Prospect Info: [2024 - 21st] Michael Hage, Chicago Steel (USHL), Committed to U of Michigan

[Scriptor]

Yess, but he have the talent and hard work in his game to become that. Same qualities of Demidov.

I take Hage being a future 1st line C with a huge grain of salt at this juncture in his amateur career. As you state, though, his work ethic, to go along with what is obvious talent against his peers right now, is promising.

Whether Hage becomes a C or a winger at the NHL level, it will be a huge win for us if he becomes a top-6 player.

With Caufield, Demidov, Slafkovsky and Laine as potential top-6 players already ion the system, Hage becoming a top-6 Center would be HUGE

 

[FrankMTL]

What were Newhook numbers after 15 games ?

6 goals and 6 assists in his first 15 games for Boston College

 

[Scriptor]

Always better to see prospects have good stats, even though we are never sure how that talent will translate at the NHL level.

Easier to expect prospects to keep sucking at the NHL level if they already suck at lower levels.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

What were Newhook numbers after 15 games ?

6g 6a 12pts in 15 games.

But the difference is Boston College had a better team and Newhook was much better surrounded than either Caufield and Hage. He finished the season with more points than Caufield. There's a difference of doing great because of teammates in the NCAA. Neither Hage nor Caufield had good teammates like Newhook had. It helped Newhook a whole lot.

 

[Tyson]

I take Hage being a future 1st line C with a huge grain of salt at this juncture in his amateur career. As you state, though, his work ethic, to go along with what is obvious talent against his peers right now, is promising.

Whether Hage becomes a C or a winger at the NHL level, it will be a huge win for us if he becomes a top-6 player.

With Caufield, Demidov, Slafkovsky and Laine as potential top-6 players already ion the system, Hage becoming a top-6 Center would be HUGE

Hage could help the Habs overcome the failed Dach experiment

 

[FrankMTL]

6g 6a 12pts in 15 games.

But the difference is Boston College had a better team and Newhook was much better surrounded than either Caufield and Hage. He finished the season with more points than Caufield. There's a difference of doing great because of teammates in the NCAA. Neither Hage nor Caufield had good teammates like Newhook had. It helped Newhook a whole lot.

100%

Newhook ended up being the leading scorer on that team with 42 points in 34 games, but there were 4 players scored over a point a game with Matt Boldy being the 5th best scorer on that team.

Name, Yr	GP	G	A	Pts.	Pt/GP	Shots	Sh%	PIM	GWG	PPG	SHG	+/-
Alex Newhook, F, Fr	34	19	23	42	1.24	88	21.6	8	4	4	3	28
Julius Mattila, F, Sr	34	10	32	42	1.24	91	11.0	10	4	3	1	21
David Cotton, F, Sr	32	15	24	39	1.22	118	12.7	46	3	6	0	15
Logan Hutsko, F, Jr	30	19	14	33	1.10	111	17.1	16	4	3	0	17
Matt Boldy, LW, Fr	34	9	17	26	0.76	101	8.9

If you compare this with Hage, he doesn't have the same scoring support and overall forward depth. He's the straw that stirs the drink on this team

Name, Yr	GP	G	A	Pts.	Pt/GP	Shots	Sh%	PIM	GWG	PPG	SHG	+/-	TOI/G	CHIP
Michael Hage, F, Fr	15	10	8	18	1.20	38	26.3	6	4	2	0	6	16:37	26.0
T.J. Hughes, F, Jr	18	5	8	13	0.72	55	9.1	10	1	3	0	-3	19:11	21.1
Garrett Schifsky, F, So	18	7	6	13	0.72	48	14.6	10	2	1	3	1	16:58	20.1
Evan Werner, F, So	17	6	7	13	0.76	51	11.8	19	2	1	0	0	15:18	17.8
Jacob Truscott, D, Gr	18	3	7	10	0.56	29	10.3	6	0	3	0	0	22:00	26.3

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Kid's still only 18. How can there be anything vintage about Hage!?

I hear he was a menace in Atom hockey.