Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced on Tuesday that the team has agreed to terms on a four-year contract (2023-24 to 2026-27) with forward Alex Newhook. The deal will pay him an average salary of $2.9 million per season
by Montreal Canadiens @CanadiensMTL
FakeCrash
If this trade pans out as well as the Dach trade, it will cement Kent Hughes as a goddamn genius in my mind.
Quick599
This Is the last contract we were waiting on right?
djacket1
Is he UFA after this?
samchar00
And he is still an RFA at the end. Kinda nice
Cautious-Bad662
Newhook – Monahan – Andrerson?
Seb_Nation
Everyone thinking it’s a steal isn’t looking at previous deals for similar players. Kapanen, Woods, Zacha and Lindblom all signed similar contracts with the same cap percentage hit in the last few years.
Contract is market value for a young guy with upside.
Edit: This sub is so salty when someone comes up with stats to prove that something isn’t the steal of the century. Woods signed a 4×2.75 and was RFA at the end, Zacha signed a 3×2.25 and was RFA at the end, Kapanen signed a 3×3.2 and was RFA at the end, Lindblom signed a 3×3 and was RFA at the end. All deals had an average of 3.45% cap hit at the time of the signing where Newhook sits at 3.47%. It’s a fine contract and there’s upside, but it ain’t a steal guys.
hasdf22
And still an RFA after this contract expires great contract
gabarooch86
I am excited about all of this young talent signed medium term. Having them all learn to play and gel as teammates as they mature is going to be fun to watch.
Le8ronJames
2.9M for at least 30points/season? Amazing deal. Armia is paid 3.4M btw.
DFF_Canuck
If the draft picks of Slafkovsky and Reinbacher do end up being solid, then I’m failing to see the blind spots that Hughes may have.
I was (and am) a Marc Bergevin apologist. He performed elements of the job extremely well. But he had a huge blindspot with how he managed team personnel vis a vis coaches and scouting staff. It was his downfall IMO. He struggled to hold people accountable.
But Hughes has so far demonstrated more positives than MB, and we have yet to TRULY see his negatives. I don’t think MB would have ever hired MSL, and IMO that’s been a huge reason we saw such a quick energy shift on the team. MB at times made great trades, but thise balanced with some headscratchers. Hughes has arguably never lost a trade yet.
People can knock our picks of Reinbacher and Slafkovsky if they want. But it’s far too early to rest that case. Not to mention we also got Hutson, Beck, Engstrom, J. Davidson and a host of players who appear to be on track to being good picks from his draft classes.
I’m thoroughly impressed by Hughes and Gorton. As far as rebuilds go, this has been a strong one.
I’m sure that weaknesses will develop. or luck will change. But he’s really got a good handle on this job.
kozed
It’s a good bridge deal that walks him to RFA again the same summer Gally and Andy turn UFA.
Even if Newhook stays a ~30 pts bottom 3rd line guy, the money is about fair market price for that.
We’re now 2.4M over the cap with a roster of 25 when not putting Price on LTIR, and Hughes indicated he wouldn’t use Price on LTIR during the offseason because you can’t use that money for the rest of the year. For the same reasons, he probably won’t use the training camp equation neither.
That means we still need to dump a player making above 2.4M to get under the cap, and probably make some paper AHL demotion to have a roster of 23 before the regular season starts, and before we put Price on LTIR.
I don’t see anyone taking Hoffman or Armia, and Allen doesn’t solve the roster number because you’d need to keep Primeau in MTL to replace him. So Dvorak is the likeliest move.
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Nice.
Reasonable contract.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced on Tuesday that the team has agreed to terms on a four-year contract (2023-24 to 2026-27) with forward Alex Newhook. The deal will pay him an average salary of $2.9 million per season
by Montreal Canadiens @CanadiensMTL
If this trade pans out as well as the Dach trade, it will cement Kent Hughes as a goddamn genius in my mind.
This Is the last contract we were waiting on right?
Is he UFA after this?
And he is still an RFA at the end. Kinda nice
Newhook – Monahan – Andrerson?
Everyone thinking it’s a steal isn’t looking at previous deals for similar players. Kapanen, Woods, Zacha and Lindblom all signed similar contracts with the same cap percentage hit in the last few years.
Contract is market value for a young guy with upside.
Edit: This sub is so salty when someone comes up with stats to prove that something isn’t the steal of the century. Woods signed a 4×2.75 and was RFA at the end, Zacha signed a 3×2.25 and was RFA at the end, Kapanen signed a 3×3.2 and was RFA at the end, Lindblom signed a 3×3 and was RFA at the end. All deals had an average of 3.45% cap hit at the time of the signing where Newhook sits at 3.47%. It’s a fine contract and there’s upside, but it ain’t a steal guys.
And still an RFA after this contract expires great contract
I am excited about all of this young talent signed medium term. Having them all learn to play and gel as teammates as they mature is going to be fun to watch.
2.9M for at least 30points/season? Amazing deal. Armia is paid 3.4M btw.
If the draft picks of Slafkovsky and Reinbacher do end up being solid, then I’m failing to see the blind spots that Hughes may have.
I was (and am) a Marc Bergevin apologist. He performed elements of the job extremely well. But he had a huge blindspot with how he managed team personnel vis a vis coaches and scouting staff. It was his downfall IMO. He struggled to hold people accountable.
But Hughes has so far demonstrated more positives than MB, and we have yet to TRULY see his negatives. I don’t think MB would have ever hired MSL, and IMO that’s been a huge reason we saw such a quick energy shift on the team. MB at times made great trades, but thise balanced with some headscratchers. Hughes has arguably never lost a trade yet.
People can knock our picks of Reinbacher and Slafkovsky if they want. But it’s far too early to rest that case. Not to mention we also got Hutson, Beck, Engstrom, J. Davidson and a host of players who appear to be on track to being good picks from his draft classes.
I’m thoroughly impressed by Hughes and Gorton. As far as rebuilds go, this has been a strong one.
I’m sure that weaknesses will develop. or luck will change. But he’s really got a good handle on this job.
It’s a good bridge deal that walks him to RFA again the same summer Gally and Andy turn UFA.
Even if Newhook stays a ~30 pts bottom 3rd line guy, the money is about fair market price for that.
We’re now 2.4M over the cap with a roster of 25 when not putting Price on LTIR, and Hughes indicated he wouldn’t use Price on LTIR during the offseason because you can’t use that money for the rest of the year. For the same reasons, he probably won’t use the training camp equation neither.
That means we still need to dump a player making above 2.4M to get under the cap, and probably make some paper AHL demotion to have a roster of 23 before the regular season starts, and before we put Price on LTIR.
I don’t see anyone taking Hoffman or Armia, and Allen doesn’t solve the roster number because you’d need to keep Primeau in MTL to replace him. So Dvorak is the likeliest move.