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

[JuicyJofa]

What a player ! Can't wait to see the highlight video of this game

 

[montreal]

Nice Chance 6:37
Draws Penalty With Another Chance 8:44
Goal 10:42
Another Scoring Chance 11:57
One Timer Off Face Off 13:36
Shootout Chance 17:10

 

[Tyson]

I know it's wayyyy early but is it possible that Demidov was the best player in 2024 draft?

 

[Vachon23]

I know it's wayyyy early but is it possible that Demidov was the best player in 2024 draft?

Still take Celebrini without hesitation before him

 

[danisonfire]

I know it's wayyyy early but is it possible that Demidov was the best player in 2024 draft?

He was at worse second on the majority of lists and 6/10 NHL scouts who were asked had him #2. I will give Celebrini the benefit of the doubt after watching him play with Hutson.

The simple way to say this is we have an elite forward on the way. Demidov is special. He moves rapidly, laterally, while still maintaining possession of the puck. He processes the game at a high level. He shifts the defenders and goalies around opening up shooting and passing angles.

 

[Tyson]

Still take Celebrini without hesitation before him

You may be right but I remember Quebec taking Mike Ricci over Jaromir Jagr...time will tell

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

You may be right but I remember Quebec taking Mike Ricci over Jaromir Jagr...time will tell

Jagr would only play for Pittsburgh to be fair.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Filthy.

Just filthy.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Nice Chance 6:37
Draws Penalty With Another Chance 8:44
Goal 10:42
Another Scoring Chance 11:57
One Timer Off Face Off 13:36
Shootout Chance 17:10

Are you missing a 2nd shooutout attempt?

 

[Walksss]

Exactly he drop the puck and he saw the goalie was following him so he let the puck go. Heck of a play still

No chance. An elite stickhandler can feel when they've completely whiffed on the puck like that and will make an adjustment right away from pure muscle memory and repetition. When you look at that play after Demidov 'whiffs' on the puck he allows his stick to travel 3-4 feet from the puck to keep the goalie moving. That doesn't happen if he's made a mistake with the puck.

 

[Tyson]

Jagr would only play for Pittsburgh to be fair.

I never heard or read that...interesting

 

[Naslundforever]

I never heard or read that...interesting

Now habs have Demidov players will only want to play for Mtl

 

[GrandBison]

You may be right but I remember Quebec taking Mike Ricci over Jaromir Jagr...time will tell

You mean Nolan? Ricci was part of the Lindros trade. And Nedved was the big European fish of this draft.

 

[Gally11]

I've seen Kuch's. I just think it was accident, by the way his stick went over the puck. Who knows. If he did that on purpose, it looks accident on slow mo...which is all the more impressive.

When you see the camera angle from behind the net he never takes his eyes off the puck and makes no attempt at retrieval, just waits to see it he needs to bank it in after it goes through goalie. Could be accidentally on purpose too but there’s some level of awareness on the play

 

[McGuires Corndog]

I never heard or read that...interesting

Because it’s not true. Lol

He told other teams ahead of the Pens he was non-committal to coming to NA because he wanted them to draft them.

He would’ve likely ended up playing for another team, but he used the geopolitics at the time to fool teams and it worked.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1829254383982522668

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

You may be right but I remember Quebec taking Mike Ricci over Jaromir Jagr...time will tell

I also think they may end up making similar impacts.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1829254383982522668

Well he’d look awful f***ing stupid saying anything else after today

 

[Redux91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1829254383982522668

LFG
Please give him a fair chance!
Let's hope for a moderately great season lol

 

[Kennerback]

Well he’d look awful f***ing stupid saying anything else after today

Considering he was the best player on the ice and was skating around SKA players like he never left the MHL, I thought he might be too good.

 

[Tyson]

You mean Nolan? Ricci was part of the Lindros trade. And Nedved was the big European fish of this draft.

All I remember was Ricci at # 4, Jagr at #5

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

I never heard or read that...interesting

Yeah draft interviews he told the first four teams he wouldn’t come over but said yes to Pittsburgh because he was in awe of Mario

 

[Jack Skellington]

Yeah draft interviews he told the first four teams he wouldn’t come over but said yes to Pittsburgh because he was in awe of Mario

Then proceeded to play for basically every team lol

 

[FLHabs]

Nice Chance 6:37
Draws Penalty With Another Chance 8:44
Goal 10:42
Another Scoring Chance 11:57
One Timer Off Face Off 13:36
Shootout Chance 17:10

What a ridiculous deke at 10:17.

I was confused at first. I had to replay it a few times because I thought he tried a hard backhand pass that deflected off the defender's skate and that he took the loose puck to the slot, but after slowing it down to 0.25x speed, he actually dekes the defender through the legs.

It looks so fast in real time, blink and you missed it. It's almost like he already knows how the defender will open up his stance for the first move so before he even pulls it, he knows exactly when to pull it back through the legs. Left the dman with his jockstrap in his hands, crazy.

 

[rahad]

Because it’s not true. Lol

He told other teams ahead of the Pens he was non-committal to coming to NA because he wanted them to draft them.

He would’ve likely ended up playing for another team, but he used the geopolitics at the time to fool teams and it worked.

Smarted decision ever! Jagr won two stanley cups on his first 2 seasons in the NHL!