Canadiens winger Alex Newhook left Thursday’s loss to Florida with a lower-body damage, and it’ll preserve him out for some time. The crew introduced that Newhook will miss the subsequent 10 to 12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain.
The 22-year-old is in his first season with Montreal after being acquired from Colorado simply earlier than the draft in June for the thirty first and thirty seventh picks together with prospect blueliner Gianni Fairbrother. Regardless of taking a step again with the Avalanche final season, the Canadiens noticed match to provide Newhook a four-year contract over the summer time, one which carries a $2.9M cap hit; he’ll nonetheless be a restricted free agent at its expiration.
Newhook has finished effectively along with his new crew this season, benefiting from the extra outstanding function he has in Montreal’s lineup. He’s tied for the crew lead in objectives with Cole Caufield with seven whereas being tied with Sean Monahan for fourth in factors with 13. He’s additionally averaging 16:34 per night time after failing to log 14 minutes per contest in his two full seasons with Colorado.
The Canadiens already made their recall to switch Newhook on the roster Friday once they introduced up Mitchell Stephens from AHL Laval. For now, at the very least, Monahan is being shifted to the wing, permitting Stephens to heart the fourth line.
Newhook joins a shortly rising record of gamers on Montreal’s injured reserve. Carey Worth’s taking part in days are over which has him on LTIR. Up entrance, Rafael Harvey-Pinard will miss one other month whereas Kirby Dach is completed for the yr. In the meantime, on the again finish, Chris Wideman has but to play this season, David Savard has missed greater than a month, whereas Arber Xhekaj and Jordan Harris lately landed on IR themselves. That stated, TVA Sports activities’ Renaud Lavoie relays that each Savard and Xhekaj skated Saturday, which implies these two might be getting nearer to a return.
