Demotion doesn’t sit well with anyone, but if there is one thing that Avalanche coach Jared Bednar appreciates about how Alex Newhook has handled his, it’s his reluctance to rationalize about it.
“There’s really no excuse to not be at my best when the team needs me,” Newhook said Wednesday, when given that opportunity. The question was whether he ever reminds himself that it’s only his second season in the NHL; that growing pains are natural. “That’s not really something that crosses through my mind too much.”
That’s the philosophy he hoped to echo in an individual meeting with Bednar on Wednesday morning.