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

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

You think he's ahead of Bedard?

He could absolutely be better than Bedard, his upside is elite. But despite his struggles, Bedard is still an elite offensive weapon with time and space. He and Demidov aren't too dissimilar stylistically, but Demidov's skating has really improved in the last year, while Bedard's has stagnated. Biggest risk with Demidov is his foot speed and quickness over short distances.

Among forwards in the NHL, I'd probably slot him between Fantilii and Smith.

Celebrini
Cooley
Carlsson
Michkov
Bedard
Fantilii
Demidov
Smith

 

[Just Linda]

He could absolutely be better than Bedard, his upside is elite. But despite his struggles, Bedard is still an elite offensive weapon with time and space. He and Demidov aren't too dissimilar stylistically, but Demidov's skating has really improved in the last year, while Bedard's has stagnated. Biggest risk with Demidov is his foot speed and quickness over short distances.

Among forwards in the NHL, I'd probably slot him between Fantilii and Smith.

Celebrini
Cooley
Carlsson
Michkov
Bedard
Fantilii
Demidov
Smith

I've been accused of being the biggest Bedard hater. Bedard has more points this year than anyone above him.

While I agree that Celebrini would be first on this list, this list is all over the place.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I've been accused of being the biggest Bedard hater. Bedard has more points this year than anyone above him.

While I agree that Celebrini would be first on this list, this list is all over the place.

Yeah, but there's more to hockey than points. Bedard projects as an elite scoring winger at this point.

I really like what I've seen from Cooley this year, he's taken a big step. And I'm still extremely bullish on Carlsson. The rest of the list could really go a bunch of different ways, but I'm pretty locked into those top 3.

 

[Zalos]

He could absolutely be better than Bedard, his upside is elite. But despite his struggles, Bedard is still an elite offensive weapon with time and space. He and Demidov aren't too dissimilar stylistically, but Demidov's skating has really improved in the last year, while Bedard's has stagnated. Biggest risk with Demidov is his foot speed and quickness over short distances.

Among forwards in the NHL, I'd probably slot him between Fantilii and Smith.

Celebrini
Cooley
Carlsson
Michkov
Bedard
Fantilii
Demidov
Smith

Yea, definitely no certitude with this list. Any of them could turn out better than the rest. The only one that I'm not sure belongs there is Carlsson, but you probably know him more than I do.

 

[JotAlan]

Every time I watch Demidov I'm reminded of Makarov. Does anyone else have this feeling?

 

[Gustave]

Every time I watch Demidov I'm reminded of Makarov. Does anyone else have this feeling?

Young Makarov in Russia/ international play or old Makarov in Calgary?