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

[GHJimmy]

Don't see how his IQ can be that much better than Suzuki and Hutson. If it is then he is superstar level.

I think his progression so far is how dynamic he is, when he has the puck it's more of his game than anyone else on the ice, but once he starts passing they're definitely elite.

Suzuki and caufield are smart in their ways and structured in NHL, demidov would make suzuki a 1C by a stretch

 

[Thomas Sowell]

Don't see how his IQ can be that much better than Suzuki and Hutson. If it is then he is superstar level.

He is absolutely a superstar. Yes. As phenomenal as those two are demidov is better. No question about it.

 

[Tyson]

Demidov gives this organization a glimmer of hope.

 

[Kennerback]

Don't see how his IQ can be that much better than Suzuki and Hutson. If it is then he is superstar level.

His IQ is much better than Suzuki’s. Hutson is a D so I won’t insist on this point, it’s apples and oranges. But I can say that Demidov plays a more complex game using more unconventional layer’s than Hutson’s.

 

[Scriptor]

His IQ is much better than Suzuki’s. Hutson is a D so I won’t insist on this point, it’s apples and oranges. But I can say that Demidov plays a more complex game using more unconventional layer’s than Hutson’s.

IMO, while Demidov has all the tools to play as a dynamic C, his ability to get lost on the ice as a winger, only to reappear where the play had been heading all along, is something that would be lost if he played as a pivot.

Playing as a winger doesn't deny him quality pass options which he can exploit from that position s much as he would from a C role.

What I like from watching Demidov's highlights is that he isn't a one or two magic trick pony. Plays seem to develop organically from what is before him and little gets telegraphed, if any. There isn't much repetition and opponents genuinely have absolutely no idea what Demidov is about to do.

Special player.

Habs fans finally get a player worth something special.

 

[Redux91]

Don't see how his IQ can be that much better than Suzuki and Hutson. If it is then he is superstar level.

Wow

If there are other people who think like this
You guys are in for one hell of a treat lol

 

[montreal]

Demidov gives this organization a glimmer of hope.

having watched the Celebrini-Hutson show, I can say that I can not wait to see the Demidov-Hutson show next year, it's going to be epic.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

having watched the Celebrini-Hutson show, I can say that I can not wait to see the Demidov-Hutson show next year, it's going to be epic.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

“Can you feel it? See it? Hear it today? If you can’t then it doesn’t matter anyway! You will never understand it ‘cause it happens too fast…”

 

[26Mats]

I know slaf is up and down right now but the kid is tracking to becoming an ELITE winger in the NHL in a year or two, and I’ve RIPPED on him for a while
Now.

I'm not sure what tracking means.

He has to actually be a good hockey player to be one of the best wingers in the league.

We'll see how good of a power forward he can become.

 

[SlafySZN]

5 parts interview with Ivan

 

[DAChampion]

The dream is Kaprisov/Pastarnak level winger. Habs really need this to happen to break out of these decades of mediocrity.

But then what are Minnesota and Boston missing?

 

[Rafafouille]

But then what are Minnesota and Boston missing?

Minnesota are missing 15 million dollars in salary cap from the Suter and Praise buyouts. Boston were missing nothing. They literally had the best season in NHL history only for Ullmark to completely choke it away for them.