Alex Newhook is the worst scorer for the Canadiens among regular forwards.

Nick Suzuki is the leading scorer among the forwards of the Canadiens.

The captain has 43 points in as many games since the start of the season, with Cole Caufield closely following him with 42 points in 43 games.

In third place among the top scorers (still among the forwards) of the CH, we find Juraj Slafkovsky. The tall Slovak boasts a total of 23 points in 40 games in 24-25.

We have eliminated three players from the equation, which leads me to ask you the following question.

Among the 12 regular forwards of the Canadiens, which one of them has the fewest points since the start of the season?

If your choice is Joel Armia, Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, or Brendan Gallagher, you are mistaken.

And if your choice is Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine, Emil Heineman, or Jake Evans, you are also wrong.

Only one remains… And it is Alex Newhook.

Yes, we are talking about the same Alex Newhook who has been playing in the top-6 of the team since the very first game of the Canadiens’ season… And who also plays on the power play.

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When Kent Hughes went to get him from Colorado, we didn’t expect Newhook to arrive in Montreal as the savior of the organization, nor did we expect him to bring a Stanley Cup to the city.

But we also did not expect it to be so difficult offensively for him.

10 points in 43 games… That’s not even 20 points over a full 82-game season. Newhook is on track to have (by far) his worst offensive season in his career since entering the National Hockey League, and even though he has been playing better lately, everyone will agree with me if I say he needs to contribute more.

Ultimately, it must be remembered that he has played a lot with Dach – who has had his share of difficulties this season as well.

The second line was invisible for several weeks, and the absence of Laine also plays a role in all of this.

But still: if you play in the top-6 of an NHL team, you must be able to produce. You need to be capable of getting points here and there, but that’s not the case with #15 this season.

Alex Newhook is 23 years old, and he still has time to blossom. He wasn’t drafted 16th overall in the 2019 draft just because he has nice eyes: it’s because he has interesting potential due to the qualities that can be seen (at times) in his game.

However… He needs to find a way to contribute more offensively. He is playing for his spot in the team’s top-6, and if he wants to keep it for the upcoming years (which may not happen with the addition of Ivan Demidov), he needs to step up.

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