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We’re going over the recent comments made by Philadelphia Flyers star Matvei Michkov on his thoughts on dump and chase hockey, and how this may interfere with the way Rick Tocchet coaches his teams.
Video: https://x.com/BarDown/status/1947452257672544699
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Matvei Michkov was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
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22 Comments
This should be a pre-draft interview question 🙋. “So how do you feel about the dump and chase play?”
How is this possibly video worthy?!
I'm with Michkov and the Red Army team. Possession is important. Dump and chase is pure bollocks.
everything is video worthy with lego 🤓
This puckpedia stuff aint close to how this rosters being done.
I believe being overly regimented in one playing style makes a team’s offensive attack too predictable and handicaps its’ offensive creativity and scoring opportunities as we saw with the Canucks over the course of this season. I would like to see a hybrid offensive system that allows for the best of both playing styles based on what the defensive team is giving up from shift to shift. This would make a read and react instinct among the players integral to the team’s offensive success.
Hahah,
He is going to hate Tic Tochett
this is why tocchet's system didn't work well in vancouver because none of the players had any energy left for an offensive zone attack
Dump and chase works if you have intellect when doing it.
Dumping it to an area where the goalie or D can easily retrieve it is dumb
But if you dump it over Quinn Hughes’s head into the corner and send 2 guys in to crush him it works in a 7 game series, Hughes got worked by Nashville Edmonton and it worked for opposing teams
Florida beat the Oilers with a dump & chase and cycle
Good luck dancing the puck into the zone every time
Mitchkov will have a rude awakening one day and I think it’s hilarious that he doesn’t like dump and chase
I 100% agree tocchet style doesn't work well with goal scorers some players can't adjust absolutely terrible style
Not every d-man gets pp time. And not every forward needs to be given free reign to play his game. You don't have to have the same set of rules or structure for every player. Let your elite forwards make elite plays without any fear of offending the dump and chasers.
Dump and chase is the worse. Absolutely no entertainment value and slim chances of winning
Tell me he wouldn’t love playing for habs now.
Dump & chase was designed for a team with players who had little in the way of possession puck skills. It was first used successfully against Montreal in the early 1970's who was a puck possession skilled team by the New York Rangers. The intent was to tire out Montreal in the 6 game series and it worked. New York won the series.
Dump and chase works well with very well conditioned physical players. Especially the bigger player who could use their speed and weight to deliver crushing checks .
Often the less skilled team would dump it in on the weaker side defense man.
Carey Price diffused this tactic with his excellent puck handing skills as Montreal's goalie. Due to Jersey's goalie puck handling skills the league limited the area where goalies could retrieve the puck since the Devils didn't have a puck possession team.
Teams with a mixed style do well now because you don't know what's coming so the special teams become the dominant reason a team will or won't make the playoffs
Michkov is preaching to the choir. Dump and chase hockey is boring, and kills the momentum of the game. I wish more players would use their skill to open up the game, and create excitement.
As a Flyers fan I totally agree with him… It hasn't worked in 50 friggin years so why would it start now!?!
As a Blues fan, I can tell You, their Heavy game is pretty similar to that of the Rick Toccet, style of play…In the Logan Mailloux trade, I've read that it was Kyrou that was the Blues bargaining chip on that trade…I'm sure Montreal was going to have to surrender more assets, but I'm assuming cap issues came into play, and that's when a one for one involving Bolduc, finalized the deal…With that said, Bolduc plays a much more aggressive, physical style of play, as opposed to Kyrou…However, where I personally favor Bolduc's physical style, when you have players such as Michkov & Zegras, who their style of play more so resembles that of a Kyrou, it is entirely possible to get maximum potential out of their abilities, with the Heavy Game style of play…I don't know how fair it is to other players, who are doing the grinding and punishing themselves physically, while You have a free floating skater on the ice, but if the lines hosting a 2 out of 3 " go getters", accept that role, and the points are going up on the board, then hats off to the Coach for getting those types of lines to buy in on that philosophy.
It looks like Kyrou will play with Holloway on the opposing wing and Suter at Center, there You have two "go getters" in Holloway and Suter, and a floater in Kyrou…Last year Holloway put up 26 goals, working in tandem with Kyrou, with Schenn at Center…The system has its advantages, but if the Coach doesn't identify, the strengths and weaknesses of each player, and get them to buy in on the greater of the good, it'll never pan out, and productivity will be lost, resulting in dissension amongst the line…The Blues had issues under Berube, with Kyrou's style, it ran over into Banister's brief outing, however, Montgomery seemed to understand it, and make it work rather well…
Toccet has his homework to do, especially being one is a 2nd year player, and the other was recently traded for.
This is the kind of thing that shows why he wasn’t drafted higher.
Huge red flag …
Glad the habs took Reinbacher and where able to get Demidov the following year .
Talent isn’t everything , attitude and ego also play a huge part .
DIDN’T WANT TO READ: You reposted this on purpose to get reaction out of people.
While Rick Tocchet's coaching style is often described as emphasizing effort, physicality, and a strong forecheck, it's not accurate to label him solely as a "dump and chase" coach. His systems are more nuanced, blending physical play with smart positioning and tactical thought. He aims to create offense through hard work and puck possession, rather than relying solely on skill.
ideally ya, of course it’s best to gain the blue line with possession, but sometimes in the moment it’s the smart play.. gotta play both..
Now we know why Montreal passed on drafting him, they may have a problem with him following how the team wants to play.
Yakapov lol