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Its very plausible that Newhook has limited hockey IQ, but he also seems to be playing balls to the wall at maximum intensity. What that indicates that his precision and judgment should soon improve.
What ppg tools does Newhook have beyond skating and effort?
Not if you watch his play closely.
rico fata played like that, either even more speed, and couldn't be an nhl regular. Ditto liam foudy.
His judgment is already at a very high level, odd that you cant see that.
I agree. It takes time for IQ to catch up when you have blazing speed. He will get better IMO. He is snakebitten though. Needs to find the net.
You either have hockey IQ or you don’t. It’s not like he was gifted great speed yesterday. He’s had it his whole career. If the IQ hasn’t caught up at this point, it won’t catch up now.
I remember his first preseason camp with us, I said on here he’s a superstar and was better than Dach. I also had 4 hours of sleep though lol.
Reminds me of Anderson having questionable hockey sense and Marty trying to improve it. It took forever, but in the end, Anderson's success is just simplifying his game just to crash and bang north-south with good PK abilities, he's accepted that he won't approach that 50 point mark like that one year in Columbus.
Exactly. Simplify their game and lower their usage/expectations and they can thrive. I think he’d be a very effective winger on a 3rd line.
I'm still not sure he can be effective on the 3rd line given how he doesn't bring much else. I was a fan of his last year because he could weaponize his shot, but this seems like the Newhook the Avs gave up on. If we were a bottom 5 team again this year, I could see the argument in being more patient, but with how close we are in the playoff race this year, the next step is putting ourselves in a better position next year which means we can't afford Newhook/Dach to be a top 6 player producing like this.
I'd argue that Anderson is a good example of a player with strong hockey & physical skills, but limited hockey iq. His reads and decision making with the puck have always been weaknesses, largely overcome by his strong mix of physical skills and intensity.
Do you honestly not get why a player like Newhook could not be effective nor drive impact trying to play the style of game Anderson has adopted to be useful in our lineup and play style?
Hyperbole strawman comments like this typically suggest very poor understanding of the topic at hand.
He still drives the play positively for his team for the most part, and I prefer a 3rd line that can chip in offensively. Maybe they get him to start killing penalties next season as his speed could be effective there, much like Anderson. The thing with Anderson is he can win physical battles, which Newhook does not.
Of course you can't just have a 3rd line composed of meat and potatoes grinders with high end defensive games, but I think one physical game or competent defensive game is an absolute must for a bottom 6 player.
Pretty sure it's a winger vs center question. He's looked much better recently when he got moved back to center. Last year he spent almost all of it at center, this year it's mostly been wing.
Offensively yes, but Kerfoot's been part of the top PK unit for Arizona/Utah and part of the secondary one when he was on the Leafs. Newhook needs to be able to take on that type of role to be an effective 3rd liner.
