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Analysis of Alex Newhook Trade To Montreal: Avs Gave Up On Him Too Soon

Analysis of Alex Newhook Trade To Montreal: Avs Gave Up On Him Too Soon

Yeah, Avs needed to restock draft picks, but this is the wrong deal

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Analysis of Alex Newhook Trade To Montreal: Avs Gave Up On Him Too Soon
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Wow. Alex Newhook’s days with the Avalanche are over.

In something of a shocker, the Avs traded Newhook to the Montreal Canadiens today for Montreal’s first- and second-round draft picks in this week’s NHL Draft, along with prospect defenseman Gianni Fairbrother.

The picks acquired are the 31st overall and the 37th overall. So, the Avs are trading a guy who went 16th overall in the 2019 draft for two later picks, plus the unproven Fairbrother, 22, a third-round pick of Montreal’s in 2019 who didn’t play at all last season because of a knee injury.

I don’t love the deal at all, and here’s why:

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