Confirmed with Link: Ivan Demidov released by SKA, signs ELC with the Canadiens (3 years, $940.833k AAV)

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I haven't been tracking his movements around the world, but I assume he'll join the team in Toronto after their game tonight in Ottawa?
 
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I travel quite frequently and when I walk out the doors at the airport I tend to waive at everyone, no one chants my name….all I get is weird stares.
I do the same thing. My kids think I'm a dork. Last time we arrived from Florida, there was a plane that had come from Bangladesh through Istanbul that arrived at the exact same time. So many families were there with signs waiting for their loved ones. I was actually wearing a Habs hat, had a nice dark tan and just waived at everyone. LMAO
 
So did we manage to stick an air tag on him ;)
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If only Newhook would concentrate on his hand-eye coordination and hockey IQ, he'd be worthy of a second line center. He's got the speed but that's mostly it. Maybe Demidov will help him put up more points as he won't have to go coast to coast all the time and profit of Demidov's premium setups.

Same goes for Laine i'd hope.

If you're talking offensively, I'd partly disagree as he does have good positioning, handles possesion better than most of the linemates he's had, but defensively he's actually good.

He's still a w.i.p. but next year should be make or break for him.
 
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I'm pretty sure that if half of this board were to live 10 minutes from that airport, they would of all been first in line! lolll


....including me...

I live 10 minutes away from the training center and rarely ever go there. Have better things to do with my life even though I've been a diehard fan for almost 40 years. Not everyone is enthralled by fandom.
 
Have we ever had this much hype for a prospect? Lane and Slaf weren't at this level. Suzuki no. Caufield was pretty hyped.

I don't think Carey had this kind of hype, because half of us wanted Gilbert Brule. lol.
Other than Hutson, I don’t remember a player that the entire fan base wanted picked like Demidov. If you go back to the draft thread literally there is not one person that didn’t want demidov at 5. It was the universal pick we all wanted.
 
How much would we save? He needs to produce at even strength plain simple, we cant afford to have a guy who struggle with consistency, we need a real 2nd line and Laine needs to prove he can be part of it.
He has 20 goals in 48 games prorated to 34 for a whole season. He had to return to play twice this year. First after a double wammie with the prolonged layoff from the previous year plus the injury to his knee in exhibition. The second time halfway in the season with a virus. And you want to unload him if he doesn't pick it up. Okay.
 
Other than Hutson, I don’t remember a player that the entire fan base wanted picked like Demidov. If you go back to the draft thread literally there is not one person that didn’t want demidov at 5. It was the universal pick we all wanted.
Caufield was very much the same. Couldn’t believe we got him that low.

Btw, check out the footage in a Philly bar when they passed on him. It’s hilarious.
 
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