playing 20 mins a night as a 20 Y.O and has 25 points in 31 NHL games to start his career...
yeah let's send him down
Lane Hutson Burgeoning Star Watch
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yeah let's send him down
It would be like healthy scratching Michkov. Only an idiot would do it.
SannywithoutCompy
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Why would we not send our best defenseman to the AHL to get targeted by goons?
On a board that’s filled with dumb takes, that is the dumbest of dumb takes
Whatever you say Torts.
Listen, I'll have about 15 dumber takes by noon tomorrow.
Sorry not you, the dude who wants to send Hutson down. Apologies for confusion.
He should be sent down ASAP as he’s on pace to tie the NHL record for rookie assists by a Dman
Brownies
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I really don't understand how anyone can watch a rookie play like that and have anything negative to say. We've had so little real offensive talent to watch in Montreal for sooooo long, it's so fun to have a guy actually able to keep the puck for a while and dangle a bit.
It would help a lot if we had a Good defensive RHD Vet playing for us.
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JeffreyLFC
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What exactly will he learn by playing inferior competition? He is already one of the top offensive defenseman in the NHL as a 20 years old. The whole team is playing bad defensively. Maybe the whole team should be send down to the AHL? His developing path is simple, play your game and figure out on the go what you can do and cannot do in the NHL. He is a smart kid and we are already seeing improvement in his defensive game. The AHL argument is such a weak one, what if he start having bad habits because he is too good.
The only argument about the AHL is if he was an obvious liability on a competitive team and having a hard time to provide offense. This is clearly not the case.
Hins77
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Lane Hutson isnt that bad defensively. Like Stephane Robidas said, the comparison : "he is not the biggest, but he is like a Dog trying to get his bones back when. He loses the puck battle."
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The more he keeps this up the healthier this thread will be. The trolls are running back to their caves. Makes room for more productive discussion
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Pure Laine Hutson
He has 14 points in his last 12 games, while being -1 (he's actually even if you remove empty net ES), playing the most minutes on the team, whether total TOI or ESTOI, despite having defensively challenged Matheson as a regular partner.
He's a rookie, so naturally, not every game will be perfect.
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Given his productivity on PP, his -1 is to totally irrelevant.
Grate n Colorful Oz
Pure Laine Hutson
It was simply to contrast pavel dog's assertion that Hutson has defensive shortcomings.
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That's because he's a Habs player
Nothing else
People know they just don't want to admit
JT3
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Must hurt to see Hutson be as talented as anything the Wings drafted during their rebuild while he was taken in the second round huh
Now caught up to the top 10 defensemen in the league based on points while playing on a mostly bad team in his rookie year, but you know he should play in the AHL. 
At this point, I would take Hutson over most young Ds in the league. So much potential and a natural talent. Haters will go on hating.
At this point, I would take Hutson over most young Ds in the league. So much potential and a natural talent. Haters will go on hating.
