I did mention his booty in my last post.
Prospect Info: Round 1, 7th overall: Matvei Michkov, RW, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
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I did mention his booty in my last post.
Redpath
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From tuning into his games this season, I'd never have known that he possesses the lethal shot he'd shown during his pre-draft years. The best D+1 season in the KHL came almost entirely off the hockey IQ you mention. I can only imagine what it would have looked like if his shot caught up to speed, let alone if his teammates could better set him up and/or finishes his chances.
I remember in this thread way back I mentioned that Crosby was ironically a much better comparable for Michkov than the oft-cited "Best Russian prospect since Ovechkin." A playmaking genius who is somehow still liable to score 40+ goals.
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Imagine being someone who is paid to cover a sport's team and trying to stop people from being excited about something happening with that sport's team.
Like WTF is the thought process to this article? You have some people who have barely paid any attention Flyers games for a couple years (or more), now interested because of Michkov coming over. That should be a positive boon for selling papers (subscriptions) to covering the sport.
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I think he's more Crosby than Ovi, that's a fair comparison. He's probably more Kaprizov than Ovi if you want to stay Russian.
The best comparable might be Bedard, so the expectations of what he can bring right away can be found in how Bedard's first season with Chicago went. They didn't exactly move into first place did they.
McDavid is 27 years old and playing in his first cup final. Michkov isn't McDavid, that's not what I'm saying, but a cup might be 8 years away or more.
It's Mike's thing. He jokingly makes fun of it every now and then but this is literally why he is around. He gets people to try and click the article and even potentially pay for it. He is like the Marcus Hayes who does the same thing for the Eagles.
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Took 14 years for Ovi to get a Cup. Took MacKinnon 9 years.
Of course, it's not just "their" Cup, it takes an entire team around them. But I agree with your point. The Flyers are probably close to a decade away from winning a Cup if they can keep building this thing up with strong drafting and smart transactions.
I'm really excited to see what they will do at the draft.
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I do hope that people don't get overly caught up on point totals and such immediately. Their impossibly broken PP is going to crimp those as we know. And of course it takes time to adapt and develop your game.
All I want from Year 1 is for his strengths to look high end for the NHL. That's a high bar in and of itself.
All I want from Year 1 is for his strengths to look high end for the NHL. That's a high bar in and of itself.
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Even Bedard this year. Obviously he flashed the high end offensive skill & that reflected in his point totals as well as even underlying offensive numbers. But the next step for him next year & beyond you’d hope to see noticeable improvement in driving play & winning more of his 5v5 matchups which he didn’t really do well this year.
I have no doubts he’ll get there over time but it shows even with him probably winning the Calder probably comfortably. There’s still a lot to go in his game & its not easy playing your first year in the NHL as a teenager when you’re looking at things through a lens of overall effectiveness.
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Marek and Friedman on TJMS:
- Marek says the Flyers are going to need to work some salary cap magic and work the visa issue out
- Friedman doesn't think he'll make it to Development Camp
- One of those situations where the more noise there is, the harder it is to do.
- They also compared the Russian players vs NCAA players and wonder if this situation thaws the "Russian Factor" at all. Russian players always come over to play.
- Marek says the Flyers are going to need to work some salary cap magic and work the visa issue out
- Friedman doesn't think he'll make it to Development Camp
- One of those situations where the more noise there is, the harder it is to do.
- They also compared the Russian players vs NCAA players and wonder if this situation thaws the "Russian Factor" at all. Russian players always come over to play.
sadly there are gonna be people out in Flyerland expecting 90 points or something
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I have a strong hunch that Michkov and Frost, if he's even on the team, will see 3 minutes together 5v5 this season. The chemistry between Poehling and Michkov will be inspiring.
the most Flyers outcome of all this is that MM turns out to be another Nail Yakupov
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Everyone keeps comparing him to Crosby now, so if I don't see him score 100pts in his first season as a Flyer I am gonna be pissed.
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Michkov is the one to awaken Cates' hidden offensive talent.
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You're all looking at this the wrong way. The Godking Emporer's goal isn't going to be to have Michkov unlock offensive potential in his teammates, but to have his teammates unlock the DEFENSIVE potential in Michkov.
"In the KHL, there's lots of looping and swinging, and speed. I already know a couple of things that we're going to have to work on with Michkov to get him ready to play the North American style of game" - Armstrong
"[Lyksell] wants to play a possession game and turn back with the puck at times. It was a habit that he had to break" - Flahr
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If Zherdev actually gave a shit, he'd be a fan favorite. Guy was very skilled who was lazy as f***.
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Yeah the dude was a shithead. He was extremely snobby and real far up his own ass. Just sucks that skill was wasted on such a shitty person.
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We all know defense wins championships. Can't play defense when you're always possessing the puck now, can you?
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I think the funniest Zherdev story is when he first saw Panotch when he got here he thought Panotch was like some KGB agent or some shit & got scared. 
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