Grand Admiral Thrawn
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So any of you think that Demidov can be our 1st Calder winner since the Nixon administration?
Prospect Info: [2024 - 5th] Ivan Motherbleeping Demidov (RW), SKA St. Petersburg (MHL)
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Kudo Shinichi
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It could be Hutson this season
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Looks like they released it August 31st last year, so they probably have it earlier but sit on it until then to ramp up excitement into training camp.
Nothing much to look forward to for the next 6-8 weeks right?
The dog days of summer are upon us. 9 weeks before camp starts...ugh
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There a couple of good boxing match!
Nice card august 3. Dubois vs Joshua sept 12.
Maybe a trade for Laine until then?
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Its alright, I'll be playing EA College Football 25 until the season arrives, will help kill time.
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Yup, I find Datsyuk is the better comparison but no two players are alike. I just don't see Demidov developing the one timer that Kucherov has. His game is puck possession and dynamic creativity like Datsyuk.
Estimated_Prophet
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Agreed on Kucherov as they look very different on the ice as Kucherov is very upright and deliberate with a great one timer. Kucherov also prefers to slow the game down whereas Demidov plays with more pace and abandon. If Kucherov was not Russian he would not be used as a comparison.I know that Demidov himself even mentioned Kucherov but I think that was little more than naming a contemporary Russian star with great puck skills. Truthfully he is closer to Panarin but that is also a sketchy comparison as Demidov is bigger, stronger and more defensively aware.
I see potential for more of a Mitch Marner with more jam and grit as well as having a better shot. Datsyuk isn't a bad comparison either but I don't think that he will get to that level as Datsyuk is in the conversation as the greatest puck handler to ever play the game as well as being elite defensively. Demidov may very well be great at both of those things as well so stylistically you may have a very good point.
Picking a player as a comp is always a flawed endeavour destined for failure on some level but we all do it in order to envision a prospect playing in the NHL. I generally prefer to use a hybrid so how about a Datsyuk/Marner hybrid?
I also hear very little talk about Demidov at center although he played a fair bit of it last season, especially in the playoffs. I heard "Le Stupide" Boisvert entirely dismiss him as a potential center but he quite literally has all the qualities that you want as a center as well as having recently played the position in the most high leverage games that his team played last season. I am not saying that he will be a full time center in Montreal as we look to have a lot of them. I suspect that the Habs management see the potential as well as all of Suzuki, Dach, Hage, Beck and Kapanen are all right handed and with Demidov being a lefty could very well alternate with a right handed center on strong side draws without necessarily needing to switch during play as he can actually play the position.
We are hitting the Sahara desert portion of the hockey year so I suppose these types of extrapolations are going to take over the board until Hughes trades a dman or two lol.
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Pompeius Magnus
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Celine is surprisingly big
She was easily the second tallest person on the stage.Gotta love the hate on the main boards, boy his stock has fallen since he donned la Sainte flanelle. the next nikita filitov they even said hahaha 
ThaDevilGirl
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Céline and Brobov look like very proud parents, lol
And I believe GMs have influence on the selection. Verbeek loves big physical players and Senneke has that plus the skill set.
When I watch Demidov's highlights, I can't help but think about Zheredev in terms of his hands. I always wondered what would have happened if Nikolai would have put it all together. We might find out.
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Demidov's training camp/preseason start next week so there will be some games that I get access to and will post vids of them.
This pick has restored my faith in HuGo. Let's gooo!!!! Haven't been this excited for a Habs pick in forever.
KevSkillz4
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I'm very excited by this pick, but also with Michael Hage too.
We all wanted a another top 10 pick, but maybe in re-draft Michael Hage will go very very high.
I still can't believe that Habs have Ivan Demidov!!
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Gotta love the hate on the main boards, boy his stock has fallen since he donned la Sainte flanelle. the next nikita filitov they even said hahaha
Their salty tears are delicious.
So ecstatic we got Demidov and not Lindstrom.
Demidov was #2 on my list, not close between him and Lindstrom even before talking about that herniated disc.
Looking forward seeing in our top 6 in about 15 months!
Demidov was #2 on my list, not close between him and Lindstrom even before talking about that herniated disc.
Looking forward seeing in our top 6 in about 15 months!
her appreciation was for m. Molson
