Unraveling the Mystery: Why the Debate Over Matvei Michkov Defies Logic
Nikita Kucherov, in his second full NHL season, was averaging 18:13 a night. Jack Hughes, 19:04. Trevor Zegras, 18:50. Lucas Raymond, 17:23.
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And, while Raymond’s ice time did actually decrease from Year 1 to Year 2, he still played more on average than Michkov ever has in his NHL career.
Directly counter to Cohen’s argument, the best way to learn is sometimes by doing and not by watching.
Stifling Michkov’s offensive creativity by making him forecheck as an F1 on a 6-on-5, or by putting him with grinders on 6-on-5, isn’t going to help, either.
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