Ivan Demidov showed up to the Canadiens’ optional practice

We were wondering who would show up.

Lane Hutson, who arrived before the others, and Kaiden Guhle are two regulars who attended. Emil Heineman, who was recently injured but has returned to play, was present.

Arber Xhekaj, Oliver Kapanen, and Michael Pezzetta, who did not play on Wednesday, also took to the ice.

And a little after the others, we saw Ivan Demidov take to the ice. It’s not bad that this guy, who people who showed up were waiting for in the stands, is practicing.

The seven players were shooting on a goalie who was not Samuel Montembeault or Jakub Dobes. The latter arrived later.

It would have been surprising to see Demidov not skating. He has just arrived in North America and was the forward least used by Martin St-Louis in game #82.

And if he follows Hutson step by step, he will show up.

Demidov left the locker room for a few minutes (a broken equipment, maybe?), but he didn’t take too long to come back and loosen up his legs with his teammates. That’s what we want to see from a guy like him.

in Overtime

– It will start soon.

– What do you think?

– Interesting.

– The rumor is spreading more and more.

– Oh yeah?