I mean how else do you get Michkov to stay

Random subject to anyone: Keeping TJ is smart because if Kane gets injured then there’s a certified deep playoff championship expert veteran on the team who can step up?

Michkov has already signed a KHL contract that lasts through 2026. There's no way out of it unless it has an NHL assignment clause (no reports that it does) or Michkov buys himself out of it....which for a kid his age who's just starting his pro career, the money isn't there. Basically it doesn't matter who drafts him or what they do, Michkov won't be playing in the NHL until he's in his 20s.

I wonder if that will drop him back in the draft a bit.

If a team is in a long rebuild it won’t

He's too good. It won't. Michkov goes 2 behind Bedard. Worth the wait