I don't know why some have major concerns about him and his size. The history have prove with the time that kind of defenseman : undersized, gifted offensively with a high hockey sense, more truth than ever in the new NHL, can survive in this league and he has a lot of time to grow before thinking to play at the highest level.
Jared Spurgeon 5'9" - 166 lb - Full time NHL at 20 years + 10 months
Samuel Girard 5'10" - 170 lb - Full time NHL at 19 years + 5 months
Torey Krug 5'9" - 194 lb - Full time NHL at 22 years + 6 months
Quinn Hughes 5'10" - 180 lb - Full time NHL at 20 years
Cale Makar 5'11" - 187 lb - Full time NHL at 20 years + 11 months
Adam Fox 5'11" - 182 lb - Full time NHL at 21 years + 8 months
In that list only Krug bring a physical element to his game like Frankie Bouillon did at the time; build like a tank. I have 40 years old and I never see that kind of skill on the offensive side from a defenseman prospect with the habs; honorable mention to Schneider and Subban!
The most effective defenseman over the time like Lidstrom, Niedermayer and Markov didn't really use their shoulders but their hockey sense to play the puck on the defensive side; they played the game like a chess game.
Andrei Markov 6'0" - 200 lb - 476 hits in 990 games
Nicklas Lidstrom 6'1" - 192 lb - 264 hits in 1564 games
Scott Niedermayer 6'1" - 194 lb - 284 hits in 1264 games
He will not become one of this guys but I trying to demonstrate how, if you have a hockey sense better than average, you don't need necessary to try demolish players on the boards with yours shoulders and simply use the advantage to be a better hockey player.
In my opinion, Hutson is the best prospect of the habs and I'm really high on Beck, even before the camp, but this guy will change the way we played the game and will give us a powerplay specialist for the next decade. I simply don't see how this guy can't do is magic at the NHL level, I know his skating can be better bur for me is a you can't miss prospect!
The Kraken miss this guy not 1 time, not 2, not 3 but 4 freakin time in the 2nd round of the draft. Their scouting departement need some kick in the ass and a headshake! I still don't know how player like Gaudreau, Farrell, Caufield, Hutson drop like that at the draft because the only concern is their size but for godsake we play hockey here and when you found one who can play with the puck give this guy a chance whatever his size! I will never understand the way they see and they draft!
Like MSL, Desharnais, Bouillon, Fleury etc... he got the "fire" to prove everyone their are wrong about his size and the capacity to play in the NHL and I will never bet against a guy like that who need to fight at every level to gain his place because he will never give up until he achieve what he wanted. Simoneau seem a guy like that in a lesser extent and do a lot better than what he suppose to do because of this kind of determination!
. Good job waitin
