The Montreal Canadiens have found their Kirill Kaprizov and he will arrive next year

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Greg Wilson
November 2, 2024 (10:52)

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Kirill Kaprizov arrived in the NHL at age 23 and from the moment he skated, we knew he was going to be something special for the Minnesota Wild.

In his rookie season, he scored 27 goals in 55 games, totaling 51 points and eclipsing the competition for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the best rookie of the year.

This season, Lane Hutson is seriously coveting that trophy, but he will have to start producing more if he hopes to hoist the trophy in Las Vegas in June.

Back to Kaprizov, he is quite the hockey player. He transformed the Minnesota Wild and the Canadiens found that player in Ivan Demidov.

That's according to Mathias Brunet. According to the journalist, the Canadiens' prospect has what it takes to become a big star and change the face of the franchise.

Brunet even goes so far as to say that he is a more consistent Alex Kovalev, which is saying something. We must not forget that Kovalev is the last Canadiens player to have accumulated more than one point per game in a season (minimum 82 points), and the only one since the beginning of the century.

It must be said that Demidov is truly extraordinary. If he can become like Kirill Kaprizov in four or five years, he will be truly dominant and I also believe that he can become the next big star of the Canadiens.

Kaprizov has three consecutive seasons of 40 goals or more and more than one point per game in his career. He is downright spectacular and if he does not get injured, he is almost guaranteed to pass 100 points.

At Ivan Demidov's age, Kirill Kaprizov had a season of 11 goals and 27 points in 53 games in the KHL. The Canadiens prospect has 6 goals and 19 points in 22 games in the same league so far.

He has eclipsed marks held by Nikita Kucherov and several others. He is a hockey machine and he is coming directly to Montreal next year.