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Habs acquire Alex Newhook

Newhook's going to be a winger here. He's a natural center who couldn't beat out TJ Compher for the second center slot in Colorado.

He's not beating out Suzuki, won't beat out Dach (if Dach is used at center), not sure he beats out Dvorak as the #3 center either.
 
GGpX said:
I like the player and the risk, just don't like what we had to give up to acquire him.
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The Canadiens’ focus has clearly shifted​

Montreal traded a good amount of draft capital to make this deal happen, which also demonstrates a clear shift in how they view where they are in the team-building process. The cupboard of prospects like the ones they could have acquired with the 31st or 37th picks is relatively full, so using those picks to bring in Newhook is a good reflection that the Canadiens believe their window to compete will be opening relatively soon. Perhaps not as soon as next season, but sooner than a typical timeline for a team holding the No. 5 pick in the draft would be. — Basu
 
I would have given that for Lehky back. He'd look good with Suzuki and Caufield
 
Sal_Butera said:

The Canadiens’ focus has clearly shifted​

Montreal traded a good amount of draft capital to make this deal happen, which also demonstrates a clear shift in how they view where they are in the team-building process. The cupboard of prospects like the ones they could have acquired with the 31st or 37th picks is relatively full, so using those picks to bring in Newhook is a good reflection that the Canadiens believe their window to compete will be opening relatively soon. Perhaps not as soon as next season, but sooner than a typical timeline for a team holding the No. 5 pick in the draft would be. — Basu
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That would be a massive mistake if that's what they actually think.

I'm of the belief that we don't have a single truly elite player (we have an elite goal scorer, but that's it) in the organization & the rebuild can't really stop until we get one.
 
The problem with Newhook is, there's no immediate path for him at center. He's not beating out Suzuki, not beating out Monahan, not beating out Dach (when Monahan inevitable gets and injured and/or traded), and I'm not even sure he'll beat out Dvorak as the shutdown center.

We could be in a situation where in the 2024 training camp, our top two centers are Suzuki (5'11") and Newhook (5'10"). Scott Gomez & Tomas Plekanec ring a bell to anyone?

Shrug.
 
GGpX said:
That would be a massive mistake if that's what they actually think.

I'm of the belief that we don't have a single truly elite player (we have an elite goal scorer, but that's it) in the organization & the rebuild can't really stop until we get one.
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It will have to end. I'm resolved to the fact that we will never have another non-goalie elite players ever again.
 
Like, I wouldn't mind trying to accelerate the rebuild if we were drafting second or third, and we could get Fantilli/Carlsson. One of them would be our franchise center and we'd just have to figure out how get a real #1 defenseman. The second a Alex Pietrangelo type becomes available, giving up whatever is necessary to get him isn't that big of a hassle anymore.
 
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