Epic Calder Race 2024-25

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

if a 62oa 18 year old center was playing like celebrini people would be even more impressed. Not the least reason for which is they would wonder why the f*** a player that can drive an entire team, including the team that defenseman was on, went 62oa.

thing about 1oas ... they go to one of the worst teams in the league.

Lane went to the worst team in the league who finished last and drafted Slafkovsky at number 1, Hutson second round at 62

 

[Frank Drebin]

we're still doing the "fine season" bit I see

Bobby oresque!!

Stylistically?

 

[karltonian]

Lane went to the worst team in the league who finished last and drafted Slafkovsky at number 1, Hutson second round at 62

in his draft year. the other thing about 1oas is they usually play right away.

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

in his draft year. the other thing about 1oas is they usually play right away.

Good point, and Habs are definitely a better team. But Hutson is playing under more pressure and at a harder position to produce points from.

 

[Frank Drebin]

in his draft year. the other thing about 1oas is they usually play right away.

D+3 is typical for defense rookies
In very, very rare cases a d+1 defender will play in the nhl (ekblad, dahlin) but most don’t play till d+2or 3
It’s definitely more common to see a 18 year old forward

Tldr Hutson isnt enjoying some sort of age advantage, he’s still very very young for his position

 

[Jee]

Crazy that Lane Hutson will win the Calder and the Stanley Cup the same season. Strong.

 

[Noble]

Crazy that Lane Hutson will win the Calder and the Stanley Cup the same season. Strong.

Same will be said for Demidov next season. Love that for them.

 

[HabzSauce]

Not at all and like I said before he is having a fine season, but he is the type of guy who is going to have problems in the playoffs

There may be tough games at first but he learns so fast. I think he is the type that will only get better and adapt to playoff hockey. He keeps proving everyone wrong including myself. Took me a while to fully buy into the hype but he's the real deal. Big time player and remember not even 50gp yet.

He will be a playoff terrorist one day mark my words

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Not at all and like I said before he is having a fine season, but he is the type of guy who is going to have problems in the playoffs and honestly my biggest beef is with the wild and small number of Hab fans, such as yourself that go overboard on everything Habs.

Given how much internet "ink" has been propagated by this group of Hab fans on their recent prospects/young guys, one would be surprised to find you that not only have they not made the playoffs in a while but they haven't won the SC yet.

But like I said it's a small subset and I think many Hab fans are embarrassed by their overt homerism.

All one has to do is to go to any potential Habs player being traded adn how much Hab fans value literally everyone exponetially...it just doesn't add up.

First it was that he would struggle in the nhl
...now he will struggle in the playoffs? Based on what? We haven't seen him in the playoffs yet. Next I bet it'll be something like "he will struggle in the SCF in game 7 on the pk"

Once the goalposts move enough , you know the guy is for real

 

[tiburon12]

Hutson will win the calder but even if he doesn't, I wont be disappointed cause he'
s an outstanding defenseman and will help the habs incredibly going fwd.

Can we generalize this and pin it to the top of every page since this award is meaningless?

[Rookie on my team] will win the calder but even if he doesn't, I wont be disappointed cause he's an outstanding [position] and will help the [team] incredibly going fwd.

 

[Star Platinum]

Yeah...like I mean come on!! he should be getting 3 to 4 points a night and add in a goal in there too if he wants to win the Calder/ He needs to be Bobby oresque!!

According to this thread, the problem with Bobby Orr is that he wasn't Lane Hutson-esque

 

[Jabba11]

Can we generalize this and pin it to the top of every page since this award is meaningless?

[Rookie on my team] will win the calder but even if he doesn't, I wont be disappointed cause he's an outstanding [position] and will help the [team] incredibly going fwd.

I don’t even want him to win it. Look at Steve Mason. Winning it and career went downhill from there

 

[wetcoast]

You're trying way too hard

It's a discussion board and I reply to a variety of topics on there and by far the responses are exponentially greater here in this thread than anywhere else, like I said certain Hab fans.....

 

[wetcoast]

your logic isn’t wrong and usually right. It’s just annoying hearing the constant shift starting with

“He won’t be able to handle the physicality/speed at the nhl level too small”

Then when he proves himself it becomes

“He won’t be able to handle himself against other teams top players/competion”

And then after that

“he will struggle with playoff hockey.

I’m a firm believer that there are exceptions to the rule and players as good as Hutson just figure it out. I hate to go there but I bet you’ve heard it before with Hughes. These players adapt and they don’t just figure it out. They thrive

Who said the above things, maybe a few people and I think going back in this thread and other threads is that people questioned his skating and transition to the NHL pretty much like every other smaller Dman without elite skating.

Sure he is elusive and has great edges and is sneaky but he doesn't have Makar or Quinn skating and those guys also had similar concerns.

It's ironic that the guy a couple of pages ago mentioning Hutson being the catalyst for the Habs improved PP didn't even bother to look at Laine when he came back and has been silent like many others.

Most of the pushback in this thread has been by Homers, both of Michkov and more lately Hutson and now we have a different pair at the top, let's see where the rest of the season leads to before getting over excited (this isn't directed towards you but we all know the people that have gone overboard here).