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

[the valiant effort]

I dunno man. There are few if any who have less respect for 99.9% of the 2021-2023 draft classes than me, but on puck-handling and distribution alone I think 24 year-old Michkov will be on a completely different tier of weapon than Caufield

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I dunno man. There are few if any who have less respect for 99.9% of the 2021-2023 draft classes than me, but on puck-handling and distribution alone I think 24 year-old Michkov will be on a completely different tier of weapon than Caufield

But will he have the same finish? Those are two different things.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

The narrative has now shifted to “nobody ever doubted him” on the mains

Peoples heads are going to explode next year when he is lighting up the league, the cope is just unreal

 

[Skip Bayless]

The narrative has now shifted to “nobody ever doubted him” on the mains

Peoples heads are going to explode next year when he is lighting up the league, the cope is just unreal

November 2025 - "Yeah but his underlying data is not sustainable, he wont be able to keep this up for much longer."

January 2026 - "Once the Ds in the league will figure out that move he does all the time, he will get destroyed"

February 2026 - "49 goals is nice, but his shooting mechanics are easy to figure out, he will have a hard time next year"

December 2026 "It's easy to be 2.86 PPG when the refs hand you every call"

February 2027 "It's easy to get 189 pts in 57 games when your lineup is stacked"

 

[CHwest]

November 2025 - "Yeah but his underlying data is not sustainable, he wont be able to keep this up for much longer."

January 2026 - "Once the Ds in the league will figure out that move he does all the time, he will get destroyed"

February 2026 - "49 goals is nice, but his shooting mechanics are easy to figure out, he will have a hard time next year"

December 2026 "It's easy to be 2.86 PPG when the refs hand you every call"

February 2027 "It's easy to get 189 pts in 57 games when your lineup is stacked"

They sound like the people deriding the Chiefs.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

November 2025 - "Yeah but his underlying data is not sustainable, he wont be able to keep this up for much longer."

January 2026 - "Once the Ds in the league will figure out that move he does all the time, he will get destroyed"

February 2026 - "49 goals is nice, but his shooting mechanics are easy to figure out, he will have a hard time next year"

December 2026 "It's easy to be 2.86 PPG when the refs hand you every call"

February 2027 "It's easy to get 189 pts in 57 games when your lineup is stacked"

So what if he broke Gretzky’s record? He wasn’t even good

 

[Boyon90]

 

[SOLR]

He’s consistently scored at a 40 plus goal pace per 82 when healthy under MSL. That’s a fact.

He's not worth a 40-goal scorer until he scores 40 goals. I'm pretty sure Michkov is going to do this more often.

Caufield averaged 38 goals and 69 points under MSL, in 219 games (102 goals, 185 points). Calling him a 30 goal second line winger is just as ill-informed.

Don't bother responding.

Oh but I will. Lets talk about Savage and Higgins more, ok. I'm done.