Seasons starting soon...get your little shots in while you can...gonna be a long season for you if you keep that hatred in your heart. This kid is the real deal
I don’t hate the player at all. I’m just managing expectations. As another member pointed out, he’s got pushed around a little bit too much by other kids, created a few turnover, had his head down a couple of times in dangerous positions and sometimes he took too much time to make a decision with the puck.
All things that won’t work/fly in the NHL. He can and probably will adjust over time but to think he’s going to come into the league and dominate right away is a pipe dream.
I’ll need to see real games against real mens but I think I know already how this year is going to go;
He might start off red hot for 5-6 games and get 16-18 minutes ice time a game. He’s going to cool off a bit as time and space gets smaller and smaller. Torts going to cut down his ice time because of it and Philly fans will come to this board complaining about how Torts is an idiot and doesn’t understand hockey etc… I also expect Michkov to get hit hard a couple of times in the first half of the season, maybe even concussed once until he figures out he need to keep his heads up more. Probably going to end up with ~50 points his first year and it’ll take 18-24 months before he completely figure it out and start dominating more. He plays a lot like Kaprisoz - or at least try to - but I don’t think he’s as skilled as him. 80-90 points a season should be his peak years and he’s going to be a great player.