A few days ago, it was announced that the SKA St. Petersburg decided to bench Matvei Michkov for their season opener in the KHL.<br /><br />FLyers fans were immediately concerned for his development. Now, they have another reason to worry, as he's benched yet again.<br /><br /><div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/306062.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div><br /><br /><h2>Michkov Benched for Second Consecutive Game</h2><br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/billmeltzer/status/1698699200060367105?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br /><q>Matvei Michkov is not SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg's lineup again today vs. Lada Togliotti. Remains a healthy scratch.</q><br /><br /><b>*Lines are organized as defenseman, defenseman - winger, center, winger</b><br /><br /><q>This is our team to play Lada!<br /><br />Ivanov (Mattsson)<br /><br />First line: Nikishin, Sergeev - Tolchinsky, Galchenyuk, Khairullin<br /><br />Second line: Sapego, Kamalov - Leipsic, Glotov, Alistrov<br /><br />Third line: Pedan, M. Fedotov - I. Fedotov, Vorobyov, I. Demidov<br /><br />Fourth line: Pashnin - Grebenshchikov, Kadeikin, Dedunov, Zinchenko (13th forward). #hcSKA</q><br /><br />It's interesting to note that Ivan Demidov, eligible for the 2024 NHL draft, has been moved up to the third line, showing that the team isn't afraid to give young players a chance.<br /><br />Michkov must be doing something wrong...<br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1698698740276531525?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1698698743749419422?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1698698873265352982?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1698699000151523499?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br />As seen on House of Hockey - <a href='https://www.houseofhockey.net/nhl/news/BREAKING-Even-More-Bad-News-Emerges-for-Matvei-Michkov' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>BREAKING: Even More Bad News Emerges for Michkov</a>