Canadiens’ Prospect Getting First Taste Of Montreal

During the Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room clear-out day, Ivan Demidov revealed that he would be training with the Habs’ second-round pick of the 2025 draft (and their first pick of that draft), his childhood friend Alexander Zharovsky. While Demidov and his significant other have been vacationing in Mexico, Zharovsky made his way to Montreal and arrived on Wednesday.

On both Thursday and Friday morning, he was seen skating on the CN Sports Complex ice in Brossard and Paul Byron, who’s now a Player Development Consultant with the Canadiens, was with him on Friday morning, closely monitoring his every move. After Dans les coulisses had exclusive images of his Thursday skating session, RDS sent a crew to Brossard on Friday morning to capture more images.

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TVA Sports’ Nicolas Cloutier has obtained confirmation from Dan Milstein, Zharovsky’s agent, that the youngster will leave Montreal from June 20 to June 24 to attend the Gold Star pre-draft camp. He also attended last season when the Canadiens had an appointment with him, a clear sign that they were hoping to select him at the draft days later.