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Confirmed with Link: Alex Newhook for 31st, 37th and Fairbrother

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Milhouse40 said:
Futures are the worthless prospect of tomorrow.
It's the same thing. Just because you're not sure of what that pick will become it makes you dream until you realize that they are redundant.

our 31st and 37th will have end up another Mesar, Beck, Kapanen, Struble type of prospect, which we have a load of already
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We were celebrating the acquisition of these picks the last five years. Darts for the dartboard, etc.

Remember?

How do you get star players if not hitting on them in the draft?
 
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WeThreeKings said:
As a draft junkie, you are obviously sad to see those picks go..

but Newhook was such a draft crush and I'd say contextually, his numbers in Colorado are really promising.

Great finisher, left shot, high end skater.. that adds a lot of pace and dimension up front. Historically our picks in those ranges have yielded as Poehling and Mathieu Carle.. on occasion it's been PK Subban so you never know, but you also have to consider where we are in our build.

They want to make good on the Suzuki/Dach/Caufield window so adding talent in that range without taking too much from the pick cupboard is still a really smart play and why not do what you did with Dach?

I would think that this opens the door for a trade down with Philly.

If you can turn 5 into 7 and 22, and turn Chiarot and a 2nd in Newhook? Leave with Reinbacher/Dvorsky/Leonard and someone at 22? How could you hate that?
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Exactly.

Here's what a trade down with Philly coul conceivably yield:

Armia and 5, for 7 and 22. This replaces the first rounder lost to Colorado and clears a roster spot. Then use the2 first rounders to draft a big forward and a RD.

Like... Reinbacher and Musty, or Dvorsky and Willander.
 
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Redux91 said:
The people complaining about his early career stats is just.. lmao, like can we not do that every time??
First it was omfg what are we gonna do with Mr. 8 goal Dach!!?

Like , be smart ffs, why would Colorado trade the kid if he was putting up 50-60 points already??
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I like Newhook.

But why would a team in need of cheap 2nd liners trade away Newhook?
 
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Do people realize that if Newhook had 50 points he would not be available? Again I get why people dislike the price but it's bizarre that his play thus far is being treated as his ceiling instead of his floor.

The guy is 22 and people are already writing eulogies on his career. It's bizarre, it's as if Alex Newhook is the first highly-regarded smallish prospect to struggle adjusting to playing center in the NHL, and not one in a long line of hundreds of players that moved to the wing in the NHL to play an offensive game.

EDIT: ha @Redux91 beat me to it
 
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Steep price in a deep draft, lots of prospects left to pick from in that 30-50 range. Too steep imo, I’d rather the magic beans I think.

Newhook hasn’t shown very much.
 
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ReHabs said:
Our prospect pool is rather underwhelming and overstuffed. Don’t let the hype machine fool you — the skill guys have physical limitations and the non-skill guys are irrelevant. We don’t have a single blue-chip prospect.
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I figure you’re putting Hutson into the “physical limitations” category but he’s definitely blue chip. Best Canadiens prospect I’ve seen in a very long time.
 
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I remember his reputation includes a physical limitation. Is he very slow then? Or plays small?
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From what I've heard he's not fast, and people have complained about his skating. But he has time to improve it.
 
TT1 said:
i just gave you those names on top of those you mentioned, plus Slafkovsky who just turned 19, we already have Dach/Suzuki/Caufield who are top 6 locks.. how many players do you think can play in the top 6? lol

on top of this years draft
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Lol True. Top 6 meaning 6 players.

We already have Dach, Suzuki & Caufield for sure.

Hopefully #5 adds a 4th. Slafkovsky grows into another, that's 5.

People want a SUPER STAR though. Patience is thin.
 
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Beaker said:
I figure you’re putting Hutson into the “physical limitations” category but he’s definitely blue chip. Best Canadiens prospect I’ve seen in a very long time.
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He’s our best prospect and our only untouchable prospect but he’s he has physical limitations, this is an undeniable fact. It is physics.
 
ReHabs said:
Our prospect pool is rather underwhelming and overstuffed. Don’t let the hype machine fool you — the skill guys have physical limitations and the non-skill guys are irrelevant. We don’t have a single blue-chip prospect.
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Maybe Hutson has worked his way up, but much agreed.

This prospect pool is vastly underwhelming. Even if you cheat and consider Slaf as part of it.

Too many draft picks ? Trade your 3rd and a 4th to move up and get someone someone really likes.

Like you don't need to trade 2 decent picks for a player you already have and hope he breaks out/figures it out.
 
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TheDogCerby said:
So, they traded 2 decent picks in a deep draft because of too many prospects ?

The vast majority of these prospects are meh and very likely won't get a contract.

What a stupid notion.

If the prospect pool was so deep and good you could have used 1, or 2 and made this deal.

Still going to wait and cheer for him to succeed, but this management is giving me trust issues and incompetence issues.
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Not sure I really agree with this post unless your standards are just super high. Montreal is ranked pretty high league wide due in part to its depth in NHL potential guys. That goes hand in hand with the 50 contract limit complicating things; let alone finding time on ice for these guys
 
MarkovsKnee said:
He's not elite. Pretty small, so doubt he's able to do much in board battles, got pretty much benched in playoffs for veteran guys two years in a row.

I think there's upside, but I would have been happier with a Durzi like deal. One of 31 or 37, and not both.
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Durzi is crap. One draft pick was not getting Newhook. I would have preferred to add a player and keep one of the picks though. Hughes probably is going to try to move lower picks + to get a 2nd or move down from 5 and get 2 1sts.
 
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TheDogCerby said:
So, they traded 2 decent picks in a deep draft because of too many prospects ?

The vast majority of these prospects are meh and very likely won't get a contract.

What a stupid notion.

If the prospect pool was so deep and good you could have used 1, or 2 and made this deal.

Still going to wait and cheer for him to succeed, but this management is giving me trust issues and incompetence issues.
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Top heavy draft.
The 20-40 range is not any better than any other year.

But yeah, have to wait and see cause these comments are 100% similar to those of Dach last year, hel I wrote ''How in the hell we traded a 13th overall pick for a 30 points player''

Exact same negative comment about this trade than Dach trade.....
 
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BehindTheTimes said:
Steep price in a deep draft, lots of prospects left to pick from in that 30-50 range. Too steep imo, I’d rather the magic beans I think.

Newhook hasn’t shown very much.
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Agree it feels like taking the base on balls rather than swing for the fence.
 
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