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

[Legend123]

He sucks he needs to go

 

[Habitant#1]

He has no role on a contending team.
Too unskilled for top6, too small and soft for bottom6.

Sorry, you're gone, bye.

 

[1909]

Geez, I would keep Dvorak over him anytime, now.

 

[Bombshell11]

He has no role on a contending team.
Too unskilled for top6, too small and soft for bottom6.

Sorry, you're gone, bye.

He's not a fit for a top 6 role but he can be very useful on the 3rd with his speed

He doesn't bother me for the time being his contract is pretty good

 

[FLHabs]

He's not a fit for a top 6 role but he can be very useful on the 3rd with his speed

He doesn't bother me for the time being his contract is pretty good

I wonder if he could play on the PK and become a Byron type player

 

[MasterD]

Newhook is actually a really good player with decent upside.
He has been bounced around from wing to center and he has been placed with difficult players to develop chemistry with.
His speed alone is vital to this team.

Hate to disagree with you as I usually love your posts, but on this one I have to.

Yes he's been bounced around, but some lines mates have given him golden opportunities and he just can't bury them.

He's just not that good at NHL hockey. He IS a fast skater, though. Modern day Oleg Petrov.

 

[austin316]

I think we need to accept he’s not a top 6 player. I do believe he can a very effective third liner player and used on the penalty kill with his speed.

Just needs to embrace a reduced role, much like Anderson did this year, and he can be an asset for this team.

 

[Ozmodiar]

I wonder if he could play on the PK and become a Byron type player

He’ll have to if he wants to stick around.

 

[Bombshell11]

I wonder if he could play on the PK and become a Byron type player

Yeah minus the scoring touch

 

[CzarDemidov]

He's just not that good at NHL hockey. He IS a fast skater, though. Modern day Oleg Petrov.

Indeed. He’s not a good hockey player. There’s more to hockey than just skating.

 

[Galchenyuk15]

Stop dreaming this guy will not be there in a near future, THANKS GOD. And for those, who keep comparing him to Byron and Lekhonen give me a freakin break.

Byron was a speedster who can play everywhere in the lineup because of his hockey IQ, He wasn't scoring in breakaway at the beginning but who give a f*** about that. At least, he was doing something good everytime he have put a feeth on the the ice. Bob Hartley, the coach of Calgary at the time, was sad to loose him. Nobody is sad to loose Newhook, we are half here hoping we can drive him personnally to the airport for his next destination.

Lekhonen probably the forward we have saw since a decade or two with the highest commitment, ready to get kill to make the puck going forward, an elite PK guy, an elite shutdown guy, an elite even strength guy who never hurt you without producing big numbers. The only thing this guys was not doing here it's scoring goal with consistency. A dream player for any coach.

Newhook is the Deadpool version of these guy, some guy need to slack the kool-aid.
2 years ago, Josh Anderson was a Top 6
1 year ago, Alex Newhook was a Top 6
Now, Alex Newhook can be a good 3rd liner and a elite PK

I don't know if you fall in love with your player, you look at the situation with pink glasses, you trying to make each move like a good one or something else but just stop. This guy have no future with us before the playoff run and it's more obvious now, we need to be tougher to play against and even if he has a lot of speed and play the game with a lot of energy, he will never be a answer for that problem.

We try to build your next dynasty or contender team. If you have a blank sheet to put a team together. On how many fantasy team this guy will be on your team. NONE

If you still don't understand and want to have a dose of reality. Someone create a poll on the main board about him. Who considered Newhook to be able to play on a 3rd line of a contender team? The poll will be 95-5 or 90-10 if he have a lot of friends, a big family and a lot of habs fan do the poll ....

We have try with him but it's a totally fail no matter what you said and it will be addition by subtraction before anything else. The day he will be move, it will be a good one.

 

[CzarDemidov]

Over his entire NHL career he's played 13:49 minutes of PK time TOTAL.
He's not a PKer.

Source

 

[Habs Halifax]

Newhook is a victim of not having the right center to play with IMO. On the smaller side yes but I really do like his energy and work ethic (something you can't teach). His skill/skating is solid.

Imagine acquiring someone at age 22 and then giving up on him at age 24 (before his prime)? Some of you guys who want to "get rid of him" today will also be crying when he is performing on another team in his prime years.

Find the right 2C and some of our problems sort out.

 

[CHarlie]

I dont want to get rid of Newhook....hes only 24.....still wish we had Lehkonen though.

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Yeah I'm ready to move on from this guy. Hardly see upside higher than 20 goals and 20 assists if stars align. Huge step back from him this year.

 

[sbhatt]

Fast skater...that's the only positive thing I can say about his skillset. He does not have enough complimentary skills to compliment that speed to be an effective top 6 forward. Passing...sub-par. Shot...sub-par. Vision...sub-par. Physicality...LOL...non-existent. If he could work on penalty killing, he MIGHT be able to become a bottom 6 guy who excels on the PK and is a threat for shorthanded breakaways like Paul Byron was. I don't see a role for him outside of that.