While the young defender Lane Hutson demonstrates night after night in the NHL that all the hopes placed in him by the Canadiens’ fans were justified, the next jewel of the team is currently experiencing impressive moments.
The young striker Ivan Demidov has been on fire in the KHL since the visit of Kent Hughes, Vincent Lecavalier et Nick Bobrov last month in Russia and he hasn’t let up.
The more the season progresses, the more he seems to feel particularly comfortable, he who, it must not be forgotten, is a rookie in a men’s league.
Currently completing the last season of his contract in the KHL, everyone expects to see him make the jump to North America next season without having to spend a single second in the American League and immediately join the Montreal Canadiens.
Moreover, the journalist Mathias Brunet of The Press imagined what the offensive Top-6 of Martin St. Louis next season with the arrival of Demidov.
Capped its production since the visit of Hughes, Bobrov and Lecavalier. Imagine on a trio with Dach and Laine next year…
– Mathias Brunet
So, if St. Louis follows the reporter’s recommendations, we could see the team’s alignment shape up as follows.
Caufield – Suzuki – Slafkovsky
Laine – Dach – Demidov
We have to admit that it would start to look like a Top-6 worthy of a good NHL team with offensive punch to spare.
- Aged 19, Ivan Demidov is a 5’11/167lbs right winger selected in the 1st round (5th overall) in the 2024 draft. So far this season, he has compiled a record of 13 goals and 18 assists for a total of 31 points in 40 games despite limited ice time.
It promises for the future!
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