Prospect Info: Round 1, 7th overall: Matvei Michkov, RW, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

[Boxscore]

The world knew who the Hawks were taking. The Flyers just won the draft.

 

[TheKingPin]

By a hair, yes. It weights KHL production probably a bit too heavy though. He's not close to Bedard.

That’s fine. I’ll take that all day.

 

[GKJ]

Flyers met with him in Voorhees and nobody knew

 

[Redpath]

Amazing pick.

Looking forward to hearing how drafting an undersized, skilled Russian was actually a part of Clarke/Torts' all-encompassing power

 

[Striiker]

 

[Curufinwe]

 

[Adtar02]

Amazing pick.

Looking forward to hearing how drafting an undersized, skilled Russian was actually a part of Clarke/Torts' all-encompassing power

They know Clark will be dead and torts fired before he can come over.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Hopefully Tortorella is gone by then

 

[Curufinwe]

JOHN TORTORELLA​

Philadelphia Flyers​

Head Coach​

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BORN:Jun. 24, 1958
AGE:65
BIRTHPLACE:Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Current Coach Contracts​

Coach Contract​

TEAM: Philadelphia Flyers
VALUE: $16,000,000

SEASON	LENGTH	SALARY	DETAILS
2022-23	4 years	$4,000,000	HIRED: Jun. 16, 2022
2023-24	-	$4,000,000
2024-25	-	$4,000,000
2025-26	-	$4,000,000

 

[landsbergfan]

Jesus f***ing Christ Bill shut the hell up

 

[Adtar02]

Torts won’t be here when he comes.

 

[Appleyard]

My thoughts pretty much...

Bedard is a potential generational player. And Michkov is the 2nd best player in this draft right now in terms of ability+talent+upside.

 

[DancingPanther]

@FlyerNutter you and I both know his Americanized first name primes him for huge things

 

[Redpath]

They know Clark will be dead and torts fired before he can come over.

But they're both alive now. I was led to believe that Torts hates skill and has outsized power in the organization's direction.

 

[DancingPanther]

"[Lyksell] wants to play a possession game and turn back with the puck at times. It was a habit that he had to break" - Flahr

 

[Prongo]

I’m still over the damn moon. f***ing love it.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Bill, you really f***ing think Torts will be around to tell him anything?

 

[Prongo]

By the time he gets here Torts will be in some type of front office role or some bullshit. f*** him regardless

 

[Magua]

I must've gotten the good samples because most every game I watched he placed very tenaciously. He leaks so what. Every top offensive guy leaks because they read the play in advance for rush chances. He's not some SAWFT player, and he excels in tight spaces, with high end burst and edge work.

Sorry, Billy, no Leonard. And hopefully Tortorella isn't even coaching by then.

 

[Appleyard]

I must've gotten the good samples because most every game I watched he placed very tenaciously. He leaks so what. Every top offensive guy leaks because they read the play in advance for rush chances. He's not some SAWFT player, and he excels in tight spaces, with high end burst and edge work.

Sorry, Billy, no Leonard. And hopefully Tortorella isn't even coaching by then.

He works pretty hard on D too... and really likes blocking shots.

 

[Striiker]

First reason for hope in what feels like forever.

Still shocked they didn’t screw this up.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Oh no, he has some defensive issues! Who cares? He isn't here to play defensively

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[Striiker]

Oh no, he has some defensive issues! Who cares? He isn't here to play defensively

If they took an offensively inept defensemen his stupid ass wouldn’t say a word.

He’s been completely brainwashed and can’t even comprehend a world where defense ain’t the most important thing.

 

[wankstifier]

This is actually embarrassing. Did he delete his HFBoards account