F Ivan Demidov - SKA St. Petersburg, KHL (2024, 5th, MTL) Part 2

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[Kegs]

Kids destroying the khl.

 

[KevSkillz4]

He is insane, insane, insane and insane. Man, I'm soo hype to have this guy in my team!!

 

[Boyon90]

 

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[jonthorp]

Ivan will ignite Montreal’s top-six and power play for years to come.

 

[Kshahdoo]

That top4 look sexy by NHL standarts: an NHL superstar, a future NHL superstar, a former NHL star and lead scorer on the team during its successful SC run (who had to actually be awarded with Conn Smythe) and Demidov...

 

[HabzSauce]

I'm actually starting to like this guy. He's grown on me. Maybe because Therrien is my fav coach and they are similar idk....

But he had made Demidov much better player, wether that be intentional or not. Playing old school mind games, limited ice time in lot of games, yet demidov has handled it beautifully. His maturity level is on another level.

 

[WentWughes]

I'm actually starting to like this guy. He's grown on me. Maybe because Therrien is my fav coach and they are similar idk....

But he had made Demidov much better player, wether that be intentional or not. Playing old school mind games, limited ice time in lot of games, yet demidov has handled it beautifully. His maturity level is on another level.

No he is an awful coach. He deserves no credit for Demidov’s performance, it was clear he was the best player on the team during the pre-season and yet he refused to play him enough. Rotenburg is an egotistical clown.

 

[HabzSauce]

No he is an awful coach. He deserves no credit for Demidov’s performance, it was clear he was the best player on the team during the pre-season and yet he refused to play him enough. Rotenburg is an egotistical clown.

At the end of the day Rottenburg provided Demidov with adversity to overcome. And the kid dunked on every one of his shit tests

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Count me in the club of people that are happy Demidov had to face adversity this year. It doesn't matter whether it was deserved or not. He will not cross over as an entitled kid and get angry at his coach whenever something doesn't go his way.

We ruined Kotkaniemi, who looked like he was a good kid by all accounts, by bringing him up too early and making him feel entitled. When he had to face adversity getting scratched in the playoffs a few times, he bailed on the team. I suspect he would not have reacted this way had we not rushed him to the NHL and allowed him a pace of development that would not feed his ego as much.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Count me in the club of people that are happy Demidov had to face adversity this year. It doesn't matter whether it was deserved or not. He will not cross over as an entitled kid and get angry at his coach whenever something doesn't go his way.

We ruined Kotkaniemi, who looked like he was a good kid by all accounts, by bringing him up too early and making him feel entitled. When he had to face adversity getting scratched in the playoffs a few times, he bailed on the team. I suspect he would not have reacted this way had we not rushed him to the NHL and allowed him a pace of development that would not feed his ego as much.

You do know that had we not “rushed” kotkaniemi he likely would have played another year in Asshat being coached by….his dad?