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Player Discussion Alex Newhook (Part 2) : Book an Appointment with New Look Edition

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The league currently values speed and he seems to have a good motor on him too. It won't surprise me if he has a bit of a breakout next season. Rarely seen a man hit as many posts or just miss wide open nets as he does.
 
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HabsMD97 said:
He's the modern Michael Grabner, except I don't even think he's that good. He's a Dzingel/Kapanen(Kasperi)/Grabner/Anderson type who makes up for a lack of hockey IQ by simply being faster than everyone. We've seen soooo many of these type of players over the last decade. Most of them fizzle out since they usually suck defensively. If he's lucky, he could end up becoming Duclair and carve out a decent career.

I actually don't mind him as the 3rd line center moving forward if it's a reasonable price. Speed is important to have on a team and his defensive game is slowly improving.
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The truth about most non-star NHL players is that their careers sink or swim not based on what they are good at but what they are bad at. For Newhook that's going to be his defensive play, if he can become defensively responsible and add a PK element to his game he'll have a long career, if the only element of his game is his speed and offence he won't.

The good news is I feel he has taken big steps in becoming a well rounded player. Next season I'd be very curious to see a Heineman - Newhook - Anderson line, with a little chemistry that can be a dangerous 3rd line that leaves opponent's in the dust.
 
Newhook spent the season with Laine and Dach, and no time on PP1. I don't think anybody would do particularly well with these two. He is clearly improving and the best 5vs5 player on his line.

Next year, Newhook will likely be playing with Demidov, and you will see more points for him.
 
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Sorinth said:
The truth about most non-star NHL players is that their careers sink or swim not based on what they are good at but what they are bad at. For Newhook that's going to be his defensive play, if he can become defensively responsible and add a PK element to his game he'll have a long career, if the only element of his game is his speed and offence he won't.

The good news is I feel he has taken big steps in becoming a well rounded player. Next season I'd be very curious to see a Heineman - Newhook - Anderson line, with a little chemistry that can be a dangerous 3rd line that leaves opponent's in the dust.
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Is Newhook actually bad at the PK, or is he just not among the four forwards that MSL has chosen for his PK?
 
Naslund said:
Newhook spent the season with Laine and Dach, and no time on PP1. I don't think anybody would do particularly well with these two. He is clearly improving and the best 5vs5 player on his line.

Next year, Newhook will likely be playing with Demidov, and you will see more points for him.
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He is looking better with Laine now, who is slowly improving 5v5. I don't think Laine is ever going to be a beast 5v5 anyways, so if Newhook is going to make the most of this audition, he will need to keep improving his defensive game. Demidov is known to have a good 200 ft game. I think Newhook could do well with these two next year. He is also improving on the dot as well. 50% against COL, 87.5% against NYI after getting torn apart against OTT and FLA. You can see he is trying. 43% on the year so far. Maybe he can be the replacement for Dvorak at the very least.
 
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Watching Newhook it feels like he's just scratching the surface and is in the process to take his game to a higher level. The big question is how high could that next level be? He has all the skills and has sort of been unlucky with goals etc. Very similar to Lehky when he was here. Lehky with McKinnon is a total stud. I'm really looking forward to see if he can take his game to another level and if management gets that piece to help him.
 
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Naslund said:
Newhook spent the season with Laine and Dach, and no time on PP1. I don't think anybody would do particularly well with these two. He is clearly improving and the best 5vs5 player on his line.

Next year, Newhook will likely be playing with Demidov, and you will see more points for him.
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Newhook played a good bit with Suzuki and Caufield, he did sweet f*** all. I don't think Newhook will be in a position to play with Demidov next year.
 
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I could see Newhook between Heineman and Anderson on a straight forward checking line.
These guys are all very similar North South Individual playmakers.
Their speed and physicality would create havoc and I think Newhook has to excel in a defending role in the future.
 
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Newhook is this year's Anderson or Byron in Calgary. He's in the games and getting a ton of chances, they're just not going in.

I do think he's still part of the solution going forward. Maybe a third-line guy who can fill in on the top six if needed.
 
Saundies said:
Newhook is this year's Anderson or Byron in Calgary. He's in the games and getting a ton of chances, they're just not going in.

I do think he's still part of the solution going forward. Maybe a third-line guy who can fill in on the top six if needed.
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I could see us starting next year with a 3rd line of:

Anderson - Newhook - Dach

We'll see if Dach is back next year or used in the package to get a new 2c... But if he's back, I'd expect him to start on the wing on the 2nd or 3rd line.
 
26Mats said:
I could see us starting next year with a 3rd line of:

Anderson - Newhook - Dach

We'll see if Dach is back next year or used in the package to get a new 2c... But if he's back, I'd expect him to start on the wing on the 2nd or 3rd line.
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Fair play.

I personally think Dach's done here (unfortunate because I like the guy and the player he could have been, but fear that's over) but I agree if he does come back it'll be on the wing.

That gives us a 4th of Gally- Evans - Heineman. Not too shabby.
 
Newhook is a good top 9 piece. I think, he is a important piece for this team, he can be better, he can have better offensive numbers.

When we acquering him, I see top 6 potential, but he is more suited on 3rd line role.
 
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