Kshahdoo
Registered User
What is wrong with you?
You can't compare the Lindros pick to the Michkov selection. One was a sure fire thing from the junior league in which you had every control of the situation.
The other is a promising young player out of a country in which you were never sure if he comes over. The Flyers expected to wait 3 years before they get any chance to see him in Philly.
At this time many teams started a bidding war for #88. Red Wings reportedly offered Yzerman+.
Isn't it obvious?
Michkov set records in almost every freaking tournament he played in, Russian and international. If Arizona/Utah wanted to trade him, price would have been much better, than Simashev for sure. And it's without saying that Michkov could have decided that Utah wasn't Arizona and agreed to play for it... He could be very useful for Utah right now, couldn't he? Just imagine him and Cooley together for many years to come...