Or they offered him an extention and he refused.Did the reduce ice time coincide with Laine's injury? Maybe SKA feels like the Habs would be more willing now to pay for Demidov to be released from his contract? If SKA does not play him, that's even more pressure on Habs management to do something. Kind of weird to go ~15 min a game suddenly to ~5 min.
I wonder what's going on behind the scene.
I was just going to write the same thing before I read your post. Laine was injured Sept. 28, and while Demidov was only playing about 12-14 minutes a game before then, his TOI was reduced significantly starting in his game on Sept. 29 and has only gotten worse since then. I smell a rat.Did the reduce ice time coincide with Laine's injury? Maybe SKA feels like the Habs would be more willing now to pay for Demidov to be released from his contract? If SKA does not play him, that's even more pressure on Habs management to do something. Kind of weird to go ~15 min a game suddenly to ~5 min.
I wonder what's going on behind the scene.
Or both.Or they offered him an extention and he refused.
It's a bit concerning that Demidov have less TOI then goons in the 80's
Did the reduce ice time coincide with Laine's injury? Maybe SKA feels like the Habs would be more willing now to pay for Demidov to be released from his contract? If SKA does not play him, that's even more pressure on Habs management to do something. Kind of weird to go ~15 min a game suddenly to ~5 min.
I wonder what's going on behind the scene.