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HOLD YOUR HORSES BEFORE REPLYING, but today we’re talking about 2023 NHL Entry Draft top prospect Matvei Michkov, and the idea that his KHL season has been BETTER than Connor Bedard’s in the WHL.
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft is filled with a lot of top NHL prospects. Some are elite, and others could be even seen as franchise NHL prospects. Names to look out for include Connor Bedard, Matvei Michkov, Adam Fantilli, Brayden Yager, Leo Carlsson, Calum Ritchie, Zach Benson, Cameron Allen, Dalibor Dvorsky, Charlie Stramel, Nate Danielson, Ethan Gauthier, Eduarde Sale, Otto Stenberg, Colby Barlow, Kasper Halttunen, Will Smith, Ryan Leonard, Quentin Musty, Oliver Moore, Riley Heidt, Andrew Cristall, Zeb Forsfjall, Theo Lindstein, Mikhail Gulyayev, Hunter Brzustewicz, Maxim Strbak, Gavin Brindley, William Whitelaw, Gabe Perreault, Lukas Dragicevic, Alex Ciernik, Caden Price, and Koehn Ziemmer.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
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30 Comments
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Dang Michkov got 20 pts in 27 games, wow! I've always thought that Bedard and Michkov were cut above the rest. Carlsson and Fantilli aren't on that level.
Michkov and beddard is turning into Crosby/Ovi… If it was outside the KHL contract easy 1/2 toss-up
I am better
dude he is 148 lbs there is no way he goes 1st
I wonder if there’s any impact with the war? Depleting league because to many players got drafted to battle? Order here is no impact
Bedard is better for longer
No american teams are going to draft a Russian playing in Russia, not in the first round at least, and you know why, hope the Habs won't do like the Americans and draft him.
Bedard is better bro don’t disrespect bedard 😂😂
Isnt Bedards team terrible
michkov better then bedard, playing against men , beard playing against 16 year old's in a kids league lol
I would just be worried about the contract but most Russians stay 3 or so years after being drafted. He will enter the league in amazing form once his contract in the KHL expires.
if nucks can pick im up at like 4 or 5 they could easily get him to come over due to the other russians being able to help him and everything else
YALL need to understand that michkov can break his contract in the KHL it’s in his terms go make some research ✌️❤️
I would be happy if michkov fell to 5th overall. That could mean that the Canucks get a massive steal in this draft.
told you 2 years ago
I bet he is going to fall farr, hope Canucks can pick him up with that pick from the Islanders
I think these scores show how stacked the draft is the – variables on Michkov make the draft very interesting and exciting.
20 points in 27 points in the KHL! That’s insane
Bedard would be destroying the KHL. No, then you don't know hockey. Bedard is 17. Not 18. Will be drafted as a 17 year old in June.
Michkov´s point production is amazing, but we have to take in consideration that KHL is right now a much weaker league than it used to be.
Hawks will take him if they don't get Berdard.
Michkov has always been the better pick… People just hyped up the Bedard train the past few months from the WJC, but looking at film it's very clear Michkov has a way higher upside. The only downside to drafting Michkov is he's currently under contract in the KHL for a few more years, you can look at that as a bad thing or a good thing, I think the good thing is he will develop greatly playing against Men, and no other than Russian men, and the other thing is, well if you drafted him, more than likely he would be developing for a couple years regardless, so better off to have him go develop in the Russian equivalent of the NHL. I think both players have potential to be superstars, but man watching Michkov's tape is just a thing of beauty.
If I am a GM and I get the first pick, I trade down to number 2 and get a package for Bedard. Then I trade the new assets and a lower 1st round pick along with my high 2nd round pick to get the 4th overall pick. Now I have 2 of the top 4 picks. I draft Fantilli #2 and Michkov at #4. My rebuild foundation has been built for years to come.
Nice video. Thanks for the education/info. Korchinski score at 100 just underscores that Kyle Davidson just may know what he is doing.
you should put something useful in teh video instead of you just playing chel. that has nothign to do with what you are saying.
Calling Panarin and Kaprizov pretty good NHL players is like calling Jokic and Doncic pretty good NBA players
Future Flame
Michkov always been better it’s just the Russian factor change it. If michkov was Canadian and Bedard was Russian it’d be michkov 1 Bedard 2
One thing i'll say to temper expectations, playing on a bad team will get him more ice time, a thing i'm sure he had practically none of on ska, and if i'm not mistaken, the Khl bled a lot of talent this year because of the war, so his stats may not line up perfectly with historical numbers