{"id":634835,"date":"2026-05-10T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634835\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:02:15","slug":"6-trade-destinations-for-matvei-michkov-after-flyers-2026-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634835\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Trade Destinations for Matvei Michkov After Flyers&#8217; 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It would seem rather unlikely for the Flyers to trade Michkov to an in-division rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">But there might not be a better place for his development, specifically if he gets the chance to play with his idol, Alex Ovechkin. Michkov, like plenty of young hockey players, grew up admiring the Great 8 from afar. Who better than Ovi to mentor a potential heir as a franchise player of the Capitals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It would cost the Caps a pretty penny to get Michkov from Philadelphia, although Washington&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7134207\/2026\/03\/30\/washington-capitals-nhl-prospect-rankings-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">11th-ranked NHL prospect pool<\/a>, according to the Athletic, might be able to get it done. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">And who knows, a major trade for a young potential star could be enough to convince the Caps&#8217; captain to come back <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/alex-ovechkin-2026-retirement-plans-175356400.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">for one more year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It would seem rather unlikely for the Flyers to trade Michkov to an in-division rival. But there might&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-634835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}