Context matters. That’s the main point that really needs to be emphasized when it comes to the Sean Couturier-Matvei Michkov discourse that exploded on social media and that, really, is a bit of a nothingburger.

The 2025-26 NHL season is not even a week old, yet some are already panicking about their team or players. It's quite frankly way too early for any of that, but it won't stop fans from feeling a certain way should they not like what they're seeing.

The Flyers are 0-1-1 to start the year after Saturday night's 4-3 loss to Carolina in overtime, but not without some early controversy. See, the Flyers won initially, or at least they thought. Just within the final minute of OT, Trevor Zegras carried ...

Flyers' Matvei Michkov has two points in seven games this season. Kyle Ross / Imagn Images There are signs that Matvei Michkov is ready to burst out of his early-season scoring doldrums. On Thursday night in Ottawa, the Philadelphia Flyers winger ...

Given how things have started this season under Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers fans can certainly appreciate one of ex-coach John Tortorella's fondest memories of star forward Matvei Michkov. Tortorella, 67, now works as an NHL analyst for ESPN, giving ...

VOORHEES, N.J. – Whether the term “sophomore slump” can be applied to the sport of hockey remains to be seen. But if you’re looking for a reason why Matvei Michkov is off to such a slow start, that might be as good an excuse as any. After three ...

Matvei Michkov is a good hockey player. You don’t score 27 goals and add 37 assists in your first season in the National Hockey League if you don’t have the talent to succeed. ButMatvei Michkov also has a reputation as a guy who doesn’t always give ...