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Flyers’ Michkov ‘not happy’ with how rookie season went

The Philadelphia Flyers’ star rookie finished his first year in the NHL feeling dissatisfied, and he comments on John Tortorella’s impact.

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Matvei Michkov met with the media Saturday morning as part of the team’s exit interviews. And despite leading all rookies in goal scoring, and ending up tied for second in points (63) with Macklin Celebrini, Michkov was far from satisfied with his season.

“There were some difficulties but we’ll overcome them,” Michkov said as Slava Kuznetsov acted as interpreter. “Truthfully there were moments in the season where I could’ve scored a lot more.