I feel like this is a lot for Newhook but I can’t see why Colorado did it. They need cheap forwards

At 22 I suppose Newhook could still get better, but this seems like a lot to give up based on what he’s shown so far. Colorado apparently didn’t think he was good enough to be their 2nd-line center. The fact that he’s unsigned should have lowered his value since Montreal doesn’t know what he’s going to cost them, though at least he’s not arbitration eligible so they have some control.

On the positive side, his age is a good fit for their young core of Suzuki, Caufield, Dach, etc., so maybe he’ll develop with them.

“If you want loyalty, buy a dog”

“ you can’t trade for big time centres , you have to draft them!”

Same dude that refused a Subban trade for Draisaitl and a 1st in 2016 according to Kevin Weekes

Does this mean that COL tries to keep Compher as their 3C?

True they will need a few more cheap forwards but this gives them some extra trade capital to potentially acquire someone like Konecny or maybe even Debrincat. They'll have close to 15.6m to spend with only 1 hole in the top 6. Maybe they don't land a big fish but I'd actually be surprised if they keep their first rounders this year. They should be all in trying to win during the MacKinnon era.

Montreal just gave up more for Alex Newhook than they got for Jesperi Kotkaniemi... just throwing that out there

Well not exactly, offersheet and trades can’t be compared, also this is essentially a draft day move so the picks positions are known while the Habs had no idea how good the Canes picks would be when accepting the offersheet

Montreal just gave up more for Alex Newhook than they got for Jesperi Kotkaniemi... just throwing that out there

Okay, let's ignore the places of the picks. They got a 1st and 3rd for KK, they gave up a 1st, 2nd and a prospect for Newhook.

Not the player I would gone after honestly but if MSL can get him to pop off like Dach last year then we'll be laughing all the way to the bank. If he is what he is then yeah this was a bad trade. I feel the difference between him and Dach trades was we knew Dach just needed to get healthy. What was stopping Newhook exactly? He had ample chances to be a go to guy on a team that could make players look better than they were. I dunno, I think they targeted the wrong guy personally.

Also, unless Newhook was gonna be traded imminently otherwise, I would have only made this trade at the draft once we knew a little more how the draft shaped up first. Unless another trade is going down that makes this make more sense (to me). Which is more than likely but for the time being, slightly disappointed that was cost it took to get him and that he was the guy they wanted to go after.

Newhook averaged less than 14 min TOI in Colorado, and behind the big guys (and the fact he is only 22, only played 2 full seasons... I could go on) - it's hard to say by any stretch we have seen what he has to offer. He is most definitely a breakout candidate if given consistent top 6 quality linemates.

The team that wins biggest out of this trade is Winnipeg, because now Montreal is out of the PLD sweepstakes and the Jets have the leverage.

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Future top 6 forward for 2 picks that will likely never become full time NHL players. Clearly makes sense for Montreal.

This isn’t fairbrother.

Okay, let's ignore the places of the picks. They got a 1st and 3rd for KK, they gave up a 1st, 2nd and a prospect for Newhook.

In Hughes we trust, Dach vs 13th + 66th seemed steep but it wasn’t after all
Let’s hope Newhook becomes a good middle six forward