Roman Rotenberg is comical.
A month ago, the coach wanted nothing to do with the idea of giving reasonable playing time to one of his best players, Ivan Demidov.
The CH prospect – more often than not – did not play much, even though he had proven himself since the start of the season.
There, while SKA is doing better and while Demidov is playing more, Rotenberg maintains that his youngster is in the best place to progress.
Rotenberg also says that the playing system in St. Petersburg is “stronger” than in Montreal… And that allows Demidov to improve and develop in the right way.
The Habsolument Fan site also published an article on the subject:
Since December 19 – since Kent Hughes’ trip to Russia – Demidov has had more playing time.
And it’s no coincidence that he has 11 points in his last seven games.
Everyone (except Roman Rotenberg) knew he had the talent to be very good, but you can’t help your club when you’re on the bench.
It’s funny, but I don’t have the impression that the SKA coach would have said the same thing at the beginning of December…
While we’re talking about Demidov, let’s stay on topic.
Zachary Fucale, who had the chance to face him in the last two years in the KHL, praised him during an interview with RDS:
-Every two days there is something new on him: new highlightsa new point, another goal. He’s a very special player, there’s no doubt about that. –Zachary Fucale
That says a lot and it’s exciting for the Canadiens organization:
Sergei Samsonov, who played and had success in the NHL, agrees.
According to him (Responsible Gambling)Demidov is going to become a star player in the National League and he even compares him a little to Alex Ovechkin when he was younger.
All that to say that the kid is good!
I said a word about it yesterday, but Kent Hughes’ visit to Russia really seems to have done the player good.
Ivan Demidov has started to produce again at an interesting rate since then and we have to believe that the increase in his playing time is one of the reasons that explains all this too.
In burst
– Nice.
– The best scorers in the NHL at the moment are…:
– A second child for the Terry family.
– Yikes.
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