I noticed in the highlights Nikishin wore the C, not Kuznetsov. He will be playing for Carolina next year. Giving a guy the captaincy is a weird way of punishing him for leaving the KHL.
Prospect Info: [2024 - 5th] Ivan Motherbleeping Demidov (RW), SKA St. Petersburg (MHL)
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I noticed in the highlights Nikishin wore the C, not Kuznetsov. He will be playing for Carolina next year. Giving a guy the captaincy is a weird way of punishing him for leaving the KHL.
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Habs fans are over the top annoying I don't blame SKA
That being said....Imagine the Habs turning off comments on their social platforms after being blanked back-to-back as MSL blame Slovak fans for not studying the subject
That being said....Imagine the Habs turning off comments on their social platforms after being blanked back-to-back as MSL blame Slovak fans for not studying the subject
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They know he's leaving. There's little to no leverage applied here. He's a teenager rookie coming off a big ankle injury. It's early in the season. etc.
I wanted Slaf in the AHL because I felt it was the more optimal option in this case, from the perspective of the Habs, we have ZERO options so there's no point being upset and getting mad about the quotidian minutiae over in SKA.
I know what'll happen. I know Habs fans will make fools of themselves from now until the season's over, and it'll give pause both to the Habs organization and their KHL counterparts in future with regards to other prospects and draftees. It's frankly pathetic.
Of course an embattled team with an insecure coach would batten down the hatches and make a They're Against Us mentality. And the fact is there are a lot of Habs fans posting nonsense on SKA's social media and about SKA and Rotenberg. It's unnecessary at best.Habs fans are over the top annoying I don't blame SKA
That being said....Imagine the Habs turning off comments on their social platforms after being blanked back-to-back as MSL blame Slovak fans for not studying the subject
If Slovak fans were spamming the Habs' posts, maybe the Habs would respond to that as well -- although I feel they'd do it discreetly and through a media mouthpiece rather than head on as Rotenberg decided.
Habs fans are over the top annoying I don't blame SKA
That being said....Imagine the Habs turning off comments on their social platforms after being blanked back-to-back as MSL blame Slovak fans for not studying the subject
So all this negativity is coming from non Russians who are learning Russian and flooding Telegram just to insult SKA St. Petersburg?
So all this negativity is coming from non Russians who are learning Russian and flooding Telegram just to insult SKA St. Petersburg?
so I'm the only one?
Kennerback
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да.So all this negativity is coming from non Russians who are learning Russian and flooding Telegram just to insult SKA St. Petersburg?
Nico Cauzuki
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Slaf was always gonna get better but his first year he should of 100% been sent down hes lucky he didnt suffer multiple concussions he always had his head down and rushed every play it was horrible that being said he stepped up big time in the second half of last season
Rotenberg going full KGB, conspiracist mode lmaoHabs fans are over the top annoying I don't blame SKA
That being said....Imagine the Habs turning off comments on their social platforms after being blanked back-to-back as MSL blame Slovak fans for not studying the subject
Nikishin was made captain last year, the team vote on it each season (no idea if they had the vote yet) and they give the C to someone else if the captain is injured (so Kuznetsov had it while Nikishin was injured).
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Its funny because hes also just saying that since the comments aren't from Russia we don't know what we are talking about haha talk about living in your little bubble bro everybody is watching your games for free and see's how bad your team is
Nico Cauzuki
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It’s what happens when free speech is not a reality in public discourse, you get really irked when questioned.
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Teams often struggle at the start of the season to gel with new players. Posters talk a lot of shit but if I asked them what Head Coach's team led the KHL in wins in each of the last 2 seasons, I bet 99% wouldn't know that is was in fact SKA's HC Roman Rotenberg, so it's not like this guy doesn't know how to coach.
I have watched 3 games and Kuz doesn't give a s*** looks like a beer league dude trying to impress 3 persons in the stands, I saw him do a between the legs shot on a good chance that IF he really tried would have a scored
That would require him to less or more fire himself...
Habs4Life
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SKA did the same thing with Michkov once he switched teams he flourished.
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Demidov is a HAB
No, he was given the job because of politics.
montreal
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his last year with them he played 1 game and I think it was like 6 mins and then they traded him. Demidov played almost 28 minutes in his 1st 2 games of the season,
100%!
i feel like we are panicking way to much about Demidov. Playing in the NHl at the age of 18 is not easy. We all saw it with Slaf or any rookie. Let him gain some muscle and experience playing in the KHL.
we are also bored. I'm sure we will start talking less about Demidov when the season start.
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I've changed from a "wait-and-see" stance to "this is pointless, might as well have him start in the NHL"
He literally gets all the benefits here in the NHL that he gets playing for SKA and much more, including close following by our own staff as well as getting acclamated to the team and playing in the best league which is even better for him, development wise.
Now I get that we don't control this, but we should try to actively pluck him still.
He literally gets all the benefits here in the NHL that he gets playing for SKA and much more, including close following by our own staff as well as getting acclamated to the team and playing in the best league which is even better for him, development wise.
Now I get that we don't control this, but we should try to actively pluck him still.
Zine
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Yes Rotenberg can be fired.
SKA is his personal fiefdom, but that doesn't mean there's no accountability.
Alexander Medvedev would likely pull strings to have Rotenberg leave honorably in the event things completely and totally fall off a cliff.
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I believe Rotenberg’s family business builds sports stadiums throughout Europe. He’s loaded. Coaching SKA is basically his “hobby.”
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HuGort
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Meh, and MSL got his job coaching the Habs because of his illustrious CV as a coach?
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