Prospect Info: Ivan Demidov (2024 5th OA): SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

[le_sean]

You think Laine-Dach-Demidov is the way to go?

There's more options if the team considered breaking up Slaf -Suzuki - Caulfield.

Stylistically it makes some sense. Both lines have two playmakers that set up an elite shooter.

 

[Gally11]

Pretty cool that he’s playing on an NHL size rink so we don’t have to hear about how long it will take him to adjust all summer

Kid is a freak, we deserve this prize after our drafting and development from 2010-2020

 

[The Great Weal]

Why break a good trio? We have seen Slaf with Dach.....It did not work.

Let Demidov get used to the NHL arena in the second line. It give you 2 dangerous trio.

Agreed, I don't see us breaking up the top line. If anyone were to be separated it would be Caufield to complement the play style of an offensive dynamo (Caufield/Demidov), cerebral 2way center (Suzuki), and big forechecking player (Slaf). Don't think it'd be fair to Cole to bring him to the second line with how he's playing, Demidov will have to outperform him tremendously for it to be considered.

The powerplay is a different story where we can afford to put all the best offensive guys on the 1st unit (Laine, Suzuki, Demidov, Caufield, Hutson).

 

[Jeune Poulet]

What can the Habs do to optimize Demidov 's development?

Let him win his spots and his ice time, instead of handing that to him on a silver platter simply because he is a prestigious draft pick, Slafkovsky-style.

The adversity is part of what makes him a better player. Getting results out of your prospect is a marathon, not a 100m race.

 

[LV426]

Demidov haters on the main board.

 

[Miller Time]

Let him win his spots and his ice time, instead of handing that to him on a silver platter simply because he is a prestigious draft pick, Slafkovsky-style.

The adversity is part of what makes him a better player. Getting results out of your prospect is a marathon, not a 100m race.

Rottenberg is that you

 

[Habssince89]

I can't help but get excited that hutson and demidov - our two most dynamic prospects - are what seems to the final piece in our 'core' for this generation. I don't consider Dach to be a core player, but CC/Suz/Slaf absolutely.

Even if Demidov arrives in the NHL and needs time to play to his potential, his injection into the lineup is going to really take the team in the direction they need to go.