:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72406542/1252245746.0.jpg "Alex Newhook trade: Avalanche send forward to Canadiens for two draft picks, prospect")
The Colorado Avalanche are trading young forward Alex Newhook to the Montreal Canadiens for a first-round pick and a second-round pick, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
The picks going to Colorado are for the 2023 NHL Draft, which begins on Wednesday in Nashville. The Avs get the 31st and 37th overall picks from Montreal. The first-round pick was from the Florida Panthers. Colorado also acquires D Gianni Fairbrother. The deal was made official shortly after the report.
Newhook, 22, was the 16th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft by the Avalanche. He has at least 30 points in each of the past two seasons. Newhook is set to become a restricted free agent when the calendar flips in July. He played mostly in the middle-6 for the Avalanche but did play in 27 playoff games over the past three seasons, scoring seven points (one goal) in that span.