{"id":603396,"date":"2026-04-14T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603396\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:49:10","slug":"ivan-demidov-can-earn-a-250000-bonus-in-montreals-final-game-against-the-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603396\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Demidov can earn a $250,000 bonus in Montreal\u2019s final game against the Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/658732.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Montr\u00e9al Canadiens right wing Ivan Demidov (93) celebrates a goal against the New York Islanders in the second period at UBS Arena.\" title=\"Montr\u00e9al Canadiens right wing Ivan Demidov (93) celebrates a goal against the New York Islanders in the second period at UBS Arena.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Alexander Wohl-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Demidov is closing in on a significant performance bonus with the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>The young forward is now just one goal away from the 20-goal mark, a milestone tied to a $250,000 bonus in his entry-level contract.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, Canadiens management built several performance incentives into Demidov\u2019s deal, but this particular one stands out for a different reason.<\/p>\n<p>According to circulating reports, Demidov is already on track to earn the maximum $1 million in bonuses this season through other, more attainable clauses in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, this 20-goal bonus is not something he needs in order to reach that total.<\/p>\n<p>That is what makes the story so interesting.<\/p>\n<p>While many rookies would be content collecting that money through games played or ice time, Demidov reportedly wants to earn it by scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Demidov is approaching a 20th goal with major significance<\/p>\n<p>See what\u2019s being reported here:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demidov will earn $1 million in bonuses this year regardless, but the player\u2019s preference is to earn it through goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PuckPedia <\/p>\n<p>It is this personal preference from the player that says a lot about his attitude and character.<\/p>\n<p>Demidov clearly wants to earn that money by scoring goals on the ice, out of pure pride and competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing the harder path instead of the easier one says a great deal about his drive. Refusing to settle at such a young age is an extremely promising sign for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Martin St-Louis surely loves hearing that.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing a young player reject shortcuts and push himself to earn everything the hard way suggests he truly has the mindset of a special talent.<\/p>\n<p>Having players with that mentality in the locker room can only help the Canadiens in key moments moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Demidov, 20, has 62 points in 81 games this season. He is a 6-foot-1 forward and a first-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently just one goal away from the 20-goal mark this season, with 19.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>14 HOURS AGO|254 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Demidov can earn a $250,000 bonus in Montreal\u2019s final game against the Flyers<\/p>\n<p>Will Ivan Demidov score a goal against the Flyers?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Alexander Wohl-Imagn Images Ivan Demidov is closing in on a significant performance bonus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,10396,59262,10397,743,448,10099,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-603396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-ivan-demidov","11":"tag-marco-d","12":"tag-martin-st-louis","13":"tag-montreal-canadiens","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nick-suzuki","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}