bottom 5 for sure. this is another year of development and tank after the deadline. Savard, Armia, dvork are traded or replaced by developing players. Habs do not have scoring. The 4 most penalty kills tell you of mistakes and defensive flaws. Competing teams became better on paper and special teams are not good enough to advance. They did not add an impact player to the roster. The roster needs size and physicality.
that is only one component, you need to trade, use free agency and develop as well as manage a cap and age window. Habs have a transition year ushering out Savard, Armia and Dvorak. Also expect evans to go. Also one less year on gally and anderson who should also be dispatched as they are flawed. It is a mistake to not bring in productive veterans who have won to help develop young players. Retain salary on Anderson and gally . All the young players know is a bottom five finish for three going on 4 years. Montreal will not ne a top destination for top free agents for reasons of climate, tax and media pressure.
Newhook is a third liner all day long. 5' 10' and brittle. 34 points career high.
I think Demidov will will probably bump Newhook at some point. Wouldn't surprise me to see Roy go to the 3rd eventually as well. He's got great upside though. He might wind up sticking in the top six. It'll obviously depend on how he progresses.
I don't think it's a mistake at all. We already brought in players who've sped up the rebuild. And look at the trades we've made so far already. Got a first for Monahan coming and going. Got extra firsts and traded some of them into Newhook/Dach. Traded for a second and got Hutson. Hage and Mesar are additions by trade... he's knocked it out of the park so far.
He'll put up 50 points this year if healthy. That's second line production.
34 point career high. cant stay healthy.
Him and 38 point career high Dach along with completely unproven Roy supposedly make up our excellent 2nd line Lolol.
23 years old.
I think you’re going to be proven very wrong.
I agree. Poor nick. one is dreaming in technicolor is you view this a a second line in the NHL. Poor MSL
We’ll be out of the playoffs this year. Most people will agree on this.
Suzuki and Caufield know what it's like to lead a team to the SCF. As for trades, the Habs did that. Dach and Newhook were big trades. Both will have a full season to contribute. MUCH more improvement will happen by developing our group of young players than by exchanging one veteran player for another. You're under the illusion that more roster changes equals more improvement.
Please don't post nonsense just to get attention.
Lol this season was the first major injury in his career. 82 and 81 GP the prior two seasons.
You are clearing out 5 forwards of 12 this year. You wish you could clear out the contracts of gally and Anderson. Of the five core two of Newhook and Dach are brittle and unproven. They can get worse. Defense is forming to be good but today it is unproven. It can be worse. Savard, Gulhe and Matheson are roster locks. Sarvard will be traded. All others are unproven. For sure it can be worse. Count on two more years of transition as a bad team unless Hughes gets top six help and EVERYBODY else stays healthy and gets better. It is really that simple. Bubble playoff team prediction is a joke
This is not true. Recheck the stats. When you are small and play with your head down you will not not survive
I know. The sky is falling and we’re all going to die.
He played 82 RS + 7 playoff games and 81 RS + 12 playoff games in the preceding two seasons.
Puck pedia stats state 55 g, 82 g and 71 g. Not 81. That is what is states. . Can you recheck a second time on games played. Watch him play. head down will = less games to be played in the future.He played 82 RS + 7 playoff games and 81 RS + 12 playoff games in the preceding two seasons.
If you're talking about 20-21, he played 12 games for Boston College out of a 24 game Covid-shortened season and missed 8 games at BC because Team Canada did a 2 month quarantine before the world juniors. He left college early to sign with the Avalanche and played 22 more games between the AHL, NHL, and NHL playoffs.
Not sure that Alex Newhook keeping his head up would have stopped the pandemic but maybe it's worth a try for next time.
55 this year, 82 the year prior, and 71 in the NHL + 10 in the AHL for 81 regular season games in 21-22.
Like I said he played 82 and 81 pro games the preceding two seasons and only really missed any significant time due to covid quarantines and bouncing around to 4 different teams in 20-21 the preceding year. He's had only the one significant injury in his career and it was an ankle sprain from losing an edge while driving the net with the puck.
