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We’re talking about Montreal Canadiens prospect Ivan Demidov, and how him playing centre could dethrone Nick Suzuki on the first line.
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Nick Suzuki was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2017 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – New Jersey Devils, Nico Hischier
2nd – Philadelphia Flyers, Nolan Patrick
3rd – Dallas Stars, Miro Heiskanen
4th – Colorado Avalanche, Cale Makar
5th – Vancouver Canucks, Elias Pettersson
6th – Vegas Golden Knights, Cody Glass
7th – New York Rangers (from Arizona Coyotes), Lias Andersson
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Casey Mittelstadt
9th – Detroit Red Wings, Michael Rasmussen
10th – Florida Panthers, Owen Tippett
11th – Los Angeles Kings, Gabriel Vilardi
12th – Carolina Hurricanes, Martin Necas
13th – Vegas Golden Knights (from Winnipeg Jets), Nick Suzuki
14th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Callan Foote
15th – Vegas Golden Knights (from New York Islanders), Erik Brannstrom
16th – Calgary Flames, Juuso Valimaki
17th – Toronto Maple Leafs, Timothy Liljegren
18th – Boston Bruins, Urho Vaakanainen
19th – San Jose Sharks, Josh Norris
20th – St. Louis Blues, Robert Thomas
21st – New York Rangers, Filip Chytil
22nd – Edmonton Oilers, Kailer Yamamoto
23rd – Arizona Coyotes (from Minnesota Wild), Pierre-Olivier Joseph
24th – Winnipeg Jets (from Columbus Blue Jackets via Vegas Golden Knights), Kristian Vesalainen
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Ryan Poehling
26th – Dallas Stars (from Chicago Blackhawks), Jake Oettinger
27th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Washington Capitals via St. Louis Blues), Morgan Frost
28th – Ottawa Senators, Shane Bowers
29th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Anaheim Ducks via Stars), Henri Jokiharju
30th – Nashville Predators, Eeli Tolvanen
31st – St. Louis Blues (from Penguins), Klim Kostin
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21 Comments
Actually I like a Demidov-Suzuki-Slaf line, followed by a Caulfield-Dach-new player line, if Dach can remain healthy, things are getting better for the HABS. Hage awaits as 3rd line centre and Florian , Arber’s brother…4th line with Beck as Centre. 😊
Click-bait much? I love the Demidov pick, but c'mon, he played 0 games in the KHL, AHL, or NHL. Let's wait and see and stop this foolishness.
A couple years ago, their GM mentioned Suzuki is their most talented captain since Jean Beliveau. At first I laughed, and then I got really sad.
Garbage click bait as usual from lego rock. Nothing was said/asked/pondered which hasn't been done ad nauseam already.
Way way way way TO EARLY to say demidov is better suzuki.
Slaf-Demidov-Dach, Roy-Suzuki-Caufield
Another click baity sub par video. Congrats Bud. Your nonsense must stop
Why does demidov give me Ryan Poehling vibes? So much promiss huge first few games then fizzle out
DemiGod would have to prove that he has the face-off stats and maturity to play 5 vs 5. On the power play though, sure! I wouldn't be surprised if Demidov was outstanding at any position. Demidov will start in the second trio. He could swap places with Dach at center, and then if everything goes very well, he could become center on the power play, and then as Suzuki gets older, become the center on the first trio. But this is a lot of "ifs"… The Habs will take their time I feel with Demidov. They won't put him in a position to fail. He will start out in Laval a bit, then play on the Habs 2nd or 3rd trio a couple of months, have powerplay minutes.. I really hope the Habs won't rush things. Demidov has a bit of a weird style of skating and we don't know yet how his shifting tricks will work in the big league. Let's not forget that there is another player coming up and that will impress everyone: Michael Hage. This guy has first trio capabilities.
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Why even bring this up. Let’s get our top 6 figured out. Are you trying to create conflict or just chasing subscribers. It’s like you are not even a fan. Yeah Demidov wants to dethrone Suzuki. Why don’t you say we should trade Suzuki right now before he gets in Demidovs way. What a joke
The center possibility is just upside. To put it simply he's a potential Kucherov or a potential Datsyuk.
As you talk about this player so much, you should learn how to pronounce his name. It is not "day-mee-dov" it is "dee-mee-dov". Watch some Russian videos with commentary.
How about allowing him display and show his talents until he prove himself.
Matvei Michkov will win the Calder this year with a 30+ goal/60+ point performance.
Then, when he puts up the first 100 point season after that no one is even going to remember the name Demidov or Bedard being in the same sentence as the Next True generational talented Elite Russian Sniper.
Imho. 🤷♂️
The fact people are rating Demidov (who hasn't even cracked the KHL yet) above Michkov's (Much Earned) hype is a mistake that is going to be quickly rectified when Michkov gets on the ice in Philadelphia.
Just look at what happened last time Michkov met (and soundly embarrassed) Bedard at the world U18s. 🤷♂️
All the evidence is there for where these players will be ranked in 2-3 seasons.
I'm just happy The Flyers finally did something right over the past decade and lucked out with the next Ovechkin/Kucherov level Franchise talent.
Newhook Demidov Dach
Caufield Suzuki Slafkovsky
Roy Beck Hage
This could be a great top 9 !
Moot point. He is bring brought in to play on the wing. He won't dethrone Suzuki (other than likely in salary eventually).
Caufield will likely be moved to the 2nd line and Demidov takes his place on the top line. Not right away of course, but eventually.
1st Demidov Suzuki Slaf
2nd Caufield Dach Newhook (or if they make a trade for a top 6 winger)
1st PP Demidov, Suzi, Slaf, Caufield, Hutson
Now you're just talking sh*t bro. We don't need more centers. We need high talent wingers. Leave him right on the wing with Suzuki/Caufield. Drop Slaff down with Dach and Roy. Then you have a 1a line and a 1b line. Let Newhook center the 2nd line and Beck centering the 3rd line. No 4th line.
I remember before Suzuki even made the Habs. There was an analyst in MTL who said he was too slow for the NHL. I think that was during the time Suz played in the Memorial Cup.