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

[Nevins]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1827351409379234159

 

[Redux91]

I love how even without seeing his number, you know right away who's Demidov . His game with the puck is just so freaking electric, it jumps out of the screen. He definitely has that Lane Hutson thing going, you just want him to have the puck and go with it.

Lol! I was trying to convey the same thing too like
You start the vid and it's like 'ok let's see, which one of these guys is Demi-..oh.. found him' lol

Of course the only 5 mins I could watch he only had 1 shift and he floated in the defensive zone and it resulted in the other team's first goal. Unlucky.

I have a proposition for you....

But you're not gonna like it lol

 

[Gally11]

I love how many of Demidovs goals are in that sweet spot between the pad and glove. That’s a difficult place for any goaltender NHL or not

 

[Redux91]

Man he was electric in the 3-on-3 and then of course scored a beauty.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1827351409379234159

It's funny lol
We might just become the greatest 3 on 3 team in the NHL for the next decade
Caufield has already, what, Seven 3 on 3 goals already? Lmao
Hutson coming in..
Dach-Laine-Matheson could be another 3v3 3some

And then Ivan The Terrific.

 

[Seb]

What are you even talking about? He wasn’t floating, and the defenseman who scored was on his opposite side. It also was a shot that his goalie should have stopped 10 times out of 10.

Oh I know, it definitely shouldn't have been a goal but Demidov wasn't really trying to do anything either... It looked like he was floating to me.

I'm not criticizing him, I just found it funny that the only shift I got to watch was a bad one instead of one of his multiple highlight reals.

 

[Ieatsht4brkfst]

 

[OnTheRun]

Oh I know, it definitely shouldn't have been a goal but Demidov wasn't really trying to do anything either... It looked like he was floating to me.

I'm not criticizing him, I just found it funny that the only shift I got to watch was a bad one instead of one of his multiple highlight reals.

That's just how they play in the Dzone over there.

 

[DesmondDekker]

A lone secondary assist on the powerplay against a chinese team !? BUST

 

[WeThreeKings]

A lone secondary assist on the powerplay against a chinese team !? BUST

When Montreal throws on the highlights, I dream of Caufield/Laine/Slaf/Suzuki/Dach/Newhook being on the end of it.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

His skating is f***ing insane, makes no sense to me how it was ever a question mark

 

[WeThreeKings]

His skating is f***ing insane, makes no sense to me how it was ever a question mark

When he gets even stronger in his lower body and adds more 'oomph' to his first steps.. he's gonna be hell to contain.

 

[Kshahdoo]

He’s breaking Gretzky’s points record

 

[Boardish]

A lone secondary assist on the powerplay against a chinese team !? BUST

I just realized that if Demidov is making the KHL team, I will definitely be able to go see him live in Beijing. I'm less than 5 hours away by plane, and roundtrip tickets are about 300$. Not a bad excuse for a weekend trip!

 

[Rapala]

SKA needs to send him here. It’s silly how good he is and we get the whispers of him not having a spot on the main team. Just do right by him and release him to NA.

They did it for Michkov, same could be done for Demidov.

"Go on take the money and run"

 

[Rapala]

I love how many of Demidovs goals are in that sweet spot between the pad and glove. That’s a difficult place for any goaltender NHL or not

We don't kill that spot nearly enough.
Caufield should own it the way he keeps firing pucks over the net trying to go shelf.
It's a hell of a lot easier to retrieve pucks off that shot if the save is made the bounces are far more predictable.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

His skating is f***ing insane, makes no sense to me how it was ever a question mark

Yep, give me deception and good edges over skating north-south quickly and aimlessly anyday (cough Anderson cough)

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1827351409379234159

Another solid piece of evidence that Demidov is a natural scorer.

He’s breaking Gretzky’s points record

I rest my case.

 

[HabbyGuy]

They should just bring him over now.

No way he will get minutes in a top KHL team simply because of the culture over there, specially if they see him as a center. Bring him over now.

If I was a SKA fan living in Russia, I'd be so pissed at how they handle things over there. Robbing me of both Michkov and Demidov.

 

[KevSkillz4]

How this guy was been available at 5, that's shocking.

His skillset are incredible!!

 

[HomaridII]

How this guy was been available at 5, that's shocking.

His skillset are incredible!!

We'll never know what happened in his other interviews but he came prepared for the habs, he even had watched clips of Hutson, he knew the team. We know Bobrov visited his family several times last season.

I don't see how if he interviewed like that, people took Senecke. Okieeee.

 

[WeThreeKings]

We'll never know what happened in his other interviews but he came prepared for the habs, he even had watched clips of Hutson, he knew the team. We know Bobrov visited his family several times last season.

I don't see how if he interviewed like that, people took Senecke. Okieeee.

Ducks don't draft Russians under Verbeek and they were looking specifically for a right shot. It was a happy circumstance for us.

 

[KevSkillz4]

We'll never know what happened in his other interviews but he came prepared for the habs, he even had watched clips of Hutson, he knew the team. We know Bobrov visited his family several times last season.

I don't see how if he interviewed like that, people took Senecke. Okieeee.

Hawks, Ducks and Columbus have made great pick for their teams, but over a guy like Demidov, who can become a superstar type of guy. Habs was just been very lucky to grab that type of player at 5.

Slafkovsky and Demidov are going to be a duo threat to watch, for sure.

 

[HomaridII]

Hawks, Ducks and Columbus have made great pick for their teams, but over a guy like Demidov, who can become a superstar type of guy. Habs was just been very lucky to grab that type of player at 5.

Slafkovsky and Demidov are going to be a duo threat to watch, for sure.

I was sooo impressed with Demidov, little things, like when Hughes says He is really excited to meet you Vinny, from your days in kazan, it is Demidov who says 2004? You guys realize ... how much of a hockey crazy nut you have to be to know Lecavalier played AK Bars Kazan in 2004? The amount of research he had to have done on the Habs to know THAT.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Hawks, Ducks and Columbus have made great pick for their teams, but over a guy like Demidov, who can become a superstar type of guy. Habs was just been very lucky to grab that type of player at 5.

Slafkovsky and Demidov are going to be a duo threat to watch, for sure.

Yeah to think after the draft lottery we lost our chance at him, was glad we didn't drop but was bummed we couldn't move up. It was always about Demidov for me. I'd be torn at #1 even with Celebrini. 2 was the sweet spot.

 

[SwiftyHab]

How this guy was been available at 5, that's shocking.

His skillset are incredible!!

And just to think. You didn’t even want us to draft him!