Prospect Info: Round 1, 7th overall: Matvei Michkov, RW, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
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Allhockey.ru: Мичков: Ротенберг сказал, что видит меня в центре. Я готов играть где угодно
Мичков: Ротенберг сказал, что видит меня в центре. Я готов играть где угодно
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- It's actually a challenge for me. I used to play a couple of games in the center, I always liked it. The whole game goes through you, you conduct a trio or all five. I am generally comfortable doing this. Roman Borisovich said that he saw me in the center, and I was only glad. Of course, I myself am happy to play anywhere - even as a defender, even as a goalkeeper, I will give all my best in any position. The main thing is that the team wins.
- So this is Rotenberg's proposal?
- It's a joint decision. I myself wanted to ask to play in the center this season, but Roman Borisovich got ahead of me.
- When did you last play in the center?
- In "Sochi" one of the matches. But so that constantly, never happened. I'm glad it turned out that way. I will try to keep adding, I always like to discover something new. I want to improve the game in the center.
- Did you study someone's experience before going to the center?
- When I found out that I would play in the center, I came home, opened the computer and began to study how the center plays. But I watched the video of Sidney Crosby. And not goals and actions in attack, but how he works out in defense. Analysts also helped me later, showed how other hockey players act in defense, and in general what functions the central one has. I tried to do all this today, - said Michkov.
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And a quote from Rotenberg:
- How did you decide to put Michkov in the center?
- Matvey has the best game thinking. You saw perfectly how well he thinks on the ice. This is an interesting solution.
We talked to him and found out that he always dreamed of playing in the center. He is not the biggest and most powerful player, but he has skills that many other players do not have.
Matvey sees the clearing very well, he can give a pass, he can score. If you look at the statistics, he was one of the best face-offs today. This is our future.
I hope that this is a central striker, who will be helped by both SKA and the Russian team. Let's look further. But today it is a very correct decision.
Michkov has many of the qualities we saw in Soviet hockey, like Vyacheslav Bykov and Igor Larionov .
It has the potential to become a very good centre. Matvey has been playing at the center since the first day of our training camp,” said SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg.
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I have no evidence but i'm willing to bet the Center idea was implanted in Michkov while he was spending time with the Flyers brass lol
Haven't seen him play enough outside of highlights to comment on whether or not it's a good idea long-term or not.
Haven't seen him play enough outside of highlights to comment on whether or not it's a good idea long-term or not.
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Future head coach Ian Laperrière thanks you both for your assistance. He might need a tiny bit of help with pronunciation.
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Well he’s not dumb like Gauthier or being coached by Lappy/AV/Torts, so maybe it’ll work.
Would be fitting for the next franchise player to switch from wing to center like the previous one did.
Would be fitting for the next franchise player to switch from wing to center like the previous one did.
Lol like Torts is gonna allow a 5'10", offensive first center. Gtfo.
It would be great for the team though. They can def fill out wing.
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It would be great for the team though. They can def fill out wing.
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Michkov at C solves all the Flyers problems up front.
They are stacked at RW - so Cutter to LW and MM to C means they have a cup caliber top line and it pushes everybody else down one.
If they find 1 stud D, off to the races.
If MM models his game after Crosby, who is the worlds best grinder, Torts will LOVE him.
They are stacked at RW - so Cutter to LW and MM to C means they have a cup caliber top line and it pushes everybody else down one.
If they find 1 stud D, off to the races.
He will.
If MM models his game after Crosby, who is the worlds best grinder, Torts will LOVE him.
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lets be realistic with the expectations we put on Michkov, he's going to be better than crosby in every way plus bilingual
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Torts and half those players wont be here when Michkov comes over.
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It would be amazing if Michkov could not only play center but have SKA do the work for us.
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I want him playing wherever he will be most effective. You dont need your best player to be a Center to win a Cup. Tampa Bay (Kucherov), Chicago (Kane), and many others have proven this.
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That’s true but they also actually had high-end centers to play with. We don’t have one, we’re hoping someone who is naturalized at wing can move to center.
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I am likely delusional but I could see Michkov thrive with Frost as his centre. Both are very creative, dynamic with the puck, and have excellent offensive vision.
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This is reasonable for sure, even if we dont draft a forward this year and end up with a potential top pair defense theres only 2 forward spots to fill. If Michkov develops as a center he would immediately be our best center. I might even hold on to Cates and move him to Michkov's line as the LW there. Coots is 3C just based on his age by this point, but the whole middle 6 could rotate for different deployments, the top 9 could rotate really
Cates - Michkov - TK
Gauthier - Frost - Tippett
Farabee - Couturier - Foerster
Desnoyers - ??? - Brink/Lycksell/Kaplan
Cates as the top LW is a f***ing nightmare...
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Its a lot more realistic than planning for a 1st OA center, i think if Cates keeps putting up selke vote seasons he could be a perfect complement on a Michkov line. You could absolutely put a scorer on the left side anytime but a defensive forward there makes a lot of sense to me
I have absolutely no idea why Cates would be the 1LW when we have Gauthier and esp since we currently have a coach that is making sure Cates stay as a center.
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Gauthier is unproven at the NHL level, Cates is a natural LW. If michkov comes over as a center theres no need to have Cates play center, and his defensive game is already NHL level so he makes the most sense. Gauthier is more of a scorer, Farabee isnt known for his defense either so it didnt make sense for him to play top line. We already know Cates can play top line minutes against top lines,, and 3 years from now he's probably gotten better at it.
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