A Big Lie About Another Russian NHL Draft Prospect Emerges

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Joshua Deeds
June 20, 2024 (6:14 PM)

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A week before the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, there's been rumors spread about prospect Ivan Demidov.

We saw this happen with another KHLer during the last draft year in 2023, with Matvei Michkov.

Many teams and scouts will circulate rumors to cause a change draft position, so they construct falsehoods to benefit them.

In a week, teams have more or less an ideas of who they want to draft in Las Vegas, and other clubs try to their best to force the hand of other teams.

«[Elliotte Friedman] mentioned that according to the management of an NHL team, there is currently a team, which is presumed to be in the Top-10 of the draft, which is circulating disinformation and negative remarks to the subject of the Russian attacker Ivan Demidov, with the sole aim of seeing him slip to them. »

- Marco Normandin

It's best practice to be aware of the falsehoods and lies constructed by dishonest teams. And call it where it stands, in order to draft the best players available.

«If there's one thing I know about the draft it's that with a week to go before the deadline, everyone is lying. But the executives of an NHL team told me recently that there is currently another team that is trying to lower the value of Ivan Demidov.

There are rumors that it might be smaller than reality or that it will be difficult to get it out of Russia and into America, but in truth, they are only trying to drag it to their rank. »

- Elliotte Friedman

He doesn't name any team in particular, whether or not this is about the Chicago Blackhawks. But this talk, it could benefit the team to secure Demidov's services later in the draft.

Do the Blackhawks really want Demidov? If so, other teams spreading rumors could be a huge boon as it allows for another situation mirroring Michkov in 2023.

Source: Habsetlnh
MTL Canadian: a big lie has just come out about young Ivan Demidov