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

[Erika]

Yes we know HuGo didn't think so. They aren't stupid,. If they thought he was close to Bedard level they would have drafted him. So either they didn't rate him that high or he was being an asshole and refusing to report if he was drafted. If he would only sign with Philadelphia then they wouldn't likely get anything as good as Reinbacher in a trade.

Bedard is looking less and less like an Elite superstar by the day.
A good, undersized center with a good shot that plays like a winger.
Caufield is a better player than Bedard is at this moment.

Michkov is pretty on par with Bedard. Put Michkov with the Hawks and he probably has the same or more points than Bedard.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Bedard is looking less and less like an Elite superstar by the day.
A good, undersized center with a good shot that plays like a winger.
Caufield is a better player than Bedard is at this moment.

Michkov is pretty on par with Bedard. Put Michkov with the Hawks and he probably has the same or more points than Bedard.

Is this a joke. Michkov is doing nothing at the moment with decent linemates. He would do nothing with the Hawks. Bedard would likely be on 90 pt pace with the Flyers since he is close to 80 pt pace playing with mediocre players like Donato.

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

I don't get why people are so bothered by how our PP will look with Demidov here. Having 'too many' talented players is a good problem to have. It means you can switch the game plan if needed, forcing the opposite teams to adapt on the fly. You can also build two pretty good PP waves.

I'm sure the PP lines will evolve depending on which players have good chemistry together. I think Hutson has a guaranteed slot on PP1 for the next decade. Laine seems to have more success with one timers than Caufield on the PP, so if he remains with us I'd keep Laine on PP1. Suzuki definitely has a spot on there too. He's our first center for the foreseeable future.

So that leaves two slots on PP1 that they can rotate players in: Caufield, Slaf, Demidov, Dach, maybe even Hage later on. Imo, you just go with what seems to work at the time.

You could end up with two PP waves like...

Laine-Dach-Demidov
Suzuki-Hutson

Caufield-Slaf-Hudon/Newhook
Hage/Guhle-Matheson/Mailloux

Seriously who the heck is Hudon lol

 

[Erika]

Is this a joke. Michkov is doing nothing at the moment with decent linemates. He would do nothing with the Hawks. Bedard would likely be on 90 pt pace with the Flyers since he is close to 80 pt pace playing with mediocre players like Donato.

Is this a joke. Bedard is doing nothing at the moment with decent linemates. He would do nothing with the Flyers. Michkov would likely be on 85 pt pace with the Hawks since he is close to 75 pt pace playing with mediocre players like Tippett.

 

[Zine]

Is this a joke. Michkov is doing nothing at the moment with decent linemates. He would do nothing with the Hawks. Bedard would likely be on 90 pt pace with the Flyers since he is close to 80 pt pace playing with mediocre players like Donato.

Bedard is horrible defensively. You think Tortarella would put up with that?

If Bedard was on Philly he’d get the same treatment Michkov is. All his innovativeness and creativity would be coached out of him by Torts.

 

[Kennerback]

Bedard is horrible defensively. You think Tortarella would put up with that?

If Bedard was on Philly he’d get the same treatment Michkov is. All his innovativeness and creativity would be coached out of him by Torts.

Tortorella is the only person in the town of Philadelphia that likes the way Michkov is playing. I kid you not. Everyone is pissed and Torts says he likes it.