Through the first intermission of the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers recreation on Saturday night time, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman introduced that the Montreal Canadiens had been readying themselves to move abroad and go to with their first-round decide from 2024 — Ivan Demidov.
The aim of the go to is to check-in with the fifth general decide — it’s a go to that the crew had deliberate the second they drafted the Russian ahead. The aim of the go to is to look at Demidov play, carry out and see first-hand how he’s growing. It’s anticipated, as effectively, that normal supervisor Kent Hughes shall be part of the journey and that it’ll happen within the coming weeks to months.
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The go to additionally comes at a peculiar time as Demidov has seen a lower in taking part in time along with his KHL membership — SKA St. Petersburg — as there was some hypothesis that he hasn’t been prepared to signal an extension with SKA. Different stories have his diminished ice time stacked as much as inside competitors and needing to combat for ice-time. Both means, Demidov is seeing much less ice-time in what could possibly be a pivotal 12 months for the participant in addition to the Canadiens relating to their 2024 first-round decide.
At one level within the offseason, stories had Demidov contemplating himself SKA’s thirteenth ahead as he knew it could possibly be a tough season forward. If the stories across the lack of an extension abroad is the rationale for his demotion in ice-time, this go to must be an fascinating one for Hughes and the remainder of the Canadiens workers heading over to see Demidov.
As for what he’s completed this season, Demidov has 5 targets and 10 factors in 17 video games thus far for SKA, even with the drop in ice-time.
