2024 NHL Draft
Ivan Demidov in the 2024 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Ivan Demidov 5th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 27 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 86, and only 2 have scored more points than his 66.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 2024 draft
- 2Artyom LevshunovD103 GP · 33 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 3Beckett SenneckeR98 GP · 79 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Cayden LindstromCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Tij IginlaCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 8Berkly CattonC81 GP · 29 PSEASeattle Kraken
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
1st
of 27 Russians selected
4th
of 124 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 22Egor SurinCNSHNashville Predators
- 28Matvei GridinR53 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 33Igor ChernyshovL39 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 38Ilya NabokovGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 49Mikhail YegorovGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 50Nikita ArtamonovLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 84Kirill ZarubinGCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Matvei ShuravinDFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 17 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ivan Demidov made his NHL debut on April 14, 2025, 290 days after the draft.
86
Games
21
Goals
45
Assists
66
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2024 draft
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 21Michael HageCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 70Aatos KoivuCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 78Logan SawyerCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 102Owen ProtzDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 130Tyler ThorpeRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 134Mikus VecvanagsGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 166Ben MerrillCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 210Makar KhaninRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 224Rasmus BergqvistDMTLMontréal Canadiens