Prospect Info: [2024 - 5th] Ivan Motherbleeping Demidov (RW), SKA St. Petersburg (MHL)

[Mudz]

Yeah this bizarre idea that you need your top 6 to be wholly made up of all stars is beyond me.

We have tremendous balance throughout out our pool. Taking out a potential top pairing D man with Reinbacher’s profile out of said pool would hardly make me giddy. Mailloux took serious strides but having the luxury of a Reinbacher ahead of him could give us an absolutely evil blue line

Reinbacher is the perfect dman for the way MTL play. And Demidov the perfect winger for MSL IQ teaching.

We are so lucky. If Fowler hit, they can three-peat.

I mean, let's not forget the Xhekaj brothers. They are the perfect mix of grit and offense for the playoffs.

 

[26Mats]

I still can't believe that Habs get this guy at 5. I know he played in MHL but when playoffs times, really really good teams are there and Demidov put 28 pts in 17 playoffs games. Thats insane! His skillset and high offensive IQ will translate perfectly in KHL and NHL, for sure. 90-100 points type of player at NHL level.

Can't wait to see him in his KHL season, I think he will shine aswell in that league.

This guy change everything, it's like having winning the lottery 2nd overall and having a 1st overall pick talent aswell.

I still want to see it to believe it.

Until we have a bonafide NHL star, I'm in favor of keeping drafting players who have the potential to be one. I would have liked Michkov, Demidov, and Eiserman in our prospect pool, but not necessarily at the expense of Reinbacher and Hage.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Demidov looks really really good this year beginning in KHL preseason with Michkov.

 

[SlafySZN]

 

[Stive Morgan]

We (some f***ing how)got the insanely dynamic Russian forward who DOESN’T have the question marks and people are still blathering about the tiny one with plenty of question marks.

We may just have the worst fans in the league lol

We have the best and worst fans lol

I forget who said it, but I recall a former player saying "when you're near the top of the standings, you're royalty here, but if you're in the basement, you're public enemy number one."

 

[Rob Sense]

Demidov looks really really good this year beginning in KHL preseason with Michkov.

He is much more dynamic and a playmaker compared to Michkov in these highlights. Always on the puck whereas Michkov seems to hang around the front of the net.

 

[Guy Larose]

We have the best and worst fans lol

I forget who said it, but I recall a former player saying "when you're near the top of the standings, you're royalty here, but if you're in the basement, you're public enemy number one."

I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.

 

[Naslundforever]

Demidov looks really really good this year beginning in KHL preseason with Michkov.

Thought he was over his injury and khl was already starting, this is from 11 months ago.

I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.

I don’t think conflating an entire population and posturing about it is useful or honest either.

 

[ReHabs]

I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.

The holier-than-thou attitude should be parked. Every large fanbase has morons and imbeciles. The larger the fanbase, the more 'incidents'. Repeatedly attacking our own fanbase by dredging up past incidents does nothing to solve it.

 

[Kennerback]

Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.

 

[The Last Red]

I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.

A few people are not a "fan base." They're just that, a few people.

Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.

There's excitement about Michkov but it's tempered by how the Flyers' fake "rebuild" has gone off the tracks since the Cutter Gauthier fiasco.

 

[417]

The holier-than-thou attitude should be parked. Every large fanbase has morons and imbeciles. The larger the fanbase, the more 'incidents'. Repeatedly attacking our own fanbase by dredging up past incidents does nothing to solve it.

Correct, just so happens we're part of that...nothing wrong with calling it out, hopefully it encourages us to be better as a fanbase.

The same thing that makes us the NHL's best fanbase, our passion, also makes us the worst.

 

[ReHabs]

Correct, just so happens we're part of that...nothing wrong with calling it out, hopefully it encourages us to be better as a fanbase.

The same thing that makes us the NHL's best fanbase, our passion, also makes us the worst.

Im not part of THAT. Which is why I refuse to be lumped in. Other fanbases arent made to take ownership of their blowhards and bozos, I refuse to accept that we have to constantly self-flagellate because of ours.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.

The torts effect. They know torts wants his players to play sound all around hockey. Michkov just isn't that. So instead of taking advantage of his gifts, he'll make him play the right way. Wouldn't be surprised to see him scratched at least once this year. Habs fans during the MB era were just as pessimistic when their coaches were all blowhards and the GM pissed away the prime of the Habs most talented goalie ever

 

[Leto]

Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.

Given the ownership's refusal for a true rebuild and the fallout with Gauthier, I can understand the doom and gloom. It takes more than just one star to build a true contender (assuming Michkov is the real deal). The prospect of the mushy middle is not enticing. We went through something similar with the Price era.​

 

[417]

Im not part of THAT. Which is why I refuse to be lumped in. Other fanbases arent made to take ownership of their blowhards and bozos, I refuse to accept that we have to constantly self-flagellate because of ours.

Yeah I don’t think it should have to be your specific duty but I don’t think there’s anything wrong if some fans take it upon themselves.

With social media and everyone turning into pseudo-scouts, someone gotta keep us in line lol

 

[The Last Red]

Given the ownership's refusal for a true rebuild and the fallout with Gauthier, I can understand the doom and gloom. It takes more than just one star to build a true contender (assuming Michkov is the real deal). The prospect of the mushy middle is not enticing. We went through something similar with the Price era.​

And they had the foundations of a great rebuild . . . Michkov, Gauthier, and possibly Buium . . . but Briere seems to be in way over his head here. Too bad.

 

[Tyson]

And they had the foundations of a great rebuild . . . Michkov, Gauthier, and possibly Buium . . . but Briere seems to be in way over his head here. Too bad.

I am still amazed that Cutter Gauthier wanted nothing to do with a franchise that appears a very popular destination for good players.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

He is much more dynamic and a playmaker compared to Michkov in these highlights. Always on the puck whereas Michkov seems to hang around the front of the net.

Michkov will become a prolific goal scorer assuming Philly can land an actual 1C. Demidov is going to elevate his linemates game. The net positive is higher with Demidov imo

 

[Leto]

I am still amazed that Cutter Gauthier wanted nothing to do with a franchise that appears a very popular destination for good players.

If Friedman's reporting of the sequence of events is right, they refused to sign Gauthier at the end of the 2022-2023 season, just as Brière became interim GM. They didn't want to burn a year of his ELC and incur cap overage for the 2023-2024 season. A short-sighted decision with enormous consequences.​

 

[Stive Morgan]

I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.

Canucks fans are pretty bad too, even aside from the 2011 riot. I've heard stories of players being harassed in public while they're out with their families. (not even talking about the fake JT Miller pumpkin patch story either)

 

[Guy Larose]

The holier-than-thou attitude should be parked. Every large fanbase has morons and imbeciles. The larger the fanbase, the more 'incidents'. Repeatedly attacking our own fanbase by dredging up past incidents does nothing to solve it.

I'm not parking anything and I'll say what I want. You're actually part of it with your constant shitting on an 18 year old last year.

 

[junyab]

Those chicken legs are not ready for the NHL. He needs to add more squats of any type to his routine.

LOL His legs aren't even extended and you still see his muscles. Those aren't chicken legs. You know why people flex, right?

 

[Skip Bayless]

He is much more dynamic and a playmaker compared to Michkov in these highlights. Always on the puck whereas Michkov seems to hang around the front of the net.

46 goals 73 assists for 13 straight seasons.

 

[Gaud]

Just hope he won’t pass to much time off ice with Galchenyuk and Kustetsov

oh god, those two give a whole new meaning to the words "good linemates"