RW Matvei Michkov (2023, 7th, PHI) Part 5

[ViD]

Terrible game for him so far today: produced nothing offensively and took the dumbest penalty imaginable

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Terrible game for him so far today: produced nothing offensively and took the dumbest penalty imaginable

The whole team looks pathetic.

 

[Mattb124]

Gets back into the lineup after the silly (but expected) Torts scratchings, and immediately notches a Primary assist on the Powerplay, an ES Breakaway goal, and a sweet Shootout goal.

Hoping to see an uptick in SOG at ES as the season progresses.

Speaking of Torts scratching, last nights victim was Morgan Frost, the #2 center on the team.

Based on your description, Torts sounds like a genius with getting that sort of performance from scratching a player.

 

[Fantomas]

Almost scored his third OT winner, hit the post.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

Almost scored his third OT winner, hit the post.

Was a hell of a shot, every time he gets a break away he does something different hard to pickup what he's going to do.

 

[kp61c]

His line looked the worst and was benched at the end of the game today. Won't be surprised if he sits a couple of games again.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

His line looked the worst and was benched at the end of the game today. Won't be surprised if he sits a couple of games again.

Why would any coach make lineup changes after a game his team won and dominated?

He was fine. Nothing great, nothing bad. I watched the same game and Tippett screwed up some looks more than anyone else. Michkov made some nice plays on the perimeter, backchecked hard, and won a couple of battles against bigger players. He turned a puck over in transition but he also was open a bunch and the dmen didnt pass it to him. Flyers dominated 3/4 of the game and had a one-goal lead, and that is not a line you deploy to protect it in the late stages. Torts rode the top two lines and they were outshooting them 2:1 for most of a game they won so it’s not like Michkov was directly responsible for anything serious.

 

[kp61c]

Why would any coach make lineup changes after a game his team won and dominated?

He was fine. Nothing great, nothing bad. I watched the same game and Tippett screwed up some looks more than anyone else.

Michkov didn't backcheck all that hard and looked brutal in his own zone. Can't say the same about Tippett.

 

[ViD]

Michkov was perfectly fine tonight