Lane Hutson Burgeoning Star Watch

[TheKrebsCycle]

Hughes was 19 years, 11 months, 17 days old on Oct 1 of his rookie season.

Hutson was 20 years, 8 months old on Oct 1 of his rookie season.

Total non factor. Separated by about 250 days.

So essentially a year like the poster said ?

Goal are worth 2 points now?
Assisted goals could have been done unassisted?

He’s saying they are valued more , not sure why you’re being obtuse .

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Hutson has been amazing this year, Montreal's best defenseman and probably their 2nd or 3rd best player.

That being said, Celebrini and Michkov are having better years so far.

Unfortunately you can have as good a shift as you want (and that is pretty much as good a shift as someone can possibly have), but if you're playing with Dvorak, Gallagher, and Anderson you can't make them grow a set of hands by osmosis.

Nothing to be ashamed about being behind Celibrini and Michkov as a dman around their age

 

[dgibb10]

I wasn't the one that made the claim in this thread that a goal is worth more than an assist. Nevermind a secondary assist. They were speaking about primary assists as well. I was simply point out that talking in absolutes is laughable. I can think of numerous situations where an assist was more valuable than the goal having actually played hockey and received said passes.

All I see are weak attempts to discredit a rookie D that has 14 more points more than the second highest rookie D.

The "rookie" d crop this year is dogshit I'm sorry.

All the big dogs from 2022 or earlier have already used their eligibility (except Nikishin who will come over next year) the 2023 D class wasn't good, and 18 year old NHL dmen aren't really a thing.

Like cmon man

 

[kp61c]

kirby dach was hyped as a first line center only a couple years ago. now they have another star on their hands. such a lucky fanbase.

 

[danisonfire]

The "rookie" d crop this year is dogshit I'm sorry.

All the big dogs from 2022 or earlier have already used their eligibility (except Nikishin who will come over next year) the 2023 D class wasn't good, and 18 year old NHL dmen aren't really a thing.

Like cmon man
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Which still leaves him tied for second in rookie points for all skaters. He is the exception to the rest of the D from this draft. He is amongst the highest producers in the entire class at any position and the only D that is near the top of the rookie points list. Some would say he is a burgeoning star.

 

[winnipegger]

He's very good. Time will tell how great he is. Very smooth skater and great vision.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

kirby dach was hyped as a first line center only a couple years ago. now they have another star on their hands. such a lucky fanbase.

So because we have some absolutely cringe idiot homer fans all of us must be like that nice

 

[Bouboumaster]

He’s saying they are valued more , not sure why you’re being obtuse .

And they are valued more for what reasons exactly?

Because you wrongly think that goals are better than points, I'm the one being obtuses?

 

[dgibb10]

Which still leaves him tied for second in rookie points for all skaters. He is the except to the rest of the D.

Yes, he has been good, especially since november started and especially as a PPQB.

But "14 points more than other rookie dman" is disingenious at best as an argument, and speaks more to the weakness of the class rather than anything about hutson. Heck, Seamus casey played 8 games for 9 minutes a night and still leads all rookie dmen in goals.

Would Hutson be a worse player if Edvinsson and Clark played 5 games instead of 9 in 2022-23, making them Calder eligible this year and making Hutson the 3rd best rookie D instead of the best? No.

If the dmen you want to compare Hutson to are Jack St Ivany, isiah George, Nolan Allen, Marc Del Gaizo, and Emil Andrae (the other rookie Dmen with even half of hutson's ice time) be my guest. But that isn't the kind of discussions you want to put hutson in, and we both know that.

And they are valued more for what reasons exactly?

Because you wrongly think that goals are better than points, I'm the one being obtuses?

I can't wait to see if this same logic applies when it comes to Cole Caufield.

 

[danisonfire]

Yes, he has been good, especially since november started and especially as a PPQB.

But "14 points more than other rookie dman" is disingenious at best as an argument, and speaks more to the weakness of the class rather than anything about hutson. Heck, Seamus casey played 8 games for 9 minutes a night and still leads all rookie dmen in goals.

Would Hutson be a worse player if Edvinsson and Clark played 5 games instead of 9 in 2022-23, making them Calder eligible this year and making Hutson the 3rd best rookie D instead of the best? No.

If the dmen you want to compare Hutson to are Jack St Ivany, isiah George, Nolan Allen, Marc Del Gaizo, and Emil Andrae (the other rookie Dmen with even half of hutson's ice time) be my guest. But that isn't the kind of discussions you want to put hutson in, and we both know that.




I can't wait to see if this same logic applies when it comes to Cole Caufield.

He is tied for second from all rookie skaters. Third if you want to put Celebrini ahead even though they are tied in production. The bold is laughable with that context.

He is the only rookie D racking up points as people try to nit pick things to dismiss it. He is clearly doing something right as he is 15th in the entire NHL for primary assists from a D. He is also shooting 0% and will not continue shooting 0% forever. When those start to bounce in, his totals will increase. He is already tied for second out of all skaters while having 0% shooting luck.

As for Cole Caufield (how did we get here), one point is one point. A great example of why Caufield isn't one of the best overall players. Suzuki is far better as he makes everyone around him better.

 

[dgibb10]

He is tied for second from all rookie skaters. third if you want to put Celebrini ahead. The bold is laughable with that context. The point is he is the only d racking up points as people try to nit pick things. He is clearly doing something right as he is 15th in the entire NHL for primary assists. He is also shooting 0% and will not continue shooting 0% forever, so when those start to bounce in his totals will increase.

As for Cole Caufield (how did we get here), one point is one point. A great example of why Caufield isn't one of the best overall players.

THEN MAKE THAT POINT "He is tied for second from all rookie skaters. third if you want to put Celebrini ahead. " THAT is impressive.

Not being 14 points ahead of a bunch of depth dmen who aren't even that highly regarded as prospects, and the closest one has 370 minutes to Hutsons 660.

 

[danisonfire]

THEN MAKE THAT POINT "He is tied for second from all rookie skaters. third if you want to put Celebrini ahead. " THAT is impressive.

Not being 14 points ahead of a bunch of depth dmen who aren't even that highly regarded as prospects, and the closest one has 370 minutes to Hutsons 660. View attachment 944847

I have made both arguments numerous times. You are spinning in circles trying to defend another persons comment that an assist is worth less than a goal.

I am sorry you got mad at my examples of the many cases where that is not true at all and had to make a personal list of all of Hutson's secondary assists and your opinion on them individually. I still see a bunch of haters trying to discredit a really good rookie player. It isn't easy to get 19 points as a rookie D in less than 30 games regardless of what most of you think.

 

[dgibb10]

I have made both arguments numerous times. You are spinning in circles trying to defend another persons comment that and assist is worth less than a goal. I am sorry you got mad at my examples of the many cases where that is not true at all and had to make a personal list of all of Hutson's secondary assists and your opinion on them individually.

Lmao.

Yes, 1 of your arguments was valid.

The one about the other rookie dmen was disingenious and weak.

The first one being fair doesn't make the other any less bad.

In regards to assists vs goals, you tried to make it seem like all of hutson's assists were like that (again, disingenious), by pointing out the rare outlier cases where a secondary assist is more impressive than a goal.

The argument isn't that EVERY goal is more impressive than every assist.

It is that, on average, it is more impressive to score a goal than get a assist.

And so 10 goals and 9 assists is more impressive than 19 assists.

And for your sake, I went through Hutsons assists to see if they were consistently ridiculous plays worth more than the goal. they weren't.

 

[Joe n]

Goal are worth 2 points now?
Assisted goals could have been done unassisted?

You said all goals are assisted. Not true. Some goals are scored without an assist.

 

[amnesiac]

kirby dach was hyped as a first line center only a couple years ago. now they have another star on their hands. such a lucky fanbase.

a couple years ago he was playing well on Suzuki's wing, no one said he was going to supplant him as the 1C. He was always assumed to be the future 2C... Having ACL and MCL surgery and missing a full season has obviously slowed him this year.

And assuming youre being sarcastic about Hutson.... have you even watched him this season? at all? or just another Hab hater?

 

[Fatass]

Imo a star player is often defined by being a must watch. Hutson definitely a must watch.

 

[Bouboumaster]

I can't wait to see if this same logic applies when it comes to Cole Caufield.

What about Caufield?

You said all goals are assisted. Not true. Some goals are scored without an assist.

Ok cool. Thinking that goals is > assist is still just dumb

 

[dgibb10]

What about Caufield?



Ok cool. Thinking that goals is > assist is still just dumb

About how you wouldn't apply that same logic when it comes to cole caufield compared to other wingers.

I have a bit of a hunch all of a sudden in those debates, goals would matter a lot more than assists to you