The weeks follow one another… and are not the same for Montreal Canadian prospect Ivan Demidov.
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Despite collecting 11 points in 12 games during the month of October, the young 18-year-old forward was benched by his coach on Monday in a 2-1 overtime defeat for SKA Saint Petersburg against Red Kunlun Star.
After making his regular appearances in the first period, Demidov saw his playing time drastically reduced during the second period. He did not see any action again during the third period and was not used during the extra period. However, nothing in his game deserved such punishment.
He finally finished the match with 8 min 27 sec of playing time. Only Grigory Kuzmin, on 13e SKA attacker for this meeting, spent less time than him on the ice surface.
However, CH’s first choice in the last draft has had excellent moments in recent weeks. He recorded at least one point in seven consecutive games until that happy streak ended last Saturday.
His time on the ice increased during this sequence, even reaching 15 minutes of play on three occasions. His 19 points in 24 games places him second on the team among forwards.
Could it be that he turned down another contract offer from SKA? A source close to the CH hopeful’s entourage had confided to TVASports.ca colleague Nicolas Cloutier a few weeks ago that the Habs hopeful had been nailed to the bench after refusing three contract offers from his club. the KHL.
However, this remains in the realm of speculation.
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