[Charlie O’Connor] J’ai demandé à Tocchet aujourd’hui s’il envisagerait de ramener Michkov en RW, ou s’il pense qu’il le gardera en LW pour le reste de la saison. Il ne l’a pas exclu, mais il est clair que Tocchet pense toujours que Michkov profite du changement LW/RW et est sceptique que cela lui fasse du mal offensivement :
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upcan845
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Yea so if it doesn’t matter, please line him up on the other side. What a lame answer. Clearly it’s about him creating off the rush (RW) or just dumping it in / getting a weak angle shot off (LW).
He’s fucking wrong lmao
Mich has played RW his entire life and has done quite well there. How can Tocc take him off of it and then suddenly not be able to score and not see the correlation. I mean mich has yet to score from the left side at 5v5
His opinion is basically that offensive position doesn’t matter. It scares me that this guy is a real nhl coach.
I dunno man, I feel like you’d want to let our best prospect develop at the position that they have been playing for their entire life, but that’s just me.
I mean whether it’s right or left truly DOES matter and every statistical analysis indicates that Michkov is way more dangerous when playing at right wing. This shouldn’t be rocket science, yet it clearly is for whatever reason.
‘Yeah, I mean, listen, he’s struggling’. Oh yeah? So you do see that, yet refuses to change anything up with how he’s used and that he plays on the side he’s least effective at.
Tocchet went on to say: “I mean moving him back to his right wing would sort of temper my status as a terrorist, wouldn’t it? Until the powers at be sit down and tighten up the definition of war crimes as stated in the Geneva Convention I can only do so much.”
Oy.
I’m sorry, this dude is a fucking idiot. It 100000% matters the wing he is on. The kid only knows how to play from the RW cause he has his whole life and that’s his position you fucking goon. Toc is not giving a fuck how good Mich is, he is trying to control him and Mae him play “his way”. Thank god Danny hired this ugly fuck to destroy Mich!
Coaching malpractice man. Has been all year. Let’s take our 19/20 yr old hopeful star, change his position, demote him down the lines, take him off PP1 then criticize him at every turn.
At least Torts let him play outside the odd benching. Good grief.
LOL. This is like if the Phillies told Bryce this year to play 3B and hit from the other side.
And if it doesn’t matter…why switch MM at all? What’s the point? Are they so full of RWs that they feel they need to put MM at LW so they can free up space for somebody?
Goodness do I dislike this man as our coach
>everybody wants him to score…but you’ve got to be in positions to score.
Crazy idea. Maybe you, Rick Tocchet head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and guy incharge of in game player management(which includes michkov’s line position), put him in that position on RW where he’s been able to score from before.
Just maybe. If you put michkov on his natural side, he will be better at getting into that position to socre
In Russia, left-handed players like to play on the right, and right-handed players like to play on the left. Since childhood!
Tocchet is proving to me more each day that he’s just another dumb brain boomer who prioritizes feelings over data. Insanity.
jesus fucking christ what a moron
Man this coach has me so checked out on the flyers it’s so sad cuz I really thought we were finally getting into a new chapter of flyers hockey. Where do they find these guys and think “yeah, let’s make our Russian star play a position he’s worse in, that’ll really do it”.
Tocchet is a fucking idiot
He looked unreal the other night In the half of game I watched he needs to be with high offensive minded players not brink and cates. No offense to either guy because I like them but he was creating high danger offensive chances that no one finishes on. If we can see it at home but the coach can’t I’m at a loss.
Yo this is sitcom levels of wild
Gotta give Charlie credit for asking the questions we’re all thinking
I’ve thrown some shit at Tocchet for being a bad coach, but it is (somewhat) fueled by the angry fan feelings. But this is legitimately one of the dumbest things I’ve seen a professional coach say ever. I’m sure someone can find something even more stupid, but this is… my god. It is like he’s not 100% wrong, but at the same time he’s just missing **so** much with his response. Also:
> … through the neutral zone, for me, the faster you can go on your forehand is the better.
Fucking hell Tocchet, that worked for you because you weren’t a high skill player. You were a good straight line player. Stop trying to make other players play your style.
Watch Michkov attacking the offensive zone coming in on the RW vs LW. When he comes in on the LW, it feels like all he knows what to do is dump the puck in. From the RW, he loves to pull back, pass to a streaking player, or attack the high slot for a shot or to open another passing lane. He looks so much more dangerous coming into the O-zone from the RW.
And yes, he needs more pace in his game. But I don’t think forcing a guy to play where he clearly is less competent is the way to improve his game. If he’s faster on the LW, it’d be likely because he doesn’t know what else to do.
God I can’t believe it, but I think I miss Torts. He was an asshole, but at least he wasn’t a complete fucking brick.
Toccs answer reframed is basically “I know we drafted a D but I’d much rather have him play in net, in practice there is just not much difference between the two in my opinion” /s
God do I fucking hate him as a coach, I am happy to see people coming around TJ realize what a terrible hire he was. Purely a nepotism move to shell Shaw for Tocc, a decision that will keep us in the perpetual mediocrity we have been in for 15 fucking years
If you told me before the season started what’s the worst case scenario for this season would be I’d say finishing in the standings with a pick between 11-16 and Michkov’s development being ruined by Tocchet. We’re right on that path right now.
that’s because Tocchet is a fool.
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Michkov’s zone entries flat out look worse this year at a similar rate of tries. Here’s this year.
He is an absolute idiot. I cannot believe we gave him 5 years he should be fired asap.
I lm sad that Tocchet is gonna make me hate him when he was always one of my favorite flyers… sad sad sad
Get ready for Michkov to be run out of town. Don’t worry though, Tocchet is all about “Flyers culture” so it won’t matter.
I fucking can’t stand this shit man. This franchise is bad for my mental health.
Leads the team at scoring last year on RW so of course we’d move him to LW