Was Scratching Michkov A Mistake?

[@Joehan-ie7sn]

There needs to be a conversation about the pro and amateur scouting for the Caps, absolutely underrated

[@jred1817]

Agreed. Conversation over

[@JD200_]

Logan Thompson deserves team Canada attention

[@SomeNativeOfficial]

Right everyone is just ignoring him :(

[@tomblade]

Talbot is an extremely solid goalie. He was incredible with Minnesota and actually bringing in Fleury was a clear downgrade over him. After that he battled with injuries and had a difficult season with the sens but then he was again fantastic with LA and he just continues on that note this season. He definitely earned his place on team Canada's roster!

[@SomeNativeOfficial]

9:32 everyone forgetting about Logan Thompson definitely the best Canadian goalie this year at 7-0 so far.

[@xellossm8444]

Gotta remember Torts benched Courturier last season for underperforming so not unusual for him to do that. Apparently Michkov got some points tonight. McMichael has been making the Caps look better.

[@ianmcdonald7]

This is a great series. Some of my favorite videos from this channel

[@LegionOfEclaires]

No. He's young and he's going to make mistakes. Getting scratched isn't the end of the world. Now, if it's for half the season, that's an issue. But a couple of games isn't going to hurt.

[@OhNyquist]

I agree.

[@RiccoNapoleon]

Knowing torts it'll be more than just a couple of games

[@smeagol6969]

It's the mind games by torts that have been proven not to work. He keeps using the same tactics and never gets results

[@ilai7893]

Currently 2nd in my fantasy league 🎉best player so far has been Dostal, Markstrom, Morrissey and Meier, but sad surprise is how slow of a start Johnston has gotten off

[@brockrobson4295]

I play in a salary cap Dynasty league (I've been around for 8 of the 17 years it's been running). G, A, PPP, SHP, Blks, Hits, PIMs & W, GAA, Sv%, Sv, SO. We run a 25 man team using the player's annual salary (which means huge fluctuations over the term of the contract with say Auston Matthews being paid 7.95m last year and making 16.7m this year - the difference between the last year of his previous front loaded contract and the first year of his new front loaded contract). I'm currently 3rd, after missing our playoffs for the first time in the last 5 years, and the 2nd time in my time in the league - which given the roster only changes with trades, entry draft selections or free agency signings (team stays the same otherwise with a 25 man scoring roster, 45 man farm team and 3 years of entry draft picks). Expected studs - Brady Tkachuk, Tom Wilson. Both are huge multi cat beasts year in, year out. Surprises - Dylan Strome (weak peripherals, but LEADING scorer?!?). major boons for low cap hits: Fabian Zetterlund, Paul Cotter (cooling off, but what a first week coming from a league minimum contract I wanted for hits, blocks and PIMs!). Pyotr Kochetkov nearly outperforming Jake Oettinger at 1/3rd of the salary. We're looking for potential candidates to join the league next season - we had to contract due to several long term members being too busy for the level of commitment needed after 12+ years in the league. This is a free league, trying to emulate the GM experience of an NHL GM - testing your ability to build and maintain a roster via the entry draft, trades and free agency while operating under a salary cap which is quite challenging. It gives a whole different perspective to understanding the Oilers struggles to build a team around McDrai, appreciating Tampa's roster turn over and long run of success over the past several years and the dumpster fire that Buffalo has been for the past decade+.

[@JKor74]

Just pulled off a huge trade in my fantasy league. Picked up Otter and Mercer for B Tkachuk and Montembeault. Buddy was a Sens fan haha

[@Tdesparza]

Michkov just put up 2 points and won the game in the SO. Maybe benching him worked???

[@picklesz745]

Got a few late round steals at Darcy Kuepmer 162 overall and Hischier 127 overall 💪 5th overall rn. Sad surprise though is that I drafted Martin Necas but dropped him early bc I had a bad experience streaming him last year 😭

[@Perseus26]

I’m currently undefeated in my fantasy league at 5-0, with my top scoring player Brandt Clarke followed by Mo and Dahlin

[@carterhayes7240]

Your team sucks if those are your top guys

[@Perseus26]

@ it in fact does not. We have added points for defensive scoring. I also have Barkov and Draisaitl.

[@bonn1771]

Solid video as always

[@jmuney27]

I’m currently leading my fantasy league in points for, sounds great! But I’m also 3rd in points allowed, meaning just about every week, my opponents have their best week yet. So I’m 3-2 😭

[@rwsaldrich]

I never remember to post a question, but I would love to know your favorite fourth line forward, personally I think Nico strum is underappreciated.

[@darthvader3742]

Which team will make a coaching change? I think Nashville, if things don't start getting better.

[@MikaEgger-hr7dv]

I have a really broad question but i could never understand how one professional team could beat another if they have the same level of players

[@avroeh9547]

Sorry yes Fowler is a LH, but thank you for your answer

[@MightyGoldCR]

My Fantasy team is good offensively but is horrible in the net. All the elite goalies are taken and i have no idea what to do with

[@codymacdermid8225]

The NHL has a most improved trophy : Masterson Trophy.

[@heathclark318]

The Preds missed their chance on a rebuild. They were considering it before Trotz was brought on and even his first year under Poile. Had draft capital and could have made trades. Now they shipped a potential #1 goalie out in Askarov and the system isn't great. Lot of reaches and little developement so far from Kemmel, Wood and others

[@edanduncan2332]

Honestly I think torts is just tryna teach michkov. He’s been the best player every where he’s played and they could be just try to instil humility in him. Teaching him leadership as well

[@greythe3rd644]

Out of all the rookies this season, who have surprised you the most and why?

[@jonathancristao3608]

Can you do a video on the penguins?

[@Venxm_Hockey]

2nd non-bot comment :/

[@nofo3416]

Do you think a guy like Logan Thompson might could make team Canada

[@OtterPlaysYT]

Torts is just scratching his best players lol

[@LonewolfJesseJames506]

I think scratching Michkov here and there could be a good thing in the long term development of the player. Kinda ease him in to the league. there's no need to rush him. Anyone who's pissed off with it, just don't like Torts to begin with. Then again when you speak your mind and tell it like it is, snowflakes get upset and start to dislike you, because they don't agree with your opinions. It's the way it's always been and it will never change 🤷

[@holofech9744]

Team Canada goalies: Cam Talbot, Logan Thompson, Jake Allen. Duh

[@carterhayes7240]

Nah

[@Sneakysnowman97]

they scratched mitchkov thats fucked

[@dylanjohnson505]

“Nobody made a deal about Leo Carlsson last year”? HA! I disagree with that statement. As a ducks fan, every broadcast mentioned it about him if he was playing or if he was out. That fact that you brought it up as a talking point if proof that it was made as a talking point amongst fans

[@Gergentine]

I agree with what your saying but i also know you misunderstand what he's saying. What he means is that the ducks coaches didn't treat it as a "hes playing bad so we need to bench him." When they took him out of the lineup, it was to give him some R&R while being able to study the game with the GM in the booth above the rink. The pressure wasn't on for Carlsson like there is for a guy like Michkov who plays for a coach who is specifically known for sitting players to punish them. It was never a punishment for Carlsson, just part of his development.

[@dylanjohnson505]

@ I appreciate your comment, I’d counter it by saying that I hope what you’re saying (if I understand you correctly) is false. I’d like to think that Torts is doing his best to make Mitchkov understand and develop just as the Cronin and Verbeek were doing for Leo. Perhaps it’s not a punishment and the media is making that the story. Let’s be frank here: Anaheim is a small hockey market with less media coverage, whereas Philly is a medium market. Both Leo and Mitchkov should have similar pressures on them being high draft picks from the same class on teams with low expectations- perhaps Philly has a bit more than Anaheim. My point is: there shouldn’t be discourse about this at all at Mitchkov, just as there shouldn’t have been about Leo. But there is because sports fans generally overreact to every small detail.

[@Gergentine]

@dylanjohnson505 oh i agree with you. I think torts has learned to handle rookies with far more tact since his time in CBJ. But his lack of it early on still sticks to his name in media. Nothing wrong with sitting a rookie in general as long as it's not to the point it completely derails their confidence. Phillies also not a massive market either. They don't get much media attention outside of torts these days. Also you're very right about fans overreacting. That's why I brought this up as you seemed to be misunderstanding/overreacting to the conversation. Ohnyquist in general is pretty based in most of his takes and generally doesn't overreact as bad as most youtubers do, hence why he's one of only two hockey channels i can stand to watch. That being said. This isn't what ohnyquist was talking about.

[@timomajere]

Yzerman is absolutely under utilizing Tarasenko for the 3rd line duty. 4 Million to play 3rd line? Its not Tarasenko's fault. Yzermans playing him to feed OTHERS and not be fed himself. A duty He has never played. Its crazy Yzerman went back to Husso and look what happened Red wings outshoot 2 to 1 and still lose 4-0.

[@cptbluehawk57]

I am by no means a ville husso fan. No goalie would have a chance on 2 of those goals, he really wasn’t all that bad. For tarasenko, he plays right wing which is very crowed right now with Raymond and Kane there. Good for kaspers development to have a player like him there I forgot to mention (hence the edit) Alex Lyon was injured for the game against the rangers

[@deansmith6593]

Yzerman is the GM not the head coach. How Tarasenko is being utilized would be on Lalonde.

[@opiumroz-955]

​@@cptbluehawk57a lot of people blame goalie, but don't understand, how shit is RW defence. Same par with Anahein, Chicago, Columbus and SJ

[@cptbluehawk57]

@ exactly. A solid shutdown RD is the biggest thing this team needs, and honestly, that’s what I think would push them into the playoffs

[@timomajere]

@@deansmith6593 Fair point. I rephrase then Lalonde is screwing things up and Yzerman as GM needs to reel that 'ish' in now. You can blame the navigator , but its the Captain who runs the ship.

[@shanek2001ify]

Torts sniffs his own forts. Simple as.

[@timomajere]

He eats corn the long way.

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

Leave it to Torts to set in motion ruination of ANOTHER young player.

[@JD200_]

Simmer down bud he’ll be fine

[@Cracktopus.]

Cam Talbot Jake Allen if I had to make the choice based on current stats, that's probably who I'd go with for the 4 nations tournament. Maybe Montembault is the #3 there.

[@shrekthenoob]

No love for Joey Daccord as the Canadian goaltender consideration, that hurts, top 10 goalie in the NHL so far this year and was top 10 last year.

[@heathclark318]

Daccord is underrated... I know the Senators missed on him big time... They did again with Filip Gustavsson.

[@carterhayes7240]

Nah not even close

[@OttawaRocks]

@@heathclark318 Daccord was taken by Seattle in the expansion draft and the Sens were only allowed to protect one of Gustavsson or Daccord (and they chose to protect Gustavsson). So in retrospect, one way to look this is that it is Gustavsson who they missed on by trading him to Minnesota (for Talbot). The Daccord loss was forced. However, what is interesting if you follow the trade tree / free agent tree that results from the Sens giving up Gustavsson to Minnesota is that they end up with Ullmark. So the next question that follows is how is each goaltender doing (that was involved in that trade/FA tree that precipitated from the initial Gustavsson trade to Minnesota)? To-date, the save percentage of each goaltender is: Talbot 0.926 Gustavsson 0.919 Ullmark 0.915 Daccord 0.912 Korpisalo 0.900

[@heathclark318]

@@OttawaRocks Did you copy paste that? IF not then thank you for taking your time for the deep dive. Didnt think it was forced when it came to Ottawa and Daccord. Thought there were other goalies they could have left unprotected. Could be wrong. Also understand he hadnt shown enough for the Sens to trade for another player in order to protect him. Ulmark has been stellar so far. Big Sens fan myself. Hope they continue playing well as playoff spots are DEFINTELY up for grabs this year!

[@OttawaRocks]

@@heathclark318 No copying and pasting. You just inspired me to look it all up (i.e., you made me quite curious). Hope the team continues upwards but life experience tells me there will be good days and bad days during a rebuild. All that said, I believe (from what I see so far) that the team is trending upwards (whether it is sufficient to make the playoffs though who knows?).

[@gludiousmaximus7918]

A guy who should get consideration for the team Canada job is Chris dreidger

[@edustava6991]

Dont understand why he was scratched, so dumb

[@jasoncoladonato1034]

Flyers fan. It doesn’t matter. Scratching is different with Torts. Michkov and all the fans know he’s the future anyway. He’s back in the lineup tonight.

[@vilsfrid1566]

He is trying to make Michkov deserve that spot on the team, like all young players still developing should. U need to create that competition within the team. If u have long stretches not producing and not working on defence that is what has to be done. Michkov slowed down a bit and didn't really produce the last 6 games before being scratched. It is done as wake up call. If the player has a pro attitude he will come back from it better as before. If not and instead throwing temper tantrums then the time is to grow up. Way better aproach than what Richardson has with Bedard. Even though it's fair because he would get shit on if he didn't and he is not a long term NHL coach yet so he is to afraid to take the risk.

[@thelovefromupabove7347]

I'll always hear "so dumb" in shoresy's voice.

[@quinnchausse5051]

Development reasons. Playing rookies for a full 82 game nhl schedule can sometimes not be good since they really aren't that used to playing a stressful nhl season. Plus, you heard him say the ducks did it with carlsson last year. Sitting rookies is good for development

[@edenisburning]

Torts. He's the best coach to get more out of a team than their roster would suggest. He's the worst coach to have when you're trying to develop a flashy superstar. He hates those types of players and will try to beat the flashy skill out of Michkov in an attempt to make him into something he's not ever going to be. The Leo Carlsson situation was different, he knew at the start of the year that he'd be in and out of the lineup as they managed his game load. It was part of his development plan. What Torts is doing runs the risk of shattering a young players confidence or souring their relationship with the team.

[@Turtle15684]

Michkov is the next PLD. He’s not good and definitely won’t want to play for the flyers in 2 years.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Lol, it is weird to celebrate remembrance day in a country that openly celebrates n a z i ' s in their parliament. 😂

[@OuZi9891]

Legit

[@OuZi9891]

But i celebrate it for the soldiers who fought so i could be in this lovely country

[@liammckay3018]

Brain damage take

[@tylerdurden4006]

@@liammckay3018 so we didn't celebrate and give a standing ovation to a known n a z i deathcamp guard responsible for thousands of lost in Eastern Europe in our own parliament on video? Weird...

[@tylerdurden4006]

@liammckay3018 and btw, you are defending the n a z i you realize? No? Okay cool story bro 👍