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

[HabzSauce]

Nick is 5p11 207
Cooley 6p 190

According to hockeydb

One is 20 the other 25, my argument is Cooley is not a small center and w've seen lots of 5p11-6foot center have success. Your point is invalid lmfao

Honestly thought he was 5'10-5'11 but he's still not big by any means.

Nick is at least thick and extremely durable. I can live with 5'11 from him

 

[TomKosto]

Honestly thought he was 5'10-5'11 but he's still not big by any means.

Nick is at least thick and extremely durable. I can live with 5'11 from him

You assume Cooley is not durable? Just joking bud. Really wanted Cooley during his draft year,

Just found it weird when people call 5p11-6ft center small. It's the size of Sid, Suzuki, Point, etc. Anyway to each his own opinion.

 

[HabzSauce]

You assume Cooley is not durable? Just joking bud. Really wanted Cooley during his draft year,

Just found it weird when people call 5p11-6ft center small. It's the size of Sid, Suzuki, Point, etc. Anyway to each his own opinion.

Cooley is a stud I'm just picky with my top 6 centers. 6'2+ is my preference. I'm cool with a "small" guy if he's thick and/or a gamer in big moments.

Funny you mention point because to me he is small too. But he's a gamer so id love him.

 

[majormajor]

Honestly thought he was 5'10-5'11 but he's still not big by any means.

There was constant chatter about Cooley's size in his draft year. He does play very low to the ice and looks small at times. He might actually be under 6'0. NHL clubs are known to routinely bump up heights - Cooley was measured at 5'10 1/2 at the draft combine and a large majority of 18 year olds are done growing.

But what's really striking about his build is that he is all arms and legs. I can't remember the exact figure but it was calculated that Cooley's reach from toes to fingers is equivalent to like a 6'2 or 6'3 player (something around there). The most underrated issue with small players is reach - unless you have Suzuki type IQ you will have a harder time reaching pucks. So Cooley has a big advantage there. And range of motion is really helpful on the attack of course too.

Edit: I'll bring this back to Demidov - he also plays very low to the ice very wide on his inside edges, and seems to have terrific lateral range and reach.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I'm obviously not biased at all but I think Demidov and celebrini will be the best out of the bunch.

Bedard and Michkov next up in line.

Big fan of Carlsson too i can see him being better than bedard and Michkov if all things go well, but for now will slot him behind those guys.

Fantilli and Cooley could go either way but I like fantilli more. Not a fan of small centers

Then smith at the bottom. Haven't watched a ton of him only a little bit I don't think he belongs here no disrespect to him

Fantilli is well ahead of Carlsson and he's right there with Bedard, IMHO. Also, he's always been ahead of Michkov to me.