Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov are the centre of Canadiens' present and future success

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When Ivan Demidov was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in Las Vegas with the No. 5 pick, Lane Hutson was there, and he was excited.Hutson was on hand because it was his brother Cole’s draft year, but he knew about Demidov because he had friends texting him clips of Demidov’s highlights in Russia and telling him the Canadiens needed to draft this guy. Hutson followed Demidov’s progress in his draft year from that point onward.Advertisement