The Canadian and his coach Martin St. Louis may have gambled on a winning combination by placing Ivan Demidov in the top power play group on Saturday in Vancouver.
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The effect of the rookie's presence was immediate: she scored a goal and added two assists in a 4–3 win over the Canucks. First of all, Demidov contributed to his two power play goals: Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovski.
Also, we shouldn't count on Lane Hutson trying to figure out a way to stop a massive CH attack. After the game, the journalist asked him to put himself in the shoes of the numerical superiority specialists called upon to work against him and his accomplices, in particular Suzuki and Demidov.
The answer may be somewhat disappointing for opposing teams.
“I don't believe there's an adequate strategy. They're both dangerous, they're learning to figure out what works against different units and all that. Maybe you should wait and hope they don't correct you,” he said.
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In short, in Hutson's opinion, CH's opponents had better pray for Demidov to outnumber Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Slafkovsky and himself.
