F Ivan Demidov - SKA St. Petersburg, KHL (2024, 5th, MTL)
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KevSkillz4
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The team don't play for a week and when Demidov play, he is on the 4th line lol!
montreal
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He's not getting the points with just 1 in the last 9 games but they aren't playing him much, in those 9 games he's been over 10 mins just 3 times. His ave PP TOI this season is 0:33 and he's barely seen the PP in the last month since the rumors of him refusing to re-sign (where for the next 6 games to got between 3 to 7 mins per game total) so clearly they are sending some message to him.
If you watch the vids I post, it shows he is very impressive out there, needs to be more explosive and add a decent amount of speed and strength. Very exciting player to watch though if you look at body language, he doesn't seem to be having such a great time out there. They called up his brother (undrafted FA), he played in 1 game for less then 2 mins and I don't know if he's played anywhere since (he was among the top goal scorers in the VHL last time I checked) so I don't know what's going on with the Demidov's but I'm not the least bit worried. In May he'll be able to leave and then we'll see what the Habs have planned for him.
The Gr8 Dane
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The kids character is what really doesn't make me worry about the whole ice time fiasco going on. He will have a massive chip on his shoulder when he gets here. he's already a very highly motivated kid and has been squeezing alot out of his low minutes
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Gravity
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Are you alluding to him not being the cream because he hasn't produced recently with little ice time?
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I’m saying talent will overcome whatever limitations that are presented this season . He’s a great great prospect . I’m just quoting Macho Man Randy Savage ; he knew what he was talking about . Oh Yah
Gravity
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Fair enough. There's a lot to hate on wrt the Habs atm but Demidov ain't it.
TheKrebsCycle
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I’m mainly critical of Savard. He stinks. But lots of intrigue elsewhere .
When you play on Rotenberg team, no typical hockey rules or laws work so it's very hard to project anything or make any implications.
Vancouver fans call Tyler Myers Chaos Giraffe, because he looks like giraffe, and nobody knows what will happen when he has to make a play. If we continue the analogy, Rotenberg won't obviously be giraffe, he's a god of chaos, hockey coach variant...
Vancouver fans call Tyler Myers Chaos Giraffe, because he looks like giraffe, and nobody knows what will happen when he has to make a play. If we continue the analogy, Rotenberg won't obviously be giraffe, he's a god of chaos, hockey coach variant...
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Shark Finn
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Yeah, I'm not even sure it's because of the contract. It's because SKA have a Rotenberg as a coach.
He didn't play Michkov, despite him being signed for a lot of next years, for example.
The way he juggle goalies season after season is even more embarassing.
kp61c
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plays 9 min a game with no pp time. playing a lot in the vhl with his brother would be a better option.
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Fjordy
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This is 100% true, Rotenberg's actions defy any logic, he may simply not want to develop Demidov for Montreal and not let him play, so there is nothing surprising.
Rotenberg's knowledge of hockey is zero. Compare to Larionov at Novgorod. Still teaching the kids the Red Machine style.
viceroy
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Between cream and water, the guy is probably milk.
The F does that mean?
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Kudo Shinichi
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Demidov was dressed, but played 0 min today
Rottenbug managed to outdo himself
Rottenbug managed to outdo himself
Jabba11
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What a bust. Jokes aside, Demidov is probably getting punished for not wanting to resign with SKA.
Kid will build his character and will come into the league with a chip on his shoulder. He'll do well.
Kid will build his character and will come into the league with a chip on his shoulder. He'll do well.
TheKrebsCycle
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No probably about it . That’s what’s happening . Guy was doing very well up until the minutes were starkly dropped . He’s the early rookie of the year favourite imo , I don’t care who gets drafted 1 st . Hes the best prospect not in the NHL . Period
montreal
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What I can't wrap my head around is what is the point of it? Over the previous 2 years SKA lead the KHL in wins by a good amount (80), this year they are in a 4 way tie for 8th OA in wins. Demidov not even being used on the PP when he clearly can help this team is just insane, why would you do that and risk losing more games.
I guess I don't get what message they are trying to send to the rest of prospects in their system while at the same time to their fans. We aren't winning as much but at least Demidov is pissed he's not getting ice time, we sure are showing him!
I guess I don't get what message they are trying to send to the rest of prospects in their system while at the same time to their fans. We aren't winning as much but at least Demidov is pissed he's not getting ice time, we sure are showing him!
Zine
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Montreal supporters seem to have a worldview that Demidov's usage is the center of everything SKA (with fans, media, etc.) It really isn't.
I mean just as perplexing is Rotenberg's use of Tolchinsky who is a regular top 20 KHL scorer. He's currently receiving even less ice time than Demidov.
Nothing makes sense with RoRo.
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JuJu Mobb
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It's a thread aboud Demidov, you're surprised we talk about him and his usage?
