Again, there's no world where he gets stuck in the KHL for his whole career if he refuses to play for the team that drafted him. He would hold all the cards. That pick would absolutely be wasted until he was traded.
Still doesn't change the fact that the Coyotes along with 5 other GMs wouldn't take that bet. Guys that do this for a living and have for a long time.
How badly does BA lose the trade because every GM knows that Michkov holds all the cards and has a gun to his head?
The GMs that passed him up know the truth.
If a quote from his own Agent doesn't convince you, you'll accept nothing short of hearing it directly from Michkov's own mouth. Then you'll probably say it's an AI fake because you want Michkov so badly. It's trendy for people to label things they don't like "fake news" now-a-days.