If I’m trading the 1st and Newhook I want Schiefele. I don’t trust Miller to repeat last season.
That could be an option... Though I will say, I advocated for Scheifele here a couple months ago, but I've heard enough about his attitude concerns and complete unwillingness to play Defense that he's certainly not my top option any more.
The beauty about Miller with us is he doesn't even have to replicate what he did last season. If he can come in and put up ~65-70 points from that 2C spot, with the firepower we have around him, that's going to be plenty to put us atop the division again and poised for another deep playoff run. Plus, you're getting him for just $2.65M.
Newhook and a 1st is a lot to give up... But the 1st round pick should almost certainly be 25+. And Newhook is just... He's a decent young player but I have serious doubts about him being a Center in the NHL and if he's not a Center, we are already pretty stacked on the wings. Landy/Mikko/Lehky/Nuke realistically should all be here for another 4+ years or more.
I see next year as the last great chance to win it all while Mackinnon is making half of what he's worth. Might as well load up completely, push our chips into the middle and go all in again. And Miller at $2.65M or Kane at $5.25M are both as all in as it gets at this point IMO.