Player Discussion Alex Newhook

[JoelWarlord]

Newhook and the Laine 2nd rounder for Zegras who says no

I'm broadly a Newhook defender and Zegras hater but I'd easily do this. There's still upside with Zegras and if it doesn't work out you can still probably get a 2nd back at minimum for him later.

 

[HabsCode]

Banana blade or straight blade.

Hockey cosom is on foot my friend

 

[Rapala]

Hockey cosom is on foot my friend

Cosom Hockey was played in the Gym with plastic sticks when I grew up which is why I asked.
My grade school entered us in a tournament and when we showed up with our Banana Sticks we were the laughing stock.
All the other teams had straight blades and they also had dowels inserted in the shafts for support.
We were able to borrow those sticks from one of the teams and we killed it having only ever used the banana blade with a shaft like a noodle.

 

[LaP]

Cosom Hockey was played in the Gym with plastic sticks when I grew up which is why I asked.
My grade school entered us in a tournament and when we showed up with our Banana Sticks we were the laughing stock.
All the other teams had straight blades and they also had dowels inserted in the shafts for support.
We were able to borrow those sticks from one of the teams and we killed it having only ever used the banana blade with a shaft like a noodle.

Those noodle sticks are cancer. I played once with those and then refused to play with them again. Not worth it i'd rather play some petanque.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I actually thought he looked pretty good in the first 5 games of the year and then he kind of disappeared after that. I'm not too worried yet I just don't see him as a core piece.

I think he makes the most positive impact when it's 4v4 and he can use his skating, he should be clutch in OT too if we ever stop getting blown out

 

[rahad]

I actually thought he looked pretty good in the first 5 games of the year and then he kind of disappeared after that. I'm not too worried yet I just don't see him as a core piece.

I think he makes the most positive impact when it's 4v4 and he can use his skating, he should be clutch in OT too if we ever stop getting blown out

I also see him as a bridge player. He is going to with us for one more season. He will probably be gone when the Beck, Hage , Roy, Demidov and 2025 first round pick join the Habs.

 

[rahad]

Newhook and the Laine 2nd rounder for Zegras who says no

Anaheim? Easy question lol. Newhook is barely worth second round pick with the way he is playing right now. Zegras is way more talented.

 

[Habssince89]

Newhook has battled in the corners and has played a big role in maintaining possession in the offensive zone. He's not soft or ineffective, and as the roster grows in quality, he'll score more goals. I think he's showing both why he was a 1st rounder but also why he wasn't a top10 pick

 

[Miller Time]

Newhook has battled in the corners and has played a big role in maintaining possession in the offensive zone. He's not soft or ineffective, and as the roster grows in quality, he'll score more goals. I think he's showing both why he was a 1st rounder but also why he wasn't a top10 pick

Agreed...
And yet he's sitting at T-9 in pts & 8th in goals from his draft class.

That's pretty good 5 years in for a guy drafted 16th (with 5 d picked ahead of him).


It will be interesting to see where he sits 5 years from now, as a physically smaller player, I won't be surprised if he's still comfortably one of the top 10 most productive players from the draft class (as he rounds out his man strength & fully adapts to the size & physicality of the NHL).