“Matvei Michkov arrived at the camp in poor physical condition”

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Crédit: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 22: Matvei Michkov #39 of the Philadelphia Flyers looks on against the Washington Capitals at the Wells Fargo Center on October 22, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Washington Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Matvei Michkov is not off to a great start in Philadelphia. The Russian winger, in his second NHL season, hasn’t picked up a single point in three games.It’s still a very small sample size, of course, but he was blanked from the scoresheet again tonight despite scoring five goals for his team.

That said, earlier today, Michkov’s case was the talk of Spittin’ Chiclets, as the podcast hosts discussed his slow start to the season…And from what they heard, it might be a little more than just bad luck:

[Matvei Michkov] arrived at camp in poor physical shape.

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Ryan Whitney and Paul Bissonnette

[content-ads]Obviously, this isn’t exactly a good sign if it’s really the case.Rick Tocchet, Mishkov’s coach, noted that the Russian injured his ankle this summer, which affected his summer preparation. But Tocchet insists that Mishkov is fully healthy at the moment.

We wonder if this injury is linked to the car accident Michkov was involved in over the summer. We know the whole thing had many people worried across the league (especially in Philadelphia), but we’ve never heard of an injury since then.Even if, in reality, we know it’s a possibility. That said, it’s peculiar that Tocchet is only revealing all this now.In any case, then, we’ll have to see whether Michkov will be able to catch up with the rest of the group. Because what’s clear is that he didn’t make it to camp 100%, whether through injury or not.You’re free to believe whatever version you want.[spacer title=’Overtime’]- What do you think? https://youtube.com/shorts/NI3oOnFxNCM?si=jX8rST2pCyr-Gk9m – Good point, hehe.

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