Great show again in dept. I was quite pleased with how the 1st round unfolded. I never dreampt Demidov could fall on our lap. I thought for sure Chicago was taken him. I m not sure what they were thinking ,but happy as hell they had a lapse. Lol i totally love Gorton s poker face . Habs played that out well. I was happy with both players in the first round . Now 3rd round on i think is a crap shot in drafts any way. Nice stories between Hage ,and Koivu . But overall pleased we may finally have a top NHL star since Naslund. Keep up the great work .
While Demidov is not a 'generational' player like Connor Bedard, or an obvious first-overall choice like Macklin Celebrini, that doesn't take away the fact that he will likely be a big-impact player in the NHL - someone who could easily slot in as a top-six forward. That kind of talent is exactly what the Canadiens needed to get after multiple years of being a lottery team selecting in the top five at the draft.
@@ManAcadieodds are that Bedard and Celebrini will be better than Demidov (ergo their consensus #1 draft position), but Demidov’s ceiling is higher than their floors. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Demidov ends up reaching his ceiling and Celebrini and Bedard only reach their floors.
We have not had a game changer since PK but coach/players ruined him and imo he got too big lifting weights that also ruined his greatness. Something of note is that our last cup winning team 93 was more or less based on a great well rounded TEAM not any one superstar.The problem is that in a salary cap world that team would not have existed. Something else of note our best plus minus players were Lyle Odelein and Mike Keane proving it is not always about the superstar you need tough good smart two way players.Carbonneau also proved you didn't need SIZE either smarts and willing to engage is all you need. In todays game a sueprstar is needed because you won't build a great 3 line team the cap won't allow it and in Demidov we finally got one.
