Eventually, but he should be come into the NHL with some insulation and let him go after the Calder against weaker competition. If he's hitting his full potential from that start, then yeah get him with Suzuki, but let's not disturb the top line as we need both CC and Slaf to keep upping their point totals and really establish themselves as PPG players. Also, let's not forget that Dach has shown he can be the best player on the Habs on many nights. He's a great C for Demidov to play with. Size, skill, and a RH/LH combo for double one timers.Demidov should be playing with the habs best forwards
Everything I read about him seems to mention how he's very intentional with his moves, and I imagine that a high IQ player like that would adjust his risks and not make more moves than necessary. Once he's more explosive like you said, he'll be able to be more evasive without doing jr level harlem globetrotter things.Imo, NHL Demidov won't be attempting to dangle around whole teams every shift like in does in the MHL, I don't think that would work in the higher levels, but when he's going to have to beat that one guy to open up space for him or his teammates, I'm confident he'll be able to do it with consistency and ease.
He's definitely going to have to get faster/more explosive though, but I have no doubt he'll be able to have adequate speed to play his game in the NHL.