Prospect Info: Round 1, 7th overall: Matvei Michkov, RW, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

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I don't think that would happen, but it would be hilarious.

I also don't want it to happen, though. Don't let that piece of shit Tortorella ever handle this kid

I'm in no rush either, and I probably was a bit quick to judgement with the unfolding Fedotov situation. But it would be nice to see the league get proven wrong on Michkov in record time.
 
Meanwhile SKA development camp has almost started... As far as I understand the other kid is Ivan Demidov.

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He looks like Tood from Breaking Bad in that picture. I hope he has that same killer instinct on the ice.
 
Michkov is more like Panarin and Kucherov. He has a sick motor and crazy anger to score goals. Zegras is the prototypical YouTube player who's all sizzle, no steak. Talented kid, but he shows off just to show off. Michkov is flashy, dynamic, and loves to shoot, but he is a high-intensity cat who goes hard to the net and works his butt off. Zegras doesn't have that kind of DNA.

Regardless, Torts will not mess up his game. If he tries to, he'll be gone. Michkov is the franchise piece Briere and Jones are hitching their wagon to. When he arrives -- be it next year or 3 years from now -- the media will be in a frenzy and the fans will be foaming at their mouths. If Torts even shows signs of ruining that, the fans will revolt against him faster than the brass can remove him.
I'd take Michkov over 5 Zegras and I haven't even seen Michkov play. There's nothing about Zegras that screams franchise player.
 
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A poster on the main boards tried to downplay Michkov’s KHL draft year success by citing that 8 of Michkov’s points this past season came against Kunlun Red Star, the KHL’s 2nd worst team. (Michkov played on the 1st worst team, FWIW)

I would say that is a fair criticism of inflating a small sample size, except for the fact that Michkov dominating every league’s records is the norm for him. It would be unusual if he hadn’t set a KHL record last year.

Per Elite Prospects:

Highest draft eligible KHL PPG ever
Highest draft eligible VHL PPG ever
Highest D-1 KHL PPG ever
Highest D-1 MHL PPG ever
Highest D-2 WJC-18 PPG ever
2nd highest D-2 MHL PPG ever (And #1 has a sample size of 5 points in 4 games versus Michkov’s 56 points in 56 games)

The crazy thing? Even if you want to ignore the 8 points where Michkov padded his stats against Kunlun Red Star, but still count those as games played, he would STILL have the 3rd highest draft eligible KHL PPG ever, behind only Tarasenko and Panarin.

Context needed.

Kunlun would wreck any CHL, NCAA, or U20 team. Its a club of veteran men.
This season's #5 defensemen, Ryan Sproul, won CHL defenseman of the year in 2013. Think of the devistation he would cause as a 30 year old seasoned vet.

If Bedard scored 8 points in 2 games against the equivalent of a CHL all-star team x 50, on steroids, everyone would be bowing at the alter of Connor. Michkov does it and it's "whatever, Kunlun sucks".
 
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Context needed.

Kunlun would still wreck any CHL, NCAA, or U20 team. Its a club of veteran men.
This year's #5 d-man, Ryan Sproul, won CHL defenseman of the year. Think of the devistation he would do as a 30 year old seasoned vet.

If Bedard scored 8 points in 2 games against a CHL all-star team x 50, on steroids, everyone would be bowing at the alter of Connor. Michkov does it and it's "whatever, Kunlun sucks".

Bedard scored 13 points vs Austria and Germany though. U20 ones but still...
 
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Haha, oh maybe, I have no idea. I'm back with actor names. I had to hunt for this guy's name - I just remembered him from Fargo but not from Breaking Bad... did he work in the lab at some point?
Yeah, sort of. Probably the scariest character on that show.

I remember him from Fargo too though. Loved that show.
 
Just take solace in the fact that it's not Flyers fans saying it (yet).

I feel absolutely no compulsion to compare Michkov to Bedard, or any other prospect for that matter. He’s a better prospect than any team should realistically hope to select at seventh overall, and that’s good enough to satisfy me until comparisons are absolutely necessary.

I'm not comparing Michkov to Bedard as a player. I'm comparing the criteria by which Michkov is judged relative to other players. It's usually quite slanted.
Like Michkov getting crapped on for scoring 8 pts vs Kunlun despite the level of competition far exceeding anything Bedard has faced in his life.
 

Funny shit. This guy used to be pretty successful in the CHL. He played on the same Sochi team as Michkov last season and scored less points in 58 games, than Michkov in 27 games...
 
I think we might be misinterpreting what Torts expects from his players. Case in point is Tippett -- the kid has flaws and limitations in his game but he excelled under Torts. And I think that's because he hustled his butt off despite his limitations and sometimes poor shoot vs. passing choices.

Michkov is Tippett on steriods, Red Bull, and Jolt. He's got a hefty motor and hustles. If his wizardry is netting results and he's giving his ass, I don't suspect a problem. Unless we think Torts coaching Kucherov would turn him into Fedotenko lmao.
Yeah, I really don't understand the Torts hate from some of the fan base. I certainly wasn't thrilled when he signed here because I wanted a fresh face with some new ideas, but Torts won me over as the season went on. And there's no denying the guy's track record. Also, my biggest gripe prior to Torts was the Flyers had the feeling of a team whose soul left them after Ed Snider died and Comcast Corp, Hextall and Hakstol were running the show. Torts is the type to force the life back into the franchise because he's going to demand they run through walls and will reward guys willing to do so. So as long as Michkov shows up here, is humble, confident and works his ass off, Torts will sing his praises and it will all be good.
 
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