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

[JRichard]

The leaky org played it pretty close to the vest in this case. Michkov was invited to the Voorhees training center on Sunday and they closed the place so nothing would leak. Twitter message gave no explanation, found it was odd as there were games scheduled.

 

[Kshahdoo]

The leaky org played it pretty close to the vest in this case. Michkov was invited to the Voorhees training center on Sunday and they closed the place so nothing would leak. Twitter message gave no explanation, found it was odd as there were games scheduled.

Didn't they say there was outage or like?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Congrats flyers fans, hope this kid works out for ya.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Must feel good getting the 2nd best player in the draft at 7th overall. Just sucks we won't get to see him in the NHL for a bit.

 

[Albatros]

Bedard has imo no exceptional skill. Even his highlights were relatively unimpressive with most of him destroying German speaking teams.

That's the 2022 2nd overall pick trying to stop him with stakes high in the quarterfinal overtime.

 

[JRichard]

Didn't they say there was outage or like?

Tweet: Please be aware that we are cancelling today’s remaining games and events. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

[ViD]

So he ended up at #7 and Philly, I'm happy.

About the "he shoots like Matthews and skates like McDavid... you can't overhype him!" no 1 OA - I'm convinced that purely by talent, Michkov is the best player of the draft. Bedard has a super professional attitude/approach and is already very well trained. Michkov has still has a lot of room to grow here. And besides his shot, Bedard has imo no exceptional skill. Even his highlights were relatively unimpressive with most of him destroying German speaking teams. But Bedard deserved the #1 and Chicago did everything right.

The Ducks and Jackets took the easy, low-risk path from their point of view. But Carlsson and Fantilli will not be the bus drivers on the way to a possible cup. However, I did enjoy Carlssons interviews. I like his natural confidence, he certain has some kind of boss aura. Maybe the Ducks picked their next Getzlaf here. Otherwise the Jackets staff and probably half of Ohio can look forward to being invited by Fantilli to his birthday parties - but that's all there will be to celebrate.

The Sharks should have picked Michkov. Strange preferring this year's U18 MVP to the two years ago, who was already dominating the tournament 16 years old. Smith is nowhere near Michkovs level. But you could play the fresh prince and create good vibes.

The losers of the draft are clearly the Habs. Price pulled himself out for the last seconds, but even that didn't help. Luckily for them, Reinbacher will make sure that no one forgets his name ever again. We could see that right in his face. And he has the talent and attitude to do so. Only a Michkov he is not.

The Yotes clearly picked accidentally the wrong Russian and thought we wouldn't notice if they just pick another Russian winger. I feel sorry for my Russian brothers who now have to serve in a gulag in the desert. But Im glad its not Michkov… who was already wearing the Yotes suit.

Congratulations Philly. Imo the winner of the draft.

Well said, agreed

 

[Wierzbowski426]

Are there any character concerns with this kid? I saw a headline referencing something to that affect but it could just be anti-russian bias at this point.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Are there any character concerns with this kid? I saw a headline referencing something to that affect but it could just be anti-russian bias at this point.

He's a mean bastard. Loves to provoke opponents to do stupid things and can be harsh towards his teammates.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

He's a mean bastard. Loves to provoke opponents to do stupid things and can be harsh towards his teammates.

So he's basically a John Tortorella but on-ice...

 

[ViD]

 

[Kshahdoo]

So he's basically a John Tortorella but on-ice...

Well, he's probably as crazy about hockey as Torts.

 

[coooldude]

It will be interesting to see whether Michkov refused to meet with and/or play for certain teams. I can’t imagine that’s the case but I’m also befuddled as to why teams like the Sharks and Habs seemed to have no desire to draft him.

It sounds like he made it clear that he wanted to play in a hockey market, and that he really likes the Flyers (and was on record about the Caps as well).

As a Sharks fan who wanted them to pick Michkov, I don't think they passed for a bad reason. I am guessing he signaled that he wouldn't want to play for us. The same is probably true of PHX and ANA.

As for the Habs..... They probably should have picked him. But even so, the secret visit of the Philly facility on Friday shows he had a preference and that probably influenced the draft more than we will know for sure.

 

[ChaosLord]

So he's basically a John Tortorella but on-ice...

Hope he's a hell of a lot smarter than Tortorella.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Are there any character concerns with this kid? I saw a headline referencing something to that affect but it could just be anti-russian bias at this point.

Nothing that has been documented. Unless you consider the country he is born and lives in to be a "character" concern.

 

[Cskavars]

Well, he's probably as crazy about hockey as Torts.

realistically if he was Canadian, people would love the edge he has on the ice and would be using the phrase "future captain"

 

[ThisIsMyAlibi]

Face of a 90s teen movie antagonist.

 

[Rob Brown]

Ugh that sponsor logo is unnecessarily big and out of place looking.

 

[Beige Van]

They should take him on a tour of Kensington Avenue.

 

[Boxscore]

Is it crazy to compare him to Pavel Bure? I mean his potential/style.

He has a violent tenacity to score goals like Pavel and a smaller, compact jitterbug style. But Pavel skated like McDavid and had a slapper like Brett Hull. Michkov uses wristers and snappers to shoot darts and is more cerebral than Bure, with a faster processor. In terms of style, he reminds me most of Sergei Markov with some Sidney Crosby mixed in.

 

[scoutman1]

So he ended up at #7 and Philly, I'm happy.

About the "he shoots like Matthews and skates like McDavid... you can't overhype him!" no 1 OA - I'm convinced that purely by talent, Michkov is the best player of the draft. Bedard has a super professional attitude/approach and is already very well trained. Michkov has still has a lot of room to grow here. And besides his shot, Bedard has imo no exceptional skill. Even his highlights were relatively unimpressive with most of him destroying German speaking teams. But Bedard deserved the #1 and Chicago did everything right.

The Ducks and Jackets took the easy, low-risk path from their point of view. But Carlsson and Fantilli will not be the bus drivers on the way to a possible cup. However, I did enjoy Carlssons interviews. I like his natural confidence, he certain has some kind of boss aura. Maybe the Ducks picked their next Getzlaf here. Otherwise the Jackets staff and probably half of Ohio can look forward to being invited by Fantilli to his birthday parties - but that's all there will be to celebrate.

The Sharks should have picked Michkov. Strange preferring this year's U18 MVP to the two years ago, who was already dominating the tournament 16 years old. Smith is nowhere near Michkovs level. But you could play the fresh prince and create good vibes.

The losers of the draft are clearly the Habs. Price pulled himself out for the last seconds, but even that didn't help. Luckily for them, Reinbacher will make sure that no one forgets his name ever again. We could see that right in his face. And he has the talent and attitude to do so. Only a Michkov he is not.

The Yotes clearly picked accidentally the wrong Russian and thought we wouldn't notice if they just pick another Russian winger. I feel sorry for my Russian brothers who now have to serve in a gulag in the desert. But Im glad its not Michkov… who was already wearing the Yotes suit.

Congratulations Philly. Imo the winner of the draft.

though i agree i put Bedard and Michkov as 1A and 1B in this draft...to say Bedard highlights are unimpressive nills this post imo...you could say all michkov highlights are just of him in the right spot at the right time i guess, but as a past scout i know there is nothing of luck and all IQ....also in those U18 Michkov was of age to be in the U18 where Bedard was an underager which gave michkov a whole year of deleipment and year of maturity over Bedard in the tournament...also only 2 points is what the difference was...Michkov won MVP but Bedard was right there...

These two players are going to be like Crosby vs Ovechkin all over again in the future...it is going to be fun to watch...

 

[1865]

1- Size at 5'10" and 148lbs.
2- Injury and surgery last August.
3- No access to development for the next three years.

I'm not surprised he fell down in the draft Stupid kid should have never signed that KLA extension.

It's quite lucky we got him for a couple of reasons. He'd have gone top 3 if he hadn't signed the deal in the KHL and if Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine.

 

[thedjpd]

I've read on a couple of reports that he's also played LW on a couple of KHL teams. Does anybody know have read something similar? Just wondering for my own curiosity.

 

[Redpath]

32 Thoughts

- Friedman calls back to how last week it was thought Michkov had preferred teams in mind. He says we now know that was 100% true. Michkov indicated he wanted to go to a market where the team mattered, the team was popular, and they had a chance to win.

- Friedman says he knows fans haven't been happy with ownership, but Michkov saw it as a stable ownership that spends money and is dedicated to winning.

- Flyers wondered "Is this too good to be true?" after the Voorhees meeting, so the Flyers scheduled a 2nd meeting in Nashville. People who attended the Nashville meeting, but not the Voorhees meeting, were convinced that Michkov was serious about Philadelphia.

- Friedman thinks the Flyers tried to trade up.

- Friedman invokes the "The Soviets are leaving the ice" story, and said he heard from people "Is Michkov aware of [that story?]" So Friedman asked someone who knows Michkov if he is aware, but they weren't sure if Michkov is aware and plans to check with him.

- Thinks the Flyers were surprised that nothing scared him. Not Philly, not Torts, not the rebuild.

- Philly has been disappointed with how much has leaked, but the Flyers happy to keep this under wraps and are excited about the fan response

 

[Rob Brown]