The hockey world appears to be up in arms about what is occurring in Philadelphia with Matvei Michkov and the Flyers. Head coach John Tortorella is making Michkov a wholesome scratch as a part of his studying and developmental course of. However as the primary total choose from the 2024 NHL Draft, Macklin Celebrini stated you may be taught a lot from watching the sport.
“You possibly can be taught quite a bit from watching the sport, & particularly sitting in all of the conferences and watching our system & understanding what we’re making an attempt to execute, simply watching from above and making an attempt to place your self in these conditions, see what you’ll have carried out,” San Jose Sharks ahead Celebrini stated.
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And that’s all Tortorella is doing with Michkov. He’s serving to him perceive defensively the place he must be on the ice. As Tortorella stated, it’s all a part of the educational course of.
“It’s simply a part of the method. With younger guys, they’ll watch video games, too, so far as growth. It’s making an attempt to assist him,” Tortorella said when asked why Michkov was a healthy scratch for the first time.
Whereas Celebrini’s state of affairs was completely different as a result of he was injured, he nonetheless watched the sport from above. Then, when he returned to the lineup, he understood the place to be on the ice, make some good passes, and rating a few objectives.
Celebrini reveals that the educational course of by no means ends, even when attending to the best degree. He needed to translate his recreation from NCAA Faculty Hockey, and Michkov needed to translate his recreation from the KHL. However in contrast to Macklin Celebrini, Michkov has to be taught the North American recreation.
However even the San Jose Sharks have a developmental plan for Macklin Celebrini. With the Sharks on a back-to-back, there’s a potential the teenager watches and doesn’t play in opposition to Michkov, as Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now tweeted.
(Ryan)Warsofsky says the Sharks are nonetheless deciding if Celebrini will play tonight.
I requested if Celebrini could have growth days like Smith, all Warsofsky would say is “They’ve completely different plans, I’ll depart it at that.”
Will Smith has been out of the Sharks lineup, studying the sport from above as they bring about that teenager alongside and make the transition to the NHL even higher.
Keep in mind, many of those school gamers haven’t performed greater than 45 video games in a season. Sure, Celebrini performed World Juniors final season, however the NHL schedule is completely different, with video games on back-to-back nights and typically three video games in 4 nights, so it is sensible to carry him alongside.
There have been different examples as nicely. Simply return to final season in Anaheim, when Geese GM Pat Verbeek put the 2nd total choose Leo Carlsson from the 2023 NHL Draft on a recreation rely to start the season. This was to protect him for the second half of the season once they would play him extra. He didn’t need him to be worn out early on.
You possibly can see that Verbeek’s choice made Carlsson a greater participant regardless of what many considered it. That is related to what’s taking place in Philadelphia with Michkov and now in San Jose with Macklin Celebrini.
All of us should bear in mind this can be a man’s recreation, and these guys are nonetheless children coming over right here. Sure, Michkov performed in opposition to males, however not each participant is Auston Matthews or Connor McDavid. Look, even Connor Bedard is discovering life tough within the NHL.
These gamers can be taught and translate what they watch from above into observe and their subsequent recreation.
All these gamers will probably be superb, however it’s a part of the educational course of. It by no means ends within the NHL. Even for the highest gamers within the league.
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