossible to imagine him going anywhere unless there is a tragic injury that ruins his game totally.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Despite the “pp specialist” billing his Es numbs look rather nice