Ivan Demidov Could Be Done With the KHL Today as SKA Issues Key Announcement

Just hours after Jacob Fowler officially signed with the Habs, another extremely promising prospect in the organization could be wrapping things up with his current team.

SKA is indeed facing elimination today, and in case of a loss, it looks like Ivan Demidov will have played his final game in the KHL.

That's no small thing!

Roman Rotenberg's team has just announced its lineup for this do-or-die game, and Demidov is placed on the top line with Evgeny Kuznetsov!

The game is underway right now, and we're keeping a close eye on it!

If SKA is eliminated, Kent Hughes and the Canadiens could try to negotiate with them to bring Demidov over to finish the season in the National Hockey League, but that remains an unlikely outcome (at least based on what we understand).

SKA reportedly intends to possibly send Demidov to finish the season in the MHL, in the junior ranks over there, which would be ridiculous, but would also prevent the Canadiens from bringing him over right away.

Demidov, only 19 years old, recorded 49 points in 65 games with SKA this season, including 19 goals, and finished as the team's top scorer, despite highly questionable usage all season and many games where he played only 2-3 minutes.

In the playoffs so far, he has five points in 10 periods of play and scored a beautiful goal in today's game.

Demidov and SKA won today's game thanks to his masterclass performance, forcing Game 6:

More details to come.