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Habs Daily: Demidov Rookie Of The Week, Top Prospects Shine

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Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, highlights, and stories you may have missed on Tuesday.



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Top prospect Ivan Demidov received an encouraging accolade in the KHL. The fifth-overall pick from 2024 was named The Rookie Of The Week following his four-point game for SKA Saint-Petersburg. [Canadiens Prospect Highlights: Ivan Demidov Four-Point Night]


The Habs ran with a completely new lineup versus the New Jersey Devils, with one exception. Defenceman Logan Mailloux, one of the players attempting to earn an NHL job at camp, was given another opportunity to prove his worth. As for the other top defensive prospect in the lineup, David Reinbacher was paired with Mike Matheson. [Canadiens Preview And Lines: Mailloux And Reinbacher In Action]

Speaking of Reinbacher, another young player in the lineup, Juraj Slafkovsky, had some sage advice for the 19-year-old defenceman.

Reinbacher was quite calm as he prepared for his preseason debut, not to mention aware that Rome wasn’t built in a day.

The Habs are yet to allow a goal against in preseason action. Some of it is due to the excellent play from all four goaltenders involved in the games, but a lot of the credit has to be given to the top defensive prospects, and yes, that obviously includes phenom Lane Hutson. All things considered, Reinbacher and Mailloux played very well on Tuesday night, while Owen Beck made the best of his opportunities in the 3-0 win. It should be noted Michael Pezzetta also had a strong outing, including scoring two of the three goals from the Canadiens. [Canadiens Instant Recap: Reinbacher, Mailloux, And Beck Excel]

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The New Jersey Devils and fans alike got their first glimpse of newly acquired goaltender Jacob Markstrom in game action on Sunday evening against the New York Islanders. [New Jersey Devils]

Filip Zadina undoubtedly hopes to find the net in Switzerland with more frequency than he lit the lamp in the NHL. That hasn’t yet with Zadina boasting one goal in four games with Davos. [New Jersey Devils]

Can Nate Schmidt be this year’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson for the Florida Panthers? There are a lot of similarities in their paths to South Florida. Both are the same age (33), were high-end top-four pairings earlier in their career, and were power-play specialists. Not to mention, their skills earned them lucrative contracts. [Florida Panthers]

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Eddy

Demidov can become the first Hab rookie of the year since Ken Dryden(1972). Other Calder Trophy winners are Jacques Laperierre(1964) Bobby Rousseau(1962) Ralph Backstrom(1959) Bernie Geoffrion (1951) and John Quilty (1941)