"It takes a village. You have to roll four lines. You have to sacrifice." Stop me if you've heard any of these before about winning the ultimate prize of the NHL. All of them are common refrains. The sentiment has…
Matvei Michkov spent SKA's first two regular season games on the bench. When he makes his way into the lineup, it will doubtlessly be as the 13th forward and ice-time will be far from a certainty. SKA head-poohbah (he takes…
With any luck, this top 10 will eventually expand into a top 25. But I've written way too many words on this already. So we begin with the first 10 prospects on The Liberty Yell's board. I don't want to…
Matvei Michkov is a generational offensive talent. If there's a record he hasn't broken yet, it's because he hasn't played in that league to break it. On merit and ability, he would be a shoo-in for the top 2 selections…
It's time to grade Matvei Michkov. Speed: 6.75/10 6.5–7.25: Above NHL average, but unlikely to project to high-end or elite status at the NHL level. Michkov's speed/skating concerns are mainly one of the supremely high standards that smaller players are…