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Not worried about that, just always good to get exposure to pro level playoff intensity.
Prospect Info: Ivan Demidov (2024 5th OA): SKA St. Petersburg (KHL): Part II
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Not worried about that, just always good to get exposure to pro level playoff intensity.
Nikishin will not make the trip to Moscow. Still injured. So it probably will be a short playoffs for SKA.
Maybe Demidov could go to Montreal if everything works out for the Habs, the timing will fit.
Maybe Demidov could go to Montreal if everything works out for the Habs, the timing will fit.
His contract ends 31 May and somehow I doubt SKA lets him walk away early.
Correct, unlikely. But it's not out of the question.
Last year Sochi let Khusnutdinov leave early. Both SKA and Sochi exist under the same ownership umbrella.
As I said before Rotenberg doesn't know what he'll do or say tomorrow let alone when the playoffs time comes. He's going to be desperate, he needs to win the series vs the team they lost all games to in the regular.
As soon as something goes wrong, he'll send Ivan to the ice. And something almost certainly will go wrong.
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So he's doing the Ducharme special.
Great minds think alike.
Rottenturd is Therrien, Ducharme and Tremblay all rolled into one.
I suppose if he gets sent to the MHL and that team has an early exit? They seem to be pretty petty though
I miss the old Soviet days when you could smuggle a guy out and contracts didn’t mean anything 
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SOLR
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July... its just a few months away.
sampollock
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Just put him in the bank for next year and move on.
It's a good space for Roy to get some playtime in crucial situations to see what we got there.
Remember, it's about winning a cup, not getting to the playoffs. If they do this year it's a development bonus.
This is so obviously petty. The immaturity is so pathetic.
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It's actually very mature. It's how the social hierarchy works in Russia. They don't let personal merit in the way of that. It's their choice. He's getting out soon.
Exactly what I think, they have been a**hole all season, they won't let him go right after the season, they will make him offers until he finish his contract. For me there is no way he comes over after his season, only in June
It's very immature to bench your best player because he doesn't have any intention to stay with the club after it.
Social hierarchy or not, it's just petty.
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Still can’t compute how a coach can justify benching its team first scorer. Me no comprende. Political shit aside, winning playoff games should mean more revenu. Should be the team primary focus.
Not sure where you pull that perception from at a cultural level, but I can say from experience that this is at best a gross generalization.
There's ample evidence of Russian sport teams featuring young stars earning bigger roles than established veterans. SKA/Rotty doing what they're doing has nothing to do with the social/cultural dynamics of Russia and everything to do with poor leadership... Which can be found in every culture and is perhaps in no greater display than present-day North American society & politics lol
it's not like we haven't seen Canadian or American international rosters by-pass young stars for veterans performing at a lower level at the time of selection.
They're playing the only card they have left to try to get him to sign over there.
Like it or not, but SKA was/is always going to do what's best for SKA, they don't care about the Montreal Canadiens anymore more than the Montreal Canadians care about SKA St. Petersburg.
Honestly, to me at least, this is the best-case scenario because the worst thing that could happen is a late season injury that could affect him over the summer.
Sit him the rest of your season, even better...come May 31st, they can't do shit anymore.
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Your making a political statement because you have others beliefs. That's fine. But keep in mind that the world does not revolve around your beliefs.
I am also North American in my beliefs, so yeah I think he should be playing, but I do not believe for a second this is a bad thing for Ivan, he's 19... he played a season in the KHL. It's a lot more about character at that age.
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We are talking about the CKA. It has a lot to do about social culture dynamics.
This was happening 20 years ago. 40 years ago, 60 years ago.
