Dozens of fans of Montreal Canadines gathered at Toronto Piercen Airport to chant the name of Ivan Demidov, as he arrived in Canada after a long flight from Russia on Thursday night.
Wear clothes in the hub jersey, they say they wanted to catch a glimpse and welcome the 19 -year -old, hoping that the next star player of the team will become.
“I haven’t seen it in a very long, very long time,” said Juliana Cavalo, co-owner of sick media.
Kavelro was there with his brother and father. At the last minute, he decided to stream Demidov’s arrival on the X account of Podcast Host and Sports Talk Radio Tony Marinaro.
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He said, “How many people we see,” he said about hundreds of thousands of spectators.
Damidov was filmed with the airport to meet with his new colleagues, which is a big smile on his face in Montreal and even more stinging.
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The Russian player wrapped his season while playing for St. Petersburg in Russia’s professional hockey league.
He led the team to score the team and see several highlight reel goals.
Canadines placed him fifth in the last year’s draft, but had to play his contract in Russia before joining the team.
Now with hubs on the tail of a playoff berth – he is here.
“It is one of the best players to draft this decade,” RG to Marco D’Mico said, a data-powered sports news and analysis site.
Fans were eagerly tracking Demidov flight from their country to Türkiye, where they completed their paperwork to come to North America.
His number 93 jersey is sold on the Canadines website, before he even put it on himself.
Some fans told the global that they were worried that he could get the investigation, saying that the amount of pressure on the young player could affect their performance. Others said that they hope that he would not be able to get caught in Montreal’s famous nightlife.
But D ‘Amico, who got a special interview with Damidov earlier this week, thinks that he is ready for the spotlight.
“It is a person who eats hockey and breathes, and was very comfortable for Montreal to play.”
Hubs columnist Brian Wilde of Global agrees. “That’s why he is a great hockey player. He loves pressure.”
Wilde joined Global news morning In Montreal on Friday and host Laura Cassaila told that a player to visit him to congratulate him on arrival and feel that love is common in Europe, where fans often do so for football players.
He said that the 19 -year -old would join the team on ice on Monday evening at the Bell Center against Chicago BlackHox. Tickets for that game are going for more than $ 1,000 at resale sites.
The team has not made the playoffs since 2021. Many landscapes will definitely guarantee their playoff spots almost certainly this year.