The Philadelphia Flyers might not be trying to be the modern-day Broad Street Bullies, but their most exciting player certainly is.
On the second day of training camp, as roles started to get settled into and the keen prospects still hanging around, Matvei Michkov decided to show up and put on a display of dominance. All day long, according to those who were there to witness the 20-year-old Russian winger, he was making sure every single person knew that he is not going to suffer any sophomore slump.
Beyond scoring goals and showing off some dazzling skill, Michkov was in the offensive zone, working hard, and simply bullying poor blueliners who had the job to defend him.