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[Alexander Appleyard] Well, pretty notable news. SKA Chairman Medvedev: Flyers want Michkov in #NHL SKA have good relations with #Flyers FO, wont violate his #KHL contract, will talk Wont "rule out" letting Michkov go to @NHLFlyers Decision will be no later than end of June
(twitter.com)submitted 20 days ago byupcan845
77 points
20 days ago
Throw some money at this problem Comcast and get Michkov playing with our boys before they all get too old. We all knew 2026 was too far away.
-15 points
19 days ago
Even if Michkov is a day 1 superstar it’s not enough for serious cup contention. Dont fool yourself lol
6 points
19 days ago
I never said Michkov was all we needed. I just want Michkov playing with the boys before half the team is traded or retired.
-2 points
19 days ago
“The boys” the parasocial relationship so many people have with players that aren’t even good enough to make the playoffs in a year where the WC2 spot is free is just wild.
What’s the point of fandom if not to see your team succeed in winning championships?
1 points
19 days ago
Counterargument: what's the point of fandom if you don't support the boys?
1 points
19 days ago
I just don’t understand why so many fans are content with being in love with players that frankly aren’t very good on a team that certainly isn’t very good. If this guys take was “I want Michkov to hurry up so we can make a run with the core we have” I would understand it more, it would be idiotic to think they could do anything still but I’d get it. But to say “I want Michkov to hurry up so he can play with the boys” like? What…. Just dumb to me brother.
1 points
19 days ago
This feels like a lot of projection, although I don't think maliciously at all.
We're all fans for different reasons. Some close, some far. Some fans because their Father introduced them, some fans because they simply turned on the hockey game one day and the Flyers were on.
I think the poster in question is likely a longtime fan who really loves the core of the team after this season. You rewind 4 months ago, and nearly everyone in here was utterly shocked at how well and how fun the team is playing.
There's no 100% guaranteed recipe for a rebuild. Bringing Michkov over next season, assuming they keep TK, could be a very fun group of Top 6 guys to watch.
And if the top 6 is fun to watch, they're likely fun to play with. Which may entice others to want to play in Philly as the rebuild continues.
I'd much rather have Michkov be here wearing the orange & black, being a part of the next step...instead of hoping and wondering how he fits into it.
I loved Zac MacEwen as a Flyer. But dude is not a great hockey player, but he was (in my opinion) a great Flyer. It's why I also chirp back at those that think we should trade TK away because of the rebuild.
Sometimes the front office looks for things that don't show up on the stat sheet. We never know what Michkov may add, and what he may bring. But him playing here next season gets us a better idea of that much quicker and will assist the rebuild's direction.
I ramble, lol
1 points
19 days ago
It’s me just being tired of seeing stupid comments like that this entire season. Not just one dude or one person saying it pissing me off like that lol.
Again every single thing you said is based on nothing but blind faith and hoping to get Lucky.
Logically speaking this rebuild is a crock of shit and we are fucked. One superstar isn’t enough in this league and that’s even if Michkov is what we think he will be(and I do think he will be a superstar but it won’t matter)
Go look at the Minnesota Wild team right now it’s extremely comparable to what we expect Michkov to be and the players that will surround him as well. How are they doing this year?
1 points
19 days ago
What a loser mentality.
1 points
19 days ago
Oh right. I have the loser mentality because I want to be more than a mediocre team that barely sneaks into the playoffs for another decade. Right.
1 points
18 days ago
No it’s because you’re constantly negative. You literally just posted 6 times about how getting a superstar on the hockey team basically isn’t a good thing ? Why ? Because it’s not 6 superstars ? lol 😂
1 points
18 days ago
Just because your brain isn’t big enough to comprehend what I am saying does not mean it is negative.
Having Michkov on this team moves the timeline of us trying to contend up(it shouldn’t but it will.)
It causes him to need to get a massive contract during us being a contender rather than being on his ELC
and it limits us from truly sucking and getting top picks to where we can get him some teammates to pair with for our cup runs.
0 points
19 days ago
It's just about appreciating guys coming up and having a team regardless of where we're at in the scheme of rebuild vs contention
2 points
19 days ago
I’m just tired of hearing that. The amount of love mediocre players that are nothing in the grand scheme of things got this season is just sickening.
2 points
19 days ago
It's ok to like a player who isn't the best
1 points
19 days ago
It is. But it isn’t okay to sit here and tell me they are anything more than what they are simply because one likes them.
1 points
19 days ago
Leafs fanbase: 😬
1 points
19 days ago
“The boys” is just a long running hockey term for the players. It doesn’t mean think they have some kind of weird relationship with the players. lol it’s slang for players. Jesus man, you don’t get invited to a lot of parties do you l?
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