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

[Kennerback]

Demidov wants to say the whole season in KHL to prepare physically

That might have changed with averaging 4 minutes TOI these last 4 games.

 

[Zine]

What proof that it was just Habs fan? The way russian sport media ask Roman about Demidov after every game would point at Russians being on the loop.

It likely was Hab fans. Nobody in Russia uses twitter/x.

Plus, hockey in Montreal (Canada in general) is special.
Nowhere else (certainly not Russia) do you see massive amounts of rabid fans following the every move of a junior aged player.
Sure the media asks about Demidov, but it's not like he's the center of conversation.

 

[yianik]

Rotten- berg went to Therrien to soak in his wisdom and philosophy on how to make players better persons and how to coach. We are seeing the fruits of that wisdom and philosophy.

This is personal vengeance on a teenager who wants to play in the world's top league and will make loads of money. That walking cancer is green eyed over Demi , and this is his only chance to F with this kid and kids like him. Guy has a mental disorder and I'm not kidding, he really does.

 

[ottawa]

How's he doing?

 

[The Last Red]

How's he doing?

He’s well rested.

Rotten- berg went to Therrien to soak in his wisdom and philosophy on how to make players better persons and how to coach. We are seeing the fruits of that wisdom and philosophy.

This is personal vengeance on a teenager who wants to play in the world's top league and will make loads of money. That walking cancer is green eyed over Demi , and this is his only chance to F with this kid and kids like him. Guy has a mental disorder and I'm not kidding, he really does.

No way he’s doing this on his own, without tacit approval, if not directives, from the higher ups at SKA.

 

[Hanji]

Rotten- berg went to Therrien to soak in his wisdom and philosophy on how to make players better persons and how to coach. We are seeing the fruits of that wisdom and philosophy.

This is personal vengeance on a teenager who wants to play in the world's top league and will make loads of money. That walking cancer is green eyed over Demi , and this is his only chance to F with this kid and kids like him. Guy has a mental disorder and I'm not kidding, he really does.

Demidov isnt an outlier here. Rotten rarely if ever gives juniors regular ice time. Apparently Russian hockey media and reps from the MHL are calling him out on it too.

Why do our accusations always involve an anti NHL agenda? It’s like the trustworthy propagandized explanation for everything KHL on this side of the Atlantic.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Demidov isnt an outlier here. Rotten rarely if ever gives juniors regular ice time. Apparently Russian hockey media and reps from the MHL are calling him out on it too.

Why do our accusations always involve an anti NHL agenda? It’s like the trustworthy propagandized explanation for everything KHL on this side of the Atlantic.

Well, Rotenberg literally asked if a Russian journalist was from Montreal when asked about usage of young players and then complained North American media were a blight on Russian hockey. So it might have a lot to do with his own comments?

 

[Kshahdoo]

Big article about SKA destroying Demidov on the biggest Russian sport site.

Вместо роли лидера — пять минут за матч. СКА сам выдавливает Демидова в «Монреаль»?

В Петербурге говорили, что не стоит ехать в четвёртое звено «Канадиенс», но предлагают альтернативу в виде четвёртого звена СКА.

www.championat.com

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

So... Ryan Gagné of the Hockey News must be a poster or a lurker here (and a fan of my work) or this is just a big coincidence:

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/plot-thickens-for-canadiens-prospect-in-khl

 

[McGuires Corndog]

So... Ryan Gagné of the Hockey News must be a poster or a lurker here (and a fan of my work) or this is just a big coincidence:

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/plot-thickens-for-canadiens-prospect-in-khl

We’re all fans of your work.

Merely peasants living in the land of Oz.

 

[NotProkofievian]

He’s well rested.


No way he’s doing this on his own, without tacit approval, if not directives, from the higher ups at SKA.

Who is a higher up in SKA than Rotenberg?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Who is a higher up in SKA than Rotenberg?

Putin

 

[morhilane]

Big article about SKA destroying Demidov on the biggest Russian sport site.

Вместо роли лидера — пять минут за матч. СКА сам выдавливает Демидова в «Монреаль»?

В Петербурге говорили, что не стоит ехать в четвёртое звено «Канадиенс», но предлагают альтернативу в виде четвёртого звена СКА.

www.championat.com

That article is of course all the fault of someone in America.

 

[Beaker]

No way he’s doing this on his own, without tacit approval, if not directives, from the higher ups at SKA.

I thought this quote was interesting in the Russian article and supports what you said,

“However, the St. Petersburg club has declared all these years that it has a special high mission - to keep talented Russian hockey players in the KHL, fulfilling the order of the president of the country. This was said in one form or another by both the management of SKA and the pool of close experts.”

Demidov should be playing more minutes but it’s not about hockey (no American agents instigated this post). This is why Russian players slip at the draft.

I know that in Canada they write all sorts of articles at the instigation of American agents. It happens when agents in the US and even Russia pay journalists, and they write articles that some hockey player should play. It can be worse: agents call clubs where they have "their own" coaches, the agent tells them to put the player on the roster under threat of dismissal. It is important that agents do not pay journalists for articles, and that there be an objective analysis of the the game.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

So... Ryan Gagné of the Hockey News must be a poster or a lurker here (and a fan of my work) or this is just a big coincidence:

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/plot-thickens-for-canadiens-prospect-in-khl

You will never not convince me that just about all these writers aren’t lurking these boards.

We all comprise an unholy monster on here but it still possesses an incredibly knowledgeable brain.

 

[morhilane]

You will never not convince me that just about all these writers aren’t lurking these boards.

We all comprise an unholy monster on here but it still possesses an incredibly knowledgeable brain.

I always find it hilarious when they write some of our craziest trade proposal or rumors.

 

[OldCraig71]

Darren Dreger is definitely a member of HF Boards.