Value of: Ivan Demidov VS 2025 1OA

[Unbiased Fan]

Out of all the Dmen picked 1OA, where do you see him? Best ever?

Not Quite at the Dahlin level but better then Power, Jones and Eklblad

 

[Frank Drebin]

Not Quite at the Dahlin level but better then Power, Jones and Eklblad

You don't value Demidov that highly then. Its fine.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

You don't value Demidov that highly then. Its fine.

he’s admitted to never having watched him. Why he has so many posts with strong opinions about him is not computing to me.

 

[sd1976]

Mathew Schaffer really impressed me. I haven’t seen him outside of the small sample size for Canada at the WJC and haven’t seen much of Demeidov but if you asked 100 leafs fans on who you’d prefer between demidov and Mathew I think 90% would take Schaffer

I am a Leaf fan and as much as the Leafs need a player like Schaeffer, you can’t deny what Demidov seems to be and that is similar to a guy like Kaprizov. Will he be that good? Who the hell knows, but will Schaeffer be the next Makar or Hughes? Who the hell knows?

I think it really depends on what your needs as a team. If the Leafs had first overall they’d probably take the dman, if it’s a team starving for game breaking forwards, they probably go with Demidov. Saying one is clearly better than the other though is a fools game that no one will know until they are both in the NHl