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

[WeThreeKings]

What I mean is that it's a lot to pay for a 3rd line player. Yes, a very good chance that those picks don't even play in the NHL one day, but for me it was more as to could have we done better in another trade for another player with those picks.

Like I said, I think he is a 3rd liner at the end of the day and he will still be a young RFA in 2-3 years when we will be more competitive

They traded the picks because the floor is the likely pay off if they hit on one of those picks and the ceiling was higher.

The thing now is even if Newhook finds 2nd line upside he's unlikely to play there. We will draft a forward with one of our two picks in this draft. We acquired Laine. We drafted Demidov and Hage. There's only so many top 6 spots. His speed is an element we needed and so I'm sure they won't lose any sleep if they have Newhook to move between L1 and 3 depending on where he fits and supplies the right complement to the players on that line.

 

[Egresch]

Well they traded for him and expected for him to be a top 6 player, which personally I don't think he is. It's fine now, assets were already traded and his cap hit isn't that bad, once we are ready to compete say in 2 -3 season, he will still be 25-26 so that's ok

Sure, he will be OK as 3rd line winger, but that trade did not make sense at the time anyway. We already had Suzuki and CC and they wanted to add 5'10 player to our top 6. If you want to speed up rebuild, you look for D, C (which they tried with Dach) or G. D and G need more time to develop and C is hard to find.

 

[Wats]

He's pretty disappointing so far but maybe might have some resale value.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Sure, he will be OK as 3rd line winger, but that trade did not make sense at the time anyway. We already had Suzuki and CC and they wanted to add 5'10 player to our top 6. If you want to speed up rebuild, you look for D, C (which they tried with Dach) or G. D and G need more time to develop and C is hard to find.

Newhook and Suzuki are both 5'11" and 200 pounds, they are a lot bigger than Caufield and both guys are willing to go to the dirty areas.

 

[sampollock]

Newhook and Suzuki are both 5'11" and 200 pounds, they are a lot bigger than Caufield and both guys are willing to go to the dirty areas.

and yet Capt Hook is weak