Player Discussion Ivan Demidov: Welcome to Montreal

[Adam Michaels]

"The support’s been crazy. Fans are still texting me and following me on Instagram. Before the draft, I had 2,500 thousand followers. Now, I have 25,000. It’s crazy."

"2,500 will feel like 25,000 swear to God!!"

 

[ahmedou]

"2,500 will feel like 25,000 swear to God!!"

"25 000 WILL FEEL LIKE 25 MILLION, SWEAR TO GOD!!!''

 

[Adam Michaels]

"25 000 WILL FEEL LIKE 25 MILLION, SWEAR TO GOD!!!''

He was so wholesome in 2021.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[DemidovSZN]

Practicing in Brossard after his little trip.

 

[waitin425]

Practicing in Brossard after his little trip.

Working on shot mechanics. That ipad on the tri-pod will be used to slow every single movement down and learn from. Nice sign!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Super stoked he decided to stay in Montreal.

I'm sure Lane will join him on that ice every day.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Super stoked he decided to stay in Montreal.

I'm sure Lane will join him on that ice every day.

Those two going over PPG next year

 

[Kennerback]

Practicing in Brossard after his little trip.

This is A-MA-ZING!!!

 

[the valiant effort]

“Great session today, Lane. Let’s get outta here and, how you say, grab a bite.”

“…”

“Okay, Lane. We continue here.”

 

[ahmedou]

I thought he'll return in Montreal during Development Camp. On July 2025.

Best decision to stay at Montreal during the summer!

Vacations terminatedou! Workedou sessions!

 

[Habs]

I'm so glad we don't have both of them, 2 additional snipers would be illegal in Montreal. Can't have that.
Sigh.. imagine MichDemidov on the PP with Cole and Nick...

 

[Andrei79]

Practicing in Brossard after his little trip.

Saw this. He's clearly taking his offseason seriously.

Wish we had the same kind of news regarding Dach. The best way he can show he's serious about playing here is staying for the summer.

 

[DemidovSZN]

Saw this. He's clearly taking his offseason seriously.

Wish we had the same kind of news regarding Dach. The best way he can show he's serious about playing here is staying for the summer.

Doesn’t mean he isn’t here!

And he might not be able to skate yet

 

[WeThreeKings]

Saw this. He's clearly taking his offseason seriously.

Wish we had the same kind of news regarding Dach. The best way he can show he's serious about playing here is staying for the summer.

He was only on the bike a few weeks ago, very unlikely he's cleared yet.

 

[JoelWarlord]

Super stoked he decided to stay in Montreal.

I'm sure Lane will join him on that ice every day.

Read this as Laine at first and thought you were being sarcastic lmao

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

I'm so glad we don't have both of them, 2 additional snipers would be illegal in Montreal. Can't have that.
Sigh.. imagine MichDemidov on the PP with Cole and Nick...

There's a saying: too many cooks in the kitchen. There's a reason teams usually don't have two superstar wingers that play very similar roles. Its redundant. The last team to have it was probably the Blackhawks with Kane and Panarin. Eventually you'll have to pay for of them north of 10 mil. And that will create deficits in other parts of your lineup.

Case and point, look at the Leafs

 

[Habs]

There's a saying: too many cooks in the kitchen. There's a reason teams usually don't have two superstar wingers that play very similar roles. Its redundant. The last team to have it was probably the Blackhawks with Kane and Panarin. Eventually you'll have to pay for of them north of 10 mil. And that will create deficits in other parts of your lineup.

Case and point, look at the Leafs

Didn't hurt Detroit, Colorado in their prime, or the Panthers... the Leafs have a soft core, zero KARAKTER where it matters. Also great goaltending can solve a lot of shit, something Leafs have NEVER had. 90's and 2000's teams had plenty of firepower to go around, it all worked out. Also from a fan perspective, I don't think anyone is complaining about 10 years of two high powered russian snipers, especially from a financial point of view. The marketing and jersey sales would be amazing

 

[Naslundforever]

Nhl player practices his shot in the off season. Mind blown.

 

[Whalers Fan]

Didn't hurt Detroit, Colorado in their prime, or the Panthers... the Leafs have a soft core, zero KARAKTER where it matters. Also great goaltending can solve a lot of shit, something Leafs have NEVER had. 90's and 2000's teams had plenty of firepower to go around, it all worked out. Also from a fan perspective, I don't think anyone is complaining about 10 years of two high powered russian snipers, especially from a financial point of view. The marketing and jersey sales would be amazing

There was no salary cap then.

 

[Habs]

There was no salary cap then.

We could easily fit in a couple snipers if we didn't have the Price, Gallagher, Anderson albatross contracts hanging over our heads lol

 

[DAChampion]

We could easily fit in a couple snipers if we didn't have the Price, Gallagher, Anderson albatross contracts hanging over our heads lol

The Price contract ended up not blocking anything in Montreal.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Didn't hurt Detroit, Colorado in their prime, or the Panthers... the Leafs have a soft core, zero KARAKTER where it matters. Also great goaltending can solve a lot of shit, something Leafs have NEVER had. 90's and 2000's teams had plenty of firepower to go around, it all worked out. Also from a fan perspective, I don't think anyone is complaining about 10 years of two high powered russian snipers, especially from a financial point of view. The marketing and jersey sales would be amazing

With respect mentioning any team prior to the salary cap is irrelevant. The redundancy I mentioned is specifically linked to the cap.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

We could easily fit in a couple snipers if we didn't have the Price, Gallagher, Anderson albatross contracts hanging over our heads lol

Not really. You have to take into account the habs having to sign probably the two best players and franchise pieces during their run. They'll probably ask for at least 10 mil each. Then you have to think about replacing Anderson and Gallagher on the third line. Then getting a 2C (you can argue that Laine's departure offsets that). Then another top 4 RHD. And then Reinbacher getting an extension in probably 3 years. Then what about having to actually give your goalie decent money instead of the relative peanuts that Monty gets. By then Dobes will probably be an established backup asking for actual backup money.

Where can you fit michkov? This core may be able to stay together if Hughes and Gorton sell the team building dynamic to the young guys. Add in another 10+ mil winger and you have absolutely no shot

 

[BenchBrawl]

Didn't hurt Detroit, Colorado in their prime, or the Panthers... the Leafs have a soft core, zero KARAKTER where it matters. Also great goaltending can solve a lot of shit, something Leafs have NEVER had. 90's and 2000's teams had plenty of firepower to go around, it all worked out. Also from a fan perspective, I don't think anyone is complaining about 10 years of two high powered russian snipers, especially from a financial point of view. The marketing and jersey sales would be amazing

Are you referring to Colorado/Detroit in the 90s early 2000s?

They had a ton of talented wingers but their main superstars were at C/D (+ Roy for Colorado).

The best example of a winning team with two superstar wingers in history, on top of my head, were the Detroit Red Wings of the early 1950s, with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. Although they also had Red Kelly and Marcel Pronovost on defense, Terry Sawchuk in net, and a bunch of other great players like Sid Abel and Alex Delvecchio.

Obviously Montreal in the 1950s had an older Rocket Richard, Bernard Geoffrion and Dickie Moore, but the team was really built around Jean Béliveau, Doug Harvey and Jacques Plante, so not a good example.