Dany Dubé is on Ivan Demidov’s back (and Réjean Tremblay disagrees)

Réjean Tremblay talked about this in an article(Punching Grace) and he doesn’t understand why Dubé is “always on Demidov’s back”.

That sentence says it all:

I don’t know why, but Dubé, undoubtedly a good teacher in Trois-Rivières, is always on Ivan Demidov’s back. He put the youngster on trial again last night. – Réjean Tremblay

It’s true that, basically, it’s a bit intense.

Demidov is 19 years old, he has 13 games of experience in the National League… and he’s still getting used to the game in North America. He has less room to maneuver because of the thickness of the ice, and there’s no doubt that there’s a certain period of adaptation for him.

But at the same time, that’s what happens when there are so many expectations of a player. We all expect him to become excellent even though he’s only 19…

Pascal Vincent, on the other hand, made a point of praising Demidov last night during his visit to L’Antichambre. And the Rocket head coach didn’t mince his words either:

It’s still early to criticize Ivan Demidov in my eyes because the sample is really, really thin.

That said, it’s normal to know that he needs to improve in certain aspects of the game. But that will come with time… and so far, he’s already shown enough.

Chill out, as good old Carey Price would say.

Overtime

– Nice list.

– He’s going to be good.

– It’s going to be special.

– Lots of action tonight in the AHL.