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His game changed when he took skating lessons after he hit the NHL, his career was cut short after his back injuries which occurred later on.
Prospect Info: [2024 - 5th] Ivan Motherbleeping Demidov (RW), SKA St. Petersburg (MHL)
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His game changed when he took skating lessons after he hit the NHL, his career was cut short after his back injuries which occurred later on.
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I think he can once he develops more physically
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Demidov is a HAB
He can just control the game from the wing like a Marner does.
Get Frondell in the draft who can do the gritty down low shit and finish the passes.
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I thought Kent Hughes was supposed to fly to Russia to personally 'handle' the Ivan Demidov situation?
Or was Rotenberg just not happy with the size of the brown envelop he got handed? My feeling is that he is trying to cash in on the situation, and he is not happy about it so far.
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Is Rotenberg not an oligarch part of Team Putin? Coaching SKA is his hobby, doubt he cares too much about relatively small sums of money. Looks like he is in it for prestige, legacy and ego reasons basically and feels personally slighted that his prospects are leaving.
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Ya i read that somewhere too, is there any chance they can negociate something so Demidov could come here this season, if they're not using him what's the point of keeping him there they will lose him next season anyway.
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too early to say, I won't bet against either one but I think both are the best assets we have, so rank them either way. The question for me is can Demidov develop as a center at some point (once he gets stronger, adds some more mass).
With Hutson we have no PP QB and I have said I don't think anyone on the Habs can be at their very best if we don't find a Markov like replacement. So Hutson could have a bigger impact then Demidov if one ends up the next Adam Fox and the other a 1st line winger. But for now we'll just have to see what happens next 2-3 years.
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Being a winger is not an issue. Kucherov, Ovechkin, Panarin and many others are impactful from their positions.
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I put together his highlights from this season,
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I find he plays alot more like Jack Hughes than Panarin or Kuch.
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Hutson will be amazing.
But Demidov is a world class talent and going to put 90-100 pts per season.
Yes but impact is not just points. IMO they will have similar impacts because there aren't many defensemen that can do what Hutson can.
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Thanks man!!
I don't see any flaw on his game at least offensively.
Speed
Edge
Vision
Iq
Shot
Hands
All that at elite level..even his speed of what I though was average before......not at all...elite speed.
He is able to make his passes at elite level on his backhand as well.
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he needs to work on his first step quickness, add strength and some mass.
At this point, I will prefer for Kent to negotiate a trade for Demidov. Let him play in a weaker KHL team for 20 mins+ every night.
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Probably already posted somewhere but here's a Jason Bukala progress report on Demidov posted on Sportsnet today.
www.sportsnet.ca
Scout's Analysis: Progress report on Canadiens prospect Ivan Demidov
As the Canadiens struggle to climb the NHL standings, Ivan Demidov continues to shine in the KHL and give promise to Montreal's future. Jason Bukala gives an updated scouting report on the player after 30 games.
