Marty has a soft spot for little guys coming into the show, and he has the green light to dangle because this is the way he's played his entire career. He was never really a system player or reliable in his own zone. He's letting the kid do what he is good at. Maybe it'll work out? What else can Marty do?
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You have to take the good with the bad with a guy like this. Try to develop him to limit the bad without taking away the good.
If you're going to neuter him offensively and leave him in the AHL to work on boxing guys out you might as well not draft him.
He's not producing in those last games because he's snakebitten. 2 post and multiple high danger chance.Msl use him 24/25 min a night for a reason...... showing one sequence in a blowout game doesn't tell the whole picture. In fact, the kid was a beast defensively again Stl and Philly
MoneyManny
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So you see Hutson clowning grown men in the NHL like they were children over and over again and your deduction is that he needs to handle the puck LESS?
Watching that play. There were 4 Habs below the faceoff Dot. No one covered for Hutson when he went down low. It’s a 4-0 game so structure appeared out the door with the players on the ice.
That’s bad. Either it’s poor coaching or the players said screw structure for the remaining 50 minutes once they were down 4-0.
MrNasty
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So people are searching for bad plays to post on here? The kid is already playing top minutes as a 20 year old. Pretty much unheard of as a defenseman.
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There is never any structure lol coaching is non existent right now in Montreal
Some interesting things to note statistically:
-Through 10 games, Hutson has the lowest 5v5 expected goals allowed per 60 of any defenseman on Montreal.
-His expected goals for per 60 is also actually relatively low compared to the rest of Montreal's team
Thus far, it certainly seems like neither those who expected him to crumple defensively, or come in and immediately dominate offensively were correct.
-Through 10 games, Hutson has the lowest 5v5 expected goals allowed per 60 of any defenseman on Montreal.
-His expected goals for per 60 is also actually relatively low compared to the rest of Montreal's team
Thus far, it certainly seems like neither those who expected him to crumple defensively, or come in and immediately dominate offensively were correct.
Also related: The guy who's really struggled defensively and just got sent down for it is the 6 foot 3 Mailloux
There needs to be a sign to tap somewhere that just says "Size =/= defensive ability"
There needs to be a sign to tap somewhere that just says "Size =/= defensive ability"
Sting
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He has zero goals. 5 assists. -5. I get the guy is 20 but part of the learning process is probably going to be learning to pick your spots. Pretending you're a forward and not getting back to cover odd-man rushes is not a great way to win hockey games. Check out Karlsson videos pre-Cook slice. Any time he tried that stuff he was the first guy back.
Peasy
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Montreal desperately needs a legit NHL coach. These kids are just going to develop bad habits that will be much more difficult to remove further down the line.
JianYang
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The Habs are prioritizing to just let the kids play and take the bumps with the 2 points not being the primary concern.
This is in contrast to pretty much any other era in their history where structure was key and 2 points were the primary goal where mistakes by a youngster would get you glued to the bench.
The extent of youth and inexperience that the Habs have gone with in the last couple years is unprecedented, I think. It will be interesting over the long run to see how the experiment pans out.
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NyQuil
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You guys trashed Karlsson every season.
Now it’s Hutson in the Super NHL.
The irony is *chef’s kiss*
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So now you too are comparing him to Karlsson, nice
plus his teammates probably don't like him
Karlsson was my favourite dman for years. I'm sure I'm not the only Habs fan that felt that way.
I honestly dont get this Ottawa-Montreal fan thing. Maybe you have to live out east to understand.
hamzarocks
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He is built to be the D-man that you acquire a better player than and win a cup.
Perfect #2D if you can acquire a two-way big and physical D-man to play the tough defensive matchups
His defense will never be good but his offense in current scoring league should be 65-75 pt good.
Perfect #2D if you can acquire a two-way big and physical D-man to play the tough defensive matchups
His defense will never be good but his offense in current scoring league should be 65-75 pt good.
NyQuil
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They are both offensive defencemen. It's not that difficult to fathom.
He'll get a lot of rope right now because the team isn't exactly trying too hard to make the playoffs.
He's played a handful of games. It's a bit premature don't you think to write him off?
Plenty of offensive defencemen have won Cups. Plenty of them went on to become more well-rounded, particularly as they gain years and years of experience.
By the time Sergei Gonchar (a one-dimensional guy) played with us, he was a terrific two-way defenceman. He was the MVP of the team the year they lost Spezza, Karlsson and Anderson to injury and the Pesky Sens made the playoffs anyway.
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hamzarocks
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Its not writing him off
His playstyle and physical build is similar to a Morgan Rielly, Torey Krug type player.
Both guys are/were great #2Ds for playoff teams.
Hutson has great offensive instincts and tools.
His biggest issue is his body/physical traits. He is 5'9 and ~160-165
Other elite (HHOF) d-man who were more offensively inclined like letang or Karlsson were both 6'0 and 185-195 lbs.
Big size difference which allowed them to play more top end minutes and absorbd hard forechecks.
Hutson could end up being an outlier and his size may not end of mattering, but it is a disadvantage currently that poses questions on his LT max potential
I think Hughes is running too many inexperienced Dmen going into this season.
So, will see if and or how many of these young Dmen actually develop in this environment. And how well they do develop.
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Grate n Colorful Oz
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David Savard has double Hutson's minus stat, even though Hutson is used far more at ES.
