RW Matvei Michkov (2023, 7th, PHI) Part 4

[antman12]

This is the most comfortable and "involved" hes been all year. Natural as its only his 7th game, but hes been all over the place in the ozone. Also been in a handful of caps face. He definitely has a little dawg in him.

It was funny, on the faceoff prior to his goal Carlson (I believe) tried to big brother him and rough him up and 39 was too strong on his skates and hardly moved.

Wouldn't be surprised at all to see him involved in a game tying goal down the stretch here..

 

[Hockeypete49]

Kid's going to be a good one.

 

[Devonator]

7 points in 7 games on a struggling team......yes, he is going to be great for the Flyers to be sure.

 

[antman12]

PLDs bumass outscored him tonight. 39s officially a bust.

 

[Kcoyote3]

No one said this.

There’s literally a post like 4 above yours saying he looked f***ing terrible and was overrated and won’t be in the NHL past this year that was posted two weeks ago.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

7 points in 7 games on a struggling team......yes, he is going to be great for the Flyers to be sure.

It’s insane how many squandered passes he’s made that didn’t go in. The guy thinks the game on an entirely other level.

 

[SaSaShi]

This is the most comfortable and "involved" hes been all year. Natural as its only his 7th game, but hes been all over the place in the ozone. Also been in a handful of caps face. He definitely has a little dawg in him.

It was funny, on the faceoff prior to his goal Carlson (I believe) tried to big brother him and rough him up and 39 was too strong on his skates and hardly moved.

Wouldn't be surprised at all to see him involved in a game tying goal down the stretch here..

he looked more in tune on a line with couturier/konecny.....keep him away from Tippett, their games do not mesh.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Yeah this kid won't last here. He looked terrible in his first game. I can see why he didnt go top five. I f***ing knew he was getting overrated because he's Russian . Again production in the KHL/MHL means nothing .

Life comes at you fast.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Life comes at you fast.

KHL production only means something if you’re a Montreal fan and if it’s Demidov. “Generational“ btw.

 

[dendazen]

Every time the kid with the puck, something is happening, it's crazy to see. Yet i see to him do some stupid pass or just don't care play. So much raw talent it's insane. I wish flyers tank this year to get him a top support he's strive with.

 

[antman12]

he looked more in tune on a line with couturier/konecny.....keep him away from Tippett, their games do not mesh.

Most definitely. The further away from Tippett the better.

 

[JABEE]

This is the most comfortable and "involved" hes been all year. Natural as its only his 7th game, but hes been all over the place in the ozone. Also been in a handful of caps face. He definitely has a little dawg in him.

It was funny, on the faceoff prior to his goal Carlson (I believe) tried to big brother him and rough him up and 39 was too strong on his skates and hardly moved.

Wouldn't be surprised at all to see him involved in a game tying goal down the stretch here..

I think he's surprising some NHLers on the forecheck and in puck battles. He is really strong and he approaches the battles smartly. Using his stick and leverage to control the puck.

7 points in 7 games in this offense is impressive. The Flyers had the worst PP in the NHL last season and he is producing on his own out there.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

I think he's surprising some NHLers on the forecheck and in puck battles. He is really strong and he approaches the battles smartly. Using his stick and leverage to control the puck.

7 points in 7 games in this offense is impressive. The Flyers had the worst PP in the NHL last season and he is producing on his own out there.

Was supposed to be small and weak ; doesn’t play like it

 

[SaSaShi]

Every time the kid with the puck, something is happening, it's crazy to see. Yet i see to him do some stupid pass or just don't care play. So much raw talent it's insane. I wish flyers tank this year to get him a top support he's strive with.

looks like they don't need to tank.....but ya. michkov-hagens, what a dream that would be.

yes he scored 2 points, but I loved his anger the most today. he played like he was pissed off.

delivered a messier cross check to a cap player's mouth, and had an ivan drago staredown at another time. that was funny as hell

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

I think he's surprising some NHLers on the forecheck and in puck battles. He is really strong and he approaches the battles smartly. Using his stick and leverage to control the puck.

7 points in 7 games in this offense is impressive. The Flyers had the worst PP in the NHL last season and he is producing on his own out there.

I love how the game just flows through him on the PP, it happened naturally, the guy is so gifted. The great ones always make the right play nearly every time and that’s Michkov to a T, everyone playing checkers, Michkov playing chess. Look at his PPG he didn’t rip that he waited for the screen and “placed / deposited” that shot in the top corner, guy is something else. You see seasoned 10 year vets who are extremely talented maybe do shit like that he’s been doing it since he was a kid.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I feel good about my Calder prediction. He might run away with it. This is a good Calder crop, but Michkov is the caliber of player that should've been a rookie last year.

They should probably also hand Michkov the captaincy now. He may not be able to speak English yet, but as soon as he does he'll be the face of the franchise. Probably is the face of the franchise already. Actually, his translator answering for him in the press conferences might be until he can answer for himself.

 

[Juicy Pop]

he looked more in tune on a line with couturier/konecny.....keep him away from Tippett, their games do not mesh.

Couturier still, thankfully, has some jump in him and can win faceoffs... that's a huge plus over Frost to just win Ozone draws and keep the pressure cooking.

And yeah, Tippett is just not the guy to rely on for finishing the clean looks that Matvei can deliver. He's just a high-volume shot sort of player.

19 years old and he's already the centerpiece of the org... players just need to catch up with him and he could very well be PPG+.

 

[Kshahdoo]

-9 after 7 games... Still there are 4 players on the Flyers who are -10.

 

[ReimanSum1908]

-9 after 7 games... Still there are 4 players on the Flyers who are -10.

Plus minus is a near-meaningless statistic.

Always has been. Always will be.

That's amplified on a rebuilding team at the bottom of the league.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Plus minus is a near-meaningless statistic.

Always has been. Always will be.

That's amplified on a rebuilding team at the bottom of the league.

Still people used to rant a lot about Bedard's +/- last season.

 

[ViD]

-9 after 7 games... Still there are 4 players on the Flyers who are -10.

Half of it likely from the empty netters at the end

 

[Cenzhin]

-9 after 7 games... Still there are 4 players on the Flyers who are -10.

6 of his 7 points are from the powerplay. Not surprised his +/- is that low.

 

[majormajor]

Half of it likely from the empty netters at the end

Only -1 from that. Just look at 5v5 +/-.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Only -1 from that. Just look at 5v5 +/-.

The whole team has been absolutely atrocious, it’s actually a miracle he’s ppg, if you showed me his teammates season stats this far through and asked me where Michkov would be at blind, I’d probably say a few points at best. Dude is cut from a different cloth.

 

[NatusVincere]

Talking about +/-

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849274615220289748

So far it's super frustrating with the Flyers and feels like Sochi all over again.