Who was better this year? Michkov or Bedard?

[Felidae]

This is exclusively judging them based on what they did this year. Who do you think was the better player in the 2024-25 season?

Michkov
26 goals, 63 points in 80 games.
16:41 ATOI
18/82 Takeaway/giveaway
Lead team in goals by 2.
2nd in points on team, 13 behind 1st place


Bedard
23 goals, 67 points in 82 games
20:17 ATOI
26/90 takeaway/giveaway
Lead team in points, 5 more than 2nd best.

 

[gary559]

Michkov easily.

 

[robertmac43]

Bedard got a bad rep this year but he is on an island in Chicago. Michkov at least has Knocney.

Slight edge to Bedard for me

 

[Hanji]

In a vacuum it’s Bedard, slightly. But when you add context I gotta say Michkov.

 

[ViD]

Michkov since it was his rookie year, Bedard showed no progression at all from his rookie year

 

[ViD]

Also, Bedard loses the same pool against Celebrini, Fantilli and Carlsson. Slightly edges Smith

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Bedard has nothing to work with. But it was also his second season and he was the man on his team. Michkov had better linemates but it was his rookie season on a different continent where his native language isn’t spoken

I say it’s pretty even

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

One guy was given unlimited ice time, never scratched, never punished for defensive errors. The other was constantly punished, benched and dicked around. I'm a big Bedard fan but this is Michkov in a landslide, he would of put up 75+ with the same ice time and usage in his rookie year. Also the Flyers have the worst PP in the league and Michkov was regularly pulled off the top unit to "punish him". What shocked me about Bedard the most was his goal totals, I fully expected 35+, Michkov potted 26 to lead the team even with all the other BS going on.

Should be an extremely fun comparison moving forward as both teams improve and add the young talent they're drafting. Always said they were 1A/1B in their draft year.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Michkov was better by a significant margin. Way more present in the corners and around the net. Showed a willingness to absorb contact and still make plays, he was really strong on the puck this year.

Bedard was charmin soft and was quite easily kept to the perimeter most nights. Was probably the weakest player on the puck in the league this year.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Michkov easily

 

[Nabrules]

Bedard lessor talent but plays 4 min per game more than Michkov. So that equals out. Both elite talents. The gods sure smiled on PHI on draft night 2023.

 

[Fatass]

Bedard was not very good this season.

 

[centipede2233]

I wouldn’t give up on Bedard yet.
Mackinnon’s first 4 seasons:

63 pts
38 pts
52 pts
53 pts

 

[JaegerDice]

I mean, the answer is in the numbers. It's Bedard.

 

[Toby91ca]

I probably didn't watch enough games of either this year, so take this with a grain of salt. For Bedard, you can still see elite ability, but he seemed to be missing stuff....he's doing fine obviously, but you'd like to see more from him.

Michkov, again, I only saw a handful of games, but I will say, he seemed to float a lot....cheat up into the neutral zone....it was glaring as it's not something you tend to notice unless you are in the arena, so for me to notice that much by watching on TV, it stood out. He seemed to have more hunger to score though.

To me, it's a toss up this year....but would say Bedard slightly better due to the total lack of support in Chicago....if you want to consider which is more impressive, you can bring them back to closer or edge to Michkov as it's his first year....but that wasn't the question here.