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

Hanji

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Nikishin was already playing 22+ minutes per games when SKA acquired him a few years ago.
Gritsyuk started with Omsk and his TOI with SKA haven't increased from his Omsk days either.

Neither Nikishin or Gritsyuk were vets 3 years ago when they were playing similar TOI.

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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I think it's a Russian factor... They got a kid with lots of talent and don't like loosing their talent. They will try to use any leverage they have.
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.

Love all the experts in here panicking about icetime and demanding the Habs try and bring him over. Sounds like the same experts who wanted Slaf to develop in the AHL before making the big club. How'd that one work out?
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.

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


:slaugh:

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.

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.
 

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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


:slaugh:


So all this negativity is coming from non Russians who are learning Russian and flooding Telegram just to insult SKA St. Petersburg?


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Love all the experts in here panicking about icetime and demanding the Habs try and bring him over. Sounds like the same experts who wanted Slaf to develop in the AHL before making the big club. How'd that one work out?
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
 

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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.
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
It’s what happens when free speech is not a reality in public discourse, you get really irked when questioned.
 
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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

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.
 

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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
 

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Keep in mind, even if he's not playing many minutes...he's still practicing daily against ex-NHLers. Despite Rotenberg's lunacy, SKA still has really super facilities and great development staff.

I mean if he was born in Quebec he'd probably be in the Q playing against future truck drivers and accountants; I don't think he's quite NHL ready yet.
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.
 

Zine

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any chance he gets fired if SKA keeps losing ? arent they suppose to be a force in the K

That would require him to less or more fire himself...

No, he was given the job because of politics.

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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