When Ivan Demidov played less often in Russia, Roman Rotenberg was pointed out by Quebecers.
But yesterday, Ivan Demidov was used for 10:29 and he jumped 12 times on the ice. No one else had less than 13 shifts Yesterday in Montreal and besides Jayden Struble, no one was used less than him.
So the question arises: will Martin St-Louis be criticized as Roman Rotenberg was?
In my eyes, there is a difference between the two cases. Rotenberg wanted to break The young man while St-Louis wanted to protect him and use him in a favorable context.
After all, for almost half of the match, the CH was led. He was not trying to score: he just wanted to make sure not to lose the regular.
This is why Alex Newhook and Patrik Laine, his trio companions, were also among the least used attackers – just like Emil Heineman, that said in passing.
If you want to defend, you send Nick Suzuki, Jake Evans and Christian Dvorak before Alex Newhook and his two wingers who are not masters of the defensive game. Demidov, you send him in more offensive moments … and he still stood out at a certain point.
Demidov was less talked about yesterday, which can be positive. He still adapts to hockey from here and he did not experience an ugly match – even if it was less sparkling than on Monday.
I have the feeling that next Monday, in the first game of the series, it will be able to seem well if the club is in a position to want to mark and not to want to defend.
And as the CH often starts its matches badly …
So I’m not worried about Demidov. He made it less than in his first match, but he did what he had to do, he who is not the Savior of the Montreal Canadiens. And I am not worried: his talent will come out in series.
prolongation
– Yesterday, before the match, people wanted to see Demidov take the place of Juraj Slafkovsky before the match. I don’t know if Slaf listened, but clearly he didn’t want to know anything.
-Can the series on Crave of the 2024-2025 season be called reconstruction?
-Have you had time to listen to the debate of chefs since yesterday?
– Jeff Gorton must be happy to be in Montreal instead of New York or Boston right now. And Kent Hughes must also be happy to be here.
– Idea: in match #3 of the series, the Canadian must present Jaroslav Halak to the crowd.
– People at TVA Sports must be happy to have Canadian series matches in 2025.
-Face Pierre-Luc Dubois, it will be special.
-Is CH chances, in series?
