Bottom 5 is bottom 5. I am not trying to sugar coat it. That's what the analysts predicted. Why do you have a problem with it? They were never supposed to make the playoffs this year.
Maybe just maybe 7.5 wins to sneak into the playoffs isn’t some crazy out of the world endeavor if your team has a solid improvement as a whole and it’s not some Hutson carry job?
Its a significant achievement given the parity in the league. Massive achievement for the Habs.
You’re intellectually dishonest. Acting as if the Habs were horror bad last season by hiding behind “bottom 5” label. Yeah, they were so bad they were twice as close points wise to a WC spot than to the bottom of the standings.
Not really. You can look back on pages and see people claiming the Habs squad was expected to be as bad as the Sharks. We're literally all creating arguments based on opinions. Claiming Suzuki and Caufield had the seasons they did was because of Hutson even though both players had basically increased their point and goal totals respectfully every year since they came into the league is opinion. Fact is Hutson set the rookie assist record. No denying that nor denying he had a fantastic season worthy of the Calder. Making claims that the Habs would have been a horrendous team without Hutson is opinion. Both Celebrini and Hutson were instrumental in improving their teams, the difference is Montreal was closer to relevancy which meant the impact looked more much profound on paper.
A bottom 5 team in the league is very bad. Awful. You are being unnecessarily obtuse by stating that the Habs playoff achievement was meh. Its insulting and smacks of jealousy..
At no point did I crap on Hutson. Find me one post, one single post where I did. I beg you to put in the effort.
Without Hutson, the Habs don't make the playoffs.
No, I’m giving it context. The Habs were closer to a WC spot last season than to the bottom of the standings. No sugar coating that. No denying that. But bottom 5 right?
Why are you so bitter? Lane Hutson deserves the Calder. That's not even debatable anymore.
Which post exactly was that? I don't care who trashes the Sharks because they're godawful.
So because there were worse teams they weren’t bad? Makes sense
I mean the improvement from having Hutson on the team vs not having him on the team is pretty evident. At 5 on 5, Montreal had a 50.8% xGF% and a 54.4% GF% with Hutson on the ice this year. Without him that drops to the mid 40s. Last year it was 47.5% xGF% overall for the Habs at 5 on 5, and 49.4 GF%.
It is indeed close to where Montreal finished the past 3 seasons. But thanks to Lane Hutson and his young teammates, they changed that. What an amazing season. Aren't you proud of the Habs?
I did and you are trying to undermine Lane's accomplishments and denigrate Habs fans on the side. So i ask... why the bitterness?
So? They didn’t add context to their bottom 5 descriptor. I’m adding it and you don’t seem to like the fact they were closer to a WC spot team last season than to the bottom of the standings. It weakens your "bottom 5" argument. So I get it.
The league has parity. Because of that, unless you’re truly bottom of the barrel like the Hawks/Sharks as of recent, you’re closer to a WC team than the bottom of the league. Makes sense to me.
Again, Celebrini is obviously a great player and the team is much better with him on the ice. That's why we see their xGF numbers go up when he's on the ice at 5 on 5.
Me a thousand times. "Hutson has a fantastic season, worthy of the Calder and setting records along the way and was instrumental in what Montreal accomplished."
