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The truth about Ivan Demidov’s blonde influencer career

Ivan Demidov and his wife Ekaterina Yakovleva are still getting used to their new life in Montreal. The couple arrived on Québécois soil last April and have been spending most of their time in the metropolis ever since. While Demidov has been practicing hard, Yakovleva has not been idle: contrary to what was reported earlier elsewhere, she has not given up on the influencer career she started in Russia before arriving in North America.

A little digging reveals that Yakovleva has deleted a lot of content from her Instagram and YouTube accounts and has been much less active on her social networks in recent months. However, the clean-up of her accounts on these sites is probably more to do with her status as the spouse of an NHL star (or future star) and a desire to limit access to her and Demidov’s private lives.

On the other hand, the influence is still very active on Telegram, a social network that is popular in Russia. Yakovleva posts content several times a week on this site, her most recent post being yesterday.

[content-ads] She shares a lot of content where she gives aesthetic advice on make-up, but the page still contains a lot more content about the Russian’s life and, by extension, that of the couple. In addition to make-up videos, Yakovleva shares a lot of images about her daily life, and even though we don’t often see Demidov, we can often tell what he’s been eating. It’s still surprising when you consider how much more streamlined her Instagram and YouTube accounts are.

What’s more, Céline, the couple’s dog, is the star of many posts.You can even see her certificate as an emotional support dog.On the other hand, while Yakovleva still devotes time to her career as an influencer, it’s questionable whether she can make it a full-time occupation with 818 people signed up to her account.

However, she has plenty of time to consider a change of direction if she wishes, and I really don’t think the couple are worried about their financial future. So no, she hasn’t given up her influencer career. The truth is, she simply chose to focus on her Russian audience. spacer title=’Overtime’] – Can the Caps still finish 1st?

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Justin Barron on first pair: Roman Josi can’t be happy

It could be a long winter in the country capital, at least for hockey fans. After a disappointing season last year, in which the Nashville Predators finished 30th in the NHL, the team has been rather quiet during the festival season, so barring a major turnaround, the Preds are likely to remain in the bottom third of the standings.

Need proof of Nashville’s lack of depth at certain positions?According to the Daily Faceoff line-up, Justin Barron would play right wing on Nashville’s first pair of defensemen. I believe Barron has the talent to become a regular defenseman in the Bettman circuit.

However, I don’t think he’s currently ready to play in the top 4 of a National League team. If the Predators have to play Barron on the first pair of defensemen for more than 25 minutes a game, they’re in trouble. It just goes to show that the right side of Nashville’s defensive brigade is pretty weak.

What’s more, if the former Habs player plays the team’s best pair of forwards, he’ll be paired with Roman Josi, but the Swiss defender doesn’t like Barron to take risks up front, deeming it his primary role with the team.

[content-ads] If the two players are to play together in the coming campaign, the younger player is going to have to learn to be more conservative in his style of play.

And if Nashville gets off to a bad start this season, we can expect to see the team throw in the towel quickly and try to get rid of some veterans.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Predators start cleaning house as early as the end of November if the club isn’t thinking of making the playoffs. And the organization has a number of quality veterans who could be of interest to other NHL teams. However, this will depend above all on the Preds’ start to the season. [spacer title=’Overtime’] – Victory circuit.

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Toronto journalist questions Mitch Marner’s harassment story

The story of Mitch Marner and the Maple Leafs really came to a head: booed after the Leafs’ Game 7 loss to the Panthers, Marner ultimately opted to sign with the Vegas Golden Knights, who had his rights in exchange for Nicholas Roy. The forward’s decision is understandable; Toronto is not an easy place to play, especially for a star with a lot of pressure and often very intense fans.

However, we learned on Friday that in Marner’s case, the fans had really gone too far. In an interview, the Markham native said that angry fans threw objects onto his field, tried to enter his home and made death threats to the point that he feared for his family’s safety and had to hire a security team.

He no longer even felt safe walking his dog with his family. For Marner, this would have been the last straw, and ultimately the reason for his decision to leave the Leafs[content-ads]. However, Steve Simmons, in an article published in the Toronto Sun, questions this version of events. According to the journalist, Marner and his agent Darren Ferris have greatly exaggerated the situation.

The alleged harassment of the player, particularly on social networks, is similar to what we see with other sports stars, and the Maple Leafs’ security team, which handles this type of situation, looked into the matter and saw nothing to worry about.

Several fans also questioned Marner’s version on social networks.

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Is the forward trying to make Toronto fans swallow the pill of his departure better? If so, I don’t think it’s necessary. Just from the booing at Game 7, it was pretty clear to everyone that he was done in Toronto. However, Marner has yet to respond to the reporter, and perhaps he’ll be able to back up his story when he does. In short, I think we’ll be hearing a lot more about this story.

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Christian Dvorak at the center of the Flyers’ 2nd line: a Daily Faceoff projection

Since the end of last season, we’ve seen a few Canadiens players come to town, but two players from the 2024-25 roster changed addresses when the free agent market opened. Joel Armia is now a member of the Los Angeles Kings, while Christian Dvorak signed a (very) lucrative one-year contract ($5.4 M) in Philadelphia to join the Flyers.We can’t say we’re not surprised at the annual salary Dvorak signed this summer… Habs fans were happy to see his $4.1M salary freed up to sign an even more expensive contract elsewhere.In short, the Flyers seem to be pinning a lot of prospects on the left-handed center. And just for fun, I decided to take a look at the Flyers’ projected lineups by Daily Faceoff. And much to my surprise, the renowned lineup site has placed Dvorak at the center of the second line, surrounded by Trevor Zegras and Owen Tippett.

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[content-ads]Let’s just say that looking at the Flyers’ projected line-up, it doesn’t bode very well…Even Noah Cates, who is the third center in Daily Faceoff’s projection, isn’t a very good candidate to play center of the second line. And looking at the defense pairings, it’s not very glorious either.

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Flyers fans won’t have much hope in terms of success. At least, they can console themselves with the Gavin McKenna lottery. When a club pins its prospects on Christian Dvorak at the center of its second line, you can’t say it inspires confidence. Even Sean Couturier isn’t what he was in his heyday and isn’t a #1 center anymore. And when you look at the Chicago Blackhawks lineup, they can at least count on Connor Bedard on the first line and Frank Nazar at the center of the second line.

Even the San Jose Sharks seem to have a better chance of success than the Flyers, with Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith as their one-two punch.If I had to make a prediction before the season starts, it would be that the Flyers will languish at the bottom of the overall standings for the majority of the campaign and finish last at the end of the season.

Obviously, anything can happen, but on paper, there’s not a lot to like about Philadelphia. spacer title=’Overtime’] – Zibanejad needs to have a better season, and the Rangers will need him at his best.

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The Habs don’t see the start of the season as a deadline for improving their club

Although the off-season is drawing to a close and the Montreal Canadiens have yet to add a top-6 player, that doesn’t mean we have to wait until the trade deadline. We know that the majority of trades in the NHL are completed at the deadline or during the off-season, but when it comes to the Canadiens, that’s not entirely true.

Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton like to make trades during the season, precisely before the December trade freeze. The latest addition to our list is Alexandre Carrier, who was acquired on December 18, 2024, just before the famous trade freeze. And needless to say, it was quite an addition to solidify the defensive brigade. But there were also the acquisitions of Patrik Laine on August 19, 2024 and Sean Monahan on August 18, 2022. But as Jeff Gorton once mentioned to Marco D’Amico, the Canadiens don’t see the start of the season as the deadline for improving their club.

[content-ads]It should be pointed out that the additions of Laine and Monahan were types of transactions that will most likely not happen in the coming months: acquiring a contract to lighten another team’s load.

Right now, the Habs are nearly $6 million over the salary cap, which would mean they’re certainly not looking to add a big contract to relieve another club’s financial burden. Obviously, placing Carey Price on the long-term injured list would put the Habs back under the salary cap, but to give themselves more wiggle room, the Habs could certainly trade Price’s contract to a team close to the floor.

And if that were to happen, it would be very soon, as my colleague Mathis Therrien recently mentioned, at which point the Montreal club would look deeper into adding a second center.Let’s wait and see how the market evolves to find out what happens next in Montreal. Overtime] – A happy birthday to one of the greatest legends in the history of the Habs.

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Adding a 2nd center: the Habs are waiting to see how the market develops

The off-season has been a little quieter than expected, with Mason McTavish and Luke Hughes still on the books and the trade market seemingly dead for the time being. But that doesn’t mean the Montreal Canadiens have given up on their plans to add top-six forwards, specifically at the center of the second line. But according to this article by Marco D’Amico, the Canadiens are waiting to see how the market evolves in the coming weeks, if not days.

“I’ve heard the Habs are watching a few cases, suddenly teams change their minds between now and the December trade freeze.”

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[content-ads]The market is very quiet right now and that has restricted executives from making trades to improve their clubs, hoping that some will change their minds on their coveted player. And we know that if the off-season ends, that it’s not Kent Hughes’ style to stop working on a trade until the trade deadline. He has a tendency to make additions just before the start of the season, or well before the December freeze, as he did with Alexandre Carrier.As my colleague Mathis Therrien mentioned in an article yesterday, everything could come together for the Habs as early as tomorrow, since that’s the day Carey Price will receive his final signing bonus. That bonus is $5.5 million, and once it’s paid, teams will be more inclined to add Price’s contract to receive one or more assets.And once Price’s contract is released, the Habs will have more leeway to add that famous #2 center. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this, and D’Amico’s source recently mentioned it to him as well. In fact, here are the teams most likely to acquire Price’s contract starting tomorrow. In short, we’ll have to wait until tomorrow (at least) before we see the Habs make a move, but it shouldn’t be long now. [spacer title=’Overtime’] – J.T. Miller didn’t take kindly to veterans who tended to “pick on” rookies.

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Nick Suzuki surprised Lane Hutson wasn’t invited by Team USA

Although the Canadiens will aspire to make the playoffs for a second consecutive season, Montreal will have one of the NHL’s youngest teams this year, and with the retirement of David Savard and the departures of Joel Armia and Christian Dvorak, it will be up to the team’s young veterans to make up for any loss of leadership.

Particularly for Savard, who occupied an important place in the dressing room and was a great help to the club’s young players, including Lane Hutson in his first season, as we learn in an article by Marc Antoine Godin published on Radio-Canada.

However, the young defenseman isn’t worried about the leadership issue and believes that players like Nick Suzuki, but also Cole Caufield, are ready to take on this role and that both lead by example.

If we’re more accustomed to hearing the captain’s name among the team’s young leaders, it’s also good to see Caufield taking on this role more and more with the club. The American will already be entering his fifth full season in Montreal, and he’s a veteran among the organization’s core of young players.

And beyond leadership, Suzuki and Caufield are also role models for Hutson.

[content-ads] What’s more, although he’ll be playing in only his second NHL season, it wouldn’t be surprising if Hutson also began to take on more of a role in the team’s dressing room.

Without being a veritable verité, his actions on the ice and his role with the Habs give him a certain say, and Suzuki says he’s surprised the young defenseman wasn’t invited to Team USA’s practice camp for the upcoming Olympics.

Although Team USA boasts an excellent defensive brigade, the captain believes that Hutson at least deserved an invitation among the many players taking part in the camp. Suzuki hopes that this will serve as motivation for his teammate as he embarks on the coming season.

However, the 21-year-old defenseman isn’t too worried about it and prefers to focus on the upcoming season and hope to relive the playoff experience.[spacer title=’Overtime’] – Verdict draw in Toronto.

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Kirby Dach: don’t rule out a “David Reinbacher treatment” on his return to the game

Once again this year, one of the big stories surrounding the Habs camp is the state of Kirby Dach’s health. We’re wondering if his knee will be able to hold out for 82 games… but more importantly, if he’ll be ready to play from the very first game.Because right now, that’s far from assured.Seeing him on the ice in Brossard in the last few days is a good sign. That said, we’re wondering how the Canadiens are going to handle all this… and Arpon Basu has a good point to make on the subject. In an excerpt from the latest The Basu and Godin Notebook, Basu discusses the Dach case, and explains that even if Dach is ready for camp, that doesn’t mean he’ll be in the line-up from day #1.

Because the club could opt for a “David Reinbacher treatment”. https://youtu.be/rO9lcb6oCes?si=wo5rxUtVU8nv1TdX&t=324 [content-ads]Because yes, in reality, we saw a great example last year of how the Habs handled a serious knee injury. Reinbacher suffered the injury at camp… and when he returned to play, he had to follow a strict protocol:he wouldn’t play two games in 24 hours, and he skipped practices to avoid overloading his knee.And in reality, such a protocol is even more important for Dach, who already has a history of knee injuries. The club needs to make sure it gets him back to 100% fitness, because the young forward can’t afford another knee injury.A third in three years would be devastating… and could put the rest of his career in jeopardy. So, as with Reinbacher, the Canadiens have every reason in the world to play it safe with their center forward’s knee. And yes, there’s a real chance that he’ll miss the start of the year even if he’s in camp… or that he’ll return to play following a very strict protocol.[spacer title=’Overtime’]- What do you think?

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2nd center: Renaud Lavoie would like to see Zachary Bolduc in this chair

Zachary Bolduc was one of the Habs’ big off-season acquisitions. The Québécois, who had a fine first year in the NHL with the Blues, joins a young group of quality forwards in town. That said, in reality, his arrival doesn’t fill the biggest need in town: that of a second center. Bolduc, after all, played as a winger last season… and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen him play center on a regular basis.He did it in junior, but it’s been a while.Yet Bolduc was seen practicing in the face-off circle this summer… so much so, in the eyes of some, that he could be part of the solution to this problem.

Renaud Lavoie, for example, is among those who would see Bolduc in that chair if Kirby Dach isn’t ready to start the year. https://www.youtube.com/live/4uf73QQ9bHE?si=PaIFHXPfJwePsJK7&t=7986 [content-ads]If the Habs are looking for a left-handed center and have five wingers who can play in a top-6 (Caufield, Slafkovský, Demidov, Laine and Bolduc), the idea of using Bolduc at center is an interesting one. After all, there’s a reason why the Habs are encouraging him to work on his face-offs.That’s what I think guides the informant’s reasoning. And he’s not the only one who had this idea: during his appearance on the Sick Podcast this week, colleague Marc-Olivier Cook also mentioned that he’d like to see Bolduc get that chance.In the event that Dach isn’t ready, of course.

Obviously, everything will depend on Bolduc’s comfort level at center, but also on Dach’s state of health. Butaccording to Lavoie, Bolduc is the kind of player who could really help the Habs in such a role. He praised Bolduc’s intense, physical game, which will make the Québécois a crowd favorite in no time.Will it be as a center or a winger? The answer in the coming weeks[spacer title=’Overtime’]- Indeed.

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Transactions at the Habs: everything could come to a head as early as Monday

Once again this year, we’ve been sold a very exciting and busy off-season via a number of rumours, but in the end, as is often the case, the NHL has been VERY quiet. However, the off-season isn’t over yet, and things are very likely to get moving in the coming weeks, if not days, as a number of files remain active.

Most of the files thought to be settled this summer are still open, so we’ll have to keep a very close eye on everything. Luke Hughes’ next contract, whose negotiations are at a standstill at the moment, is one of the files that should be settled soon, if Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald is to be believed. Montreal Canadiens fans are keeping a very close eye on everything, as this could speed up negotiations in the case of Lane Hutson.

And now, if we stay with the Habs, well, if many of you are disappointed that Kent Hughes hasn’t been on the move for several weeks, you can be sure that the whole thing could unravel as early as Monday.

Why Monday? because Carey Price’s contract could very well be traded, given that he will have received his $5.5 M signing bonus, which is due to him on September 1, i.e. Monday.

[content-ads] So it could very well be that Kent Hughes was waiting to dump that bonus, so he could then trade Price’s contract.Price’s contract is more attractive to a team that wants to go over the salary floor once that bonus is paid.

So we’re looking forward to Monday, as Kent Hughes may well already have a deal ready and waiting for Carey Price’s contract. This deal would clearly open the door to further moves by the Habs, as Hughes will have lightened his payroll, and will be able to move again without risking going over the 10% cap, the maximum allowed by the NHL in the off-season.

The Habs are currently close to $5 million over the cap, making it very difficult to make any trades, so as early as Monday, everything could be unblocked and unblocked for the Canadiens, and we could see another trade being made after Price’s contract. That’s why Monday is likely to be an exciting day, especially as Hughes has become accustomed to making moves a few weeks before the start of the season.

We’ll be keeping a very close eye on this one. spacer title=’En Rafale’] – Interesting.

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