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Rumor: 2023-24 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Season Thread
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Yep and easily could have broken the scoring record but decided to be bitches and not kick the field goal.
expatriatedtexan
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But the Dolphins always make me cry.
The season is still young. They will crush our soul soon enough. This is the way.
RockLobster
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The Canadiens have found their new second-trio center
The center position is well-stocked on the Canadiens team. In all, six players naturally play the center position, but two of them will have to play on the wing.
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Apparently Newhook had a very good camp. He looked fast and motivated.The Canadiens have found their new second-trio center
The center position is well-stocked on the Canadiens team. In all, six players naturally play the center position, but two of them will have to play on the wing.
He's been centering Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky in camp so far. That'd be their 3rd line. He showed good chemistry with Anderson but they haven't played a real game yet. They play the Devils tonight.
expatriatedtexan
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Good for Newhook, hopefully he has more confidence under the pressure in Canada than he did w/ the three tiny press outlets in Denver lol.
Montreal going to quickly learn about Newhooks ability at Center.
UncleRisto
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makes me wonder about Bednar, Cronin sees him as a 2 C center and his speed is his best asset.
Likely gonna regret trading him.
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I always get a kick out of the speed comments about Newhook. Speed is not what hurts Newhook at center, it is his overall skating. Being fast doesn't make you a good skater (and let's be real, Newhook gets to top speed maybe once a game... takes him way too long to get there).
I do expect Montreal to give him a run there and maybe keep it beyond Dvorak coming back. They forced it with Dach and are likely to force it here too. They don't have anything to really lose by giving it extended looks. And in a more limited, one side of the ice tilted role, it may work.
I do expect Montreal to give him a run there and maybe keep it beyond Dvorak coming back. They forced it with Dach and are likely to force it here too. They don't have anything to really lose by giving it extended looks. And in a more limited, one side of the ice tilted role, it may work.
Well Bednar and Pratt can't develop young players which would be nice.
Wouldn't have minded seing Cronin get a shot here actually, at least coaching the d core.
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Newhook’s problems don’t stem from his lack of skill. Players like him will usually look great at camp.
It’s things like his positioning, on ice awareness and quick decision making that will have to improve in order for him to reach his potential as a center.
I’m rooting for him, he seems like a down to earth easygoing teammate. Ultimately, I don’t think the Avs will regret trading him especially considering the return we got for him.
Regret trading Newhook? You know what they got in return right?
I just don't see how he works out as a C or even 2C in MTL. His ability to get one from one zone to the other in the Avs system wasn't great. He took wayyyy to long to get shots off. If he got a break away he'd stick handle way too much then get a low percentage backhand off.
The guy has some skills, he's never put them all together though. And to be honest looking back to his college days he was somewhat of a Mike Hoffman on the PP. Not much else.
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You responded to yourself...did you forget to change accounts or something?
To keep the AAV low, I guess we're planning for the salary cap to increase and give him some Duncan Keith/Brett Seabrook LTIR years past 35 years old.
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Martin St-Louis' mindset is "it's no big deal if you make mistakes", it's completely different than Bednar's ultra short leash in must win situations. Perhaps Newhook will benefit from that.
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I certainly hope so. I'm rooting for him in general. But hearing is issues with CO, I don't think that the pressure in Canada mixed with an elevated roll will work well. I hope I'm wrong.
Obvious confidence issues and it seemed like some usage disagreements. I don't think he did anything with an elevated roll and plenty of chances in CO. If anything he drowned.
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It'll allow him to play the middle more, but realistically, the we don't care if you make mistakes only works as long as you are a bad team. The second expectations start, mistakes matter.
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Glad to hear Toews is already mentally preparing for our lowball slap in the face initial offer
8x7 would be so much better, but with the salary cap increasing, so will players' contracts as well. Then factor in inflation on top of that, 8x8 would almost be a dream. I very much like that Devon went publicly with his intentions to stay because I think it makes it so much easier to negotiate with somebody who wants to be here. However, if I were him I would see what the UFA market has to offer. There is a good chance he could go to another up-and-coming team and get 9.5 million on the open market for 6 to 7 years.
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