Eh this Calder watch was more fun when both Lane and Casey were duking it out for points as defenseman. Maybe there will be another good defenseman next year for Casey to battle for the Calder with.
Sometimes depth sucks.
Eh this Calder watch was more fun when both Lane and Casey were duking it out for points as defenseman. Maybe there will be another good defenseman next year for Casey to battle for the Calder with.
Sometimes depth sucks.
He has been doing good things defensively. He made some costly mistakes but he routinely battles on the boards, hits, blocks shots, does everything nobody expected him to do on top of generating some dangerous chances almost everytime he's out there.But he HASN'T been doing good things defensively.
We are praising him for not sucking as much as the others, despite having poor play himself (again, defensively).
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No dman on this team (except maybe Guhle considering the ridiculous minutes they make him play) should be praised for their defensive efforts.
Matheson plays tough minutes and is getting TRULY caved.
Guhle plays tough minutes, he isn't winning them but it's admirable and he looks good out there.
Everyone else is not playing tough minutes, and getting various levels of caved in defensively.
Pesce and Hamilton can't be moved and Kovacevic has managed to make him and Siegenthaler one the top top shutdown pairings in the league. Either Kovacevic will come back down to earth or one of them will get injured.Sometimes a player is good enough that you make room for him.
MTL generates shockingly few high danger chances with Lane Hutson on the ice.He has been doing good things defensively. He made some costly mistakes but he routinely battles on the boards, hits, blocks shots, does everything nobody expected him to do on top of generating some dangerous chances almost everytime he's out there.
Using advanced stats to judge his play in October of his rookie season is Pejorative Slured and disingenuous. It defeats the entire purpose of compiling those stats in the first place.
Thats because he is rarely on the ice when the first line is. He has way more minutes with the second line, who is really not working wel so far. So many times he makes a great play and the Josh Andersons of this world just don't see the incoming pass. As i told you so many damn times, you need to put advanced stats into context. If you actually watch his game (you clearly dont) you would notice that he generates quite a lot of offense while being solid defensively for a rookie. From what i see with my own eyes, Hutson is at very least the 3rd best defender for the habs atm and maybe even second best. Their defense sucks overall so that might not mean much.MTL generates shockingly few high danger chances with Lane Hutson on the ice.
Which results, advanced statistics with 11 games sample sizes? They mean absolutely nothing.MTL generates shockingly few high danger chances with Lane Hutson on the ice.
Pretending the results aren't there doesn't make them go away.
Montreal converts shockingly few high danger passes into high danger chances when Hutson is on the ice, and that's because he's usually out there with Dvorak, Anderson, Armia, Gallagher typesMTL generates shockingly few high danger chances with Lane Hutson on the ice.
Pretending the results aren't there doesn't make them go away.
So what’s this telling me, that arber alphabet and jayden struble are montreals best offensive defensemen?Also, MTL may give up more chances with him off the ice, but they actually generate shockingly FEW chances with him ON the ice. If you're gonna use relative to teammates to praise his defense, better be shitting on his offense at the same time
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4Montreal converts shockingly few high danger passes into high danger chances when Hutson is on the ice, and that's because he's usually out there with Dvorak, Anderson, Armia, Gallagher types
3rd best defender on the worst defensive team in the league by far is not something to be proud ofThats because he is rarely on the ice when the first line is. He has way more minutes with the second line, who is really not working wel so far. So many times he makes a great play and the Josh Andersons of this world just don't see the incoming pass. As i told you so many damn times, you need to put advanced stats into context. If you actually watch his game (you clearly dont) you would notice that he generates quite a lot of offense while being solid defensively for a rookie. From what i see with my own eyes, Hutson is at very least the 3rd best defender for the habs atm and maybe even second best. Their defense sucks overall so that might not mean much.
They play a high event brand of hockey yes. Truly atrocious defensively tho, which makes sense why in comparison it has made a number of people think Hutson has not been bad defensively.So what’s this telling me, that arber alphabet and jayden struble are montreals best offensive defensemen?
So you’re going with that? Struble is Montreals best offensive defenseman?They play a high event brand of hockey yes. Truly atrocious defensively tho, which makes sense why in comparison it has made a number of people think Hutson has not been bad defensively.
When your frame of reference is dogshit defensive play for the 4th straight year now I can understand how perception can be thrown off
That was not my claim at all.So you’re going with that? Struble is Montreals best offensive defenseman?
Matheson has a similar situation to Hutson (especially on the PP for matheson), where he is heavily involved in a not very effective attack.So you’re going with that? Struble is Montreals best offensive defenseman?
He creates more offence than matheson according to those numbers