Let’s hope he’s a stone cold killer on the icePatrick Bateman vibes
You MUST be a Habs fan lol.For all we know he may stay injured forever.
More like next Oilers. Leafs can't touch our defenseAlways have.
It took like 2 weeks after drafting Demidov for the Michkovians to come back and say we should have both. People really want to go down the Leafs path.
Yeah this bizarre idea that you need your top 6 to be wholly made up of all stars is beyond me.
We have tremendous balance throughout out our pool. Taking out a potential top pairing D man with Reinbacher’s profile out of said pool would hardly make me giddy. Mailloux took serious strides but having the luxury of a Reinbacher ahead of him could give us an absolutely evil blue line
I still can't believe that Habs get this guy at 5. I know he played in MHL but when playoffs times, really really good teams are there and Demidov put 28 pts in 17 playoffs games. Thats insane! His skillset and high offensive IQ will translate perfectly in KHL and NHL, for sure. 90-100 points type of player at NHL level.
Can't wait to see him in his KHL season, I think he will shine aswell in that league.
This guy change everything, it's like having winning the lottery 2nd overall and having a 1st overall pick talent aswell.
We have the best and worst fans lolWe (some f***ing how)got the insanely dynamic Russian forward who DOESN’T have the question marks and people are still blathering about the tiny one with plenty of question marks.
We may just have the worst fans in the league lol
Demidov looks really really good this year beginning in KHL preseason with Michkov.
I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.We have the best and worst fans lol
I forget who said it, but I recall a former player saying "when you're near the top of the standings, you're royalty here, but if you're in the basement, you're public enemy number one."
Demidov looks really really good this year beginning in KHL preseason with Michkov.
I don’t think conflating an entire population and posturing about it is useful or honest either.I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.
The holier-than-thou attitude should be parked. Every large fanbase has morons and imbeciles. The larger the fanbase, the more 'incidents'. Repeatedly attacking our own fanbase by dredging up past incidents does nothing to solve it.I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.
A few people are not a "fan base." They're just that, a few people.I don't know any other fan base that stalk the players, make death threats for being drafted over another, call 911 for a hit (Chara on Pacioretti), and I can go on. It's embarrassing.
There's excitement about Michkov but it's tempered by how the Flyers' fake "rebuild" has gone off the tracks since the Cutter Gauthier fiasco.Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.
Correct, just so happens we're part of that...nothing wrong with calling it out, hopefully it encourages us to be better as a fanbase.The holier-than-thou attitude should be parked. Every large fanbase has morons and imbeciles. The larger the fanbase, the more 'incidents'. Repeatedly attacking our own fanbase by dredging up past incidents does nothing to solve it.
Im not part of THAT. Which is why I refuse to be lumped in. Other fanbases arent made to take ownership of their blowhards and bozos, I refuse to accept that we have to constantly self-flagellate because of ours.Correct, just so happens we're part of that...nothing wrong with calling it out, hopefully it encourages us to be better as a fanbase.
The same thing that makes us the NHL's best fanbase, our passion, also makes us the worst.
Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.
Going on Philly boards, you would expect most posts to be on how excited and good Michkov is and will help the team. Instead a huge chunk are on how they’ll kill all his offense, force him to play as a grinder and basically ruin him. A much more disillusioned and pessimistic fanbase than Montreal’s. And it’s not even close.
Yeah I don’t think it should have to be your specific duty but I don’t think there’s anything wrong if some fans take it upon themselves.Im not part of THAT. Which is why I refuse to be lumped in. Other fanbases arent made to take ownership of their blowhards and bozos, I refuse to accept that we have to constantly self-flagellate because of ours.
And they had the foundations of a great rebuild . . . Michkov, Gauthier, and possibly Buium . . . but Briere seems to be in way over his head here. Too bad.Given the ownership's refusal for a true rebuild and the fallout with Gauthier, I can understand the doom and gloom. It takes more than just one star to build a true contender (assuming Michkov is the real deal). The prospect of the mushy middle is not enticing. We went through something similar with the Price era.
I am still amazed that Cutter Gauthier wanted nothing to do with a franchise that appears a very popular destination for good players.And they had the foundations of a great rebuild . . . Michkov, Gauthier, and possibly Buium . . . but Briere seems to be in way over his head here. Too bad.
Michkov will become a prolific goal scorer assuming Philly can land an actual 1C. Demidov is going to elevate his linemates game. The net positive is higher with Demidov imoHe is much more dynamic and a playmaker compared to Michkov in these highlights. Always on the puck whereas Michkov seems to hang around the front of the net.