In return, Kent Hughes traded the 31st pick he received from the Florida Panthers, the 37th pick in the 2023 NHL draft, and 22-year-old defenseman Gianni Fairbrother.
During his pre-draft press conference, Kent Hughes refused to speak about the Pierre-Luc Dubois case as he is a player signed to another team.
However, the Habs boss made it clear when asked if the move to Colorado came about because things didn’t work out with the Jets.
We couldn’t have done both
admitted Kent Hughes laconically.
The 22-year-old Newhook had 30 points, including 14 goals, in 82 games last season. He added an assist in seven playoff games.
In 159 games for the Avalanche, Newhook had 27 goals and 39 assists. He will become a limited free agent on July 1 if the Canadiens don’t sign him to a new contract.
The 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in), 86.2 kg (190 lb) center won the 2022 Stanley Cup with the Avalanche.
The Saint-Jean (T.-N.-L.) athlete was the 16th overall pick in the 2019 draft, just behind the Canadian for forward Cole Caufield.
Both Kent Hughes and Martin St-Louis praised the new signing’s versatility.
” The versatility, speed and character are what we want to establish with our team, in addition to the experience of having won the Stanley Cup »
Hugues was once Newhook’s agent, which certainly made the difference.
When you know someone as a person it’s certainly easier to know how they fit into our dressing room and we’re very confident that they’ll make a fine figure in the dressing room.
The Keys to the Hope Run
The Canadian currently sits 5th overall. Kent Hughes and his hockey men have yet to decide who will be the lucky winner, but Hughes hasn’t closed the door to other exchanges.
We definitely have more than one name in mind. We believe that if we keep our pick we will have a good hockey player at number 5. If we go forward we are even safer and if we go back it matters…
The Nashville Predators may be interested in the Canadian’s 5th pick. They have two first-round picks (15th and 27th) and at a press conference on Monday with their president David Poile,diot made no secret that he had been trying to improve his fortunes and would have said Kent Hughes held the keys to do so in hand holds draft.
David and I both picked up the phone and tried to improve our rank
said defiance.
You must find the right dance partner to advance. Everyone is trying to get into the top four and it’s safe to assume these four teams will stay there.
It remains to be seen whether the 5th place interest Nashville’s new general manager enough to waltz with Kent Hughes.
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