Lane Hutson Burgeoning Star Watch

[windycity]

That would be an 18.5% on ice shooting%.

No dman has even surpassed 15% since at least 2007.

Those wouldn't be all goals, in fact we're mostly talking about his passing and the lanes/room he opens up with his skating/stickhandling. He's put several passes into the slot the past few weeks that should have been converted

 

[dgibb10]

Lol. If you watched them play you would know that's completly bullshit.

Pre november the team outside of hutson on the ice was at 41.5%, he was at 38%. Since then it's 48.3% for the team, and 52.1% for hutson.


And honestly, that october team number is TANKED by Logan Mailloux who hasn't played since then. Take out Mailloux's disaster minutes and we're looking at the rest of the team being at 46.7% in october, compared to 48.3% since then.

Those wouldn't be all goals, in fact we're mostly talking about his passing and the lanes/room he opens up with his skating/stickhandling. He's put several passes into the slot the past few weeks that should have been converted

Yes that is why I said "on ice shooting%"

 

[windycity]

Pre november the team outside of hutson on the ice was at 41.5%, he was at 38%. Since then it's 48.3% for the team, and 52.1% for hutson.


And honestly, that october team number is TANKED by Logan Mailloux who hasn't played since then. Take out Mailloux's disaster minutes and we're looking at the rest of the team being at 46.7% in october, compared to 48.3% since then.


Yes that is why I said "on ice shooting%"

If he'd been on PP1 from the start of the season, he'd have a few more points. Also if some of the Habs wingers weren't donkeys. It's a nice "problem" to have

 

[dgibb10]

If he'd been on PP1 from the start of the season, he'd have a few more points. Also if some of the Habs wingers weren't donkeys

He is 22nd in PP ice time among dmen (and MTL's PP runs in a way that is built to get their dman points, since virtually every touch runs through the dman).

 

[Frank Drebin]

Thanks for that.

Why is there a notion that Hutson is a bad skater? and more importantly that it still stick now that we have a decent sample size against NHL competition?
His back skating is not the best but all other part of his skating is elite.

Dumb people thinking they’re smart mostly

 

[ole ole]

No comparison. Just saying that Hutson is having a fantastic rookie season and no one can deny that , well no one that knows hockey.

 

[CaptnNemo]

Those wouldn't be all goals, in fact we're mostly talking about his passing and the lanes/room he opens up with his skating/stickhandling. He's put several passes into the slot the past few weeks that should have been converted

Exactly! I'm not staying all should of been converted but I can surely find at least 10 which 90% of the time it should of been a goal but our players just fan or the goalie made an improbable save.

I wish I could make a compilation of all his high quality setups since game 1 and make a poll just to see how many goals it should of been and see what folks think about them.

 

[dgibb10]

Exactly! I'm not staying all should of been converted but I can surely find at least 10 which 90% of the time it should of been a goal but our players just fan or the goalie made an improbable save.

I wish I could make a compilation of all his high quality setups since game 1 and make a poll just to see how many goals it should of been and see what folks think about them.

You can do this with literally any player.

You can also go the other way and find a bunch where it should have been a save but wasn't.

 

[CaptnNemo]

You can do this with literally any player.

You can also go the other way and find a bunch where it should have been a save but wasn't

Fair point I'll give you that!

Still I think he should have more just because he creates so much / game.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

The scary part is his competitiveness and iQ are so high , who knows how much better defensively he can get , he's already made some pretty big strides in 42 NHL games...and he's so young..

 

[Stive Morgan]

Dumb people thinking they’re smart mostly

HFBoards main boards is basically the paragon of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

 

[Andrei79]

No matter if you think he's a better skater or not, Hutson is just as quick and can change direction and turn around just as quick, which is all that matters.

Hey that's photoshopped!

I posted his numbers in his thread in the Habs board without even knowing they had been posted here. My theory is we all saw just how fast he looked this weekend and a bunch of us went to compare his speed with Hughes. It's pretty incredible how he'd improved his skating speed. It makes me think he can do the same with his shot.

 

[Kennedys]

HFBoards main boards is basically the paragon of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

I've to admit i had to google this

 

[Wateredgarden]

He's headfaking hockey history.

 

[John Mandalorian]

He’s worthy of the hype and other fanbases want to see him fail regardless

Some people earlier this year were saying he wouldn’t crack any other teams roster lmfao

Veterans sometimes ease into the season. In the 2nd half of the year, the intensity and physicality starts to pick up. It could be something like what happened that ended Bedards season or he could be outright targeted. He might handle this scenario fine. But there’s nothing wrong with wait and see here. Yes he shows promise. But let’s see how he does if he’s hit a few times.

 

[InsideLaine]

He is way too small to get hit. Many have tried to hit him and its like he just disappears from their vision and from their reach right before the tackle.

Most people get easier to see and hit the closer you get to them. Hutson is the opposite: the closer you get the less you see of him. It could be the effect of the head fakes, or the body fakes, or stick fakes, or even his newest puck fakes.

He hasnt started his eye fakes yet on the NHL level, but when he does he will become basically impossible to hit or catch or follow or see.

 

[dmac7719]

Hopefully with how good he has been playing, he starts playing more against the other teams best players. I know I want my teams best players to go against the other teams best players, cause the best way to shut down those players is to just outplay them.

Hughes & Makar's rookie season for reference:

Spoiler

 

[InsideLaine]

Hopefully with how good he has been playing, he starts playing more against the other teams best players. I know I want my teams best players to go against the other teams best players, cause the best way to shut down those players is to just outplay them.

Hughes & Makar's rookie season for reference:

Spoiler

Thats one way to do it, but at the same time.. how often do you see something like lions and tigers take on each other? Or hippos and crocodiles? Not often.

Thats the thing, guys like Hutson and Makar and Hughes are VULTURES! They should be given a chance to feast on their opponents, not to be put against the fattest and meanest pack leaders. You only learn how to effectively dismantle an atom bomb when you start by dismantling fire crackers.

If there are juicy points available behind a light wooden fence, theres no need to try to hack down the Berlin wall. Also some bullets are used in sniper guns, some in close combat shotguns. You pick the right tool for the right job. Opening a can of tuna with a needle can be a fun challenge but its much more beneficial to thread the needle.

Lane never says no to a challenge. But he is smart enough to not try to overcome Mt. Everest before climbing the hill next door. Also there is no need to give the opponents' absolute top guns extra learning chances on Laney. Save the aces for the late rounds of playoffs.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Hopefully with how good he has been playing, he starts playing more against the other teams best players. I know I want my teams best players to go against the other teams best players, cause the best way to shut down those players is to just outplay them.

Hughes & Makar's rookie season for reference:

Spoiler

I have no idea what this means

 

[viceroy]

Hopefully with how good he has been playing, he starts playing more against the other teams best players. I know I want my teams best players to go against the other teams best players, cause the best way to shut down those players is to just outplay them.

Hughes & Makar's rookie season for reference:

Spoiler

I hears ya. So what you're saying is Hutson's way better than Hughes and Makar, right? I mean those purple wings prove that right?

 

[Legend123]

The greatest headfaker of all time!

 

[InsideLaine]

I have no idea what this means

It means that he is showing with some visuals how Lane is not getting as tough matchups as Makar and Hughes were getting on their rookie seasons. Basically he is saying that the stats of Lane are not directly comparable to Makar's and Hughes' rookie seasons, as those two faced more of the "best players" than what Lane is facing.

Its in a way a clouding some of the success of Lane with a "ye he is good but it might be just the weakness of his opponents". At the same time the poster is suggesting to rush the development of Lane. Throw him to the wolves is his message. And he hopes the wolves will finish Lane off. Believe me, these are no pet wolves that the poster is suggesting Lane to meet.

Sure "you shut down the best players with your best players", he is not wrong in a sense, but imo it would be idiotic to put Lane in that spot and position at this point.

Let me know if you need more translations of such posts. I know those posts all too well.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

It means that he is showing with some visuals how Lane is not getting as tough matchups ad Makar and Hughes were getting on their rookie seasons. Basically he is saying that the stats of Lane are not directly comparable to Makar's and Hughes' rookie seasons, as those two faced more of the "best players" than what Lane is facing.

Its in a way a clouding some of the success of Lane with a "ye he is good but it might be just the weakness of his opponents". At the same time the poster is suggesting to rush the development of Lane. Throw him to the wolves is his message. And he hopes the wolves will finish Lane off. Believe me, these are no pet wolves that the poster is suggesting Lane to meet.

Sure "you shut down the best players with your best players", he is not wrong in a sense, but imo it would be idiotic to put Lane in that spot and position at this point.

Let me know if you need more translations of such posts. I know those posts all too well.

The difference isn't big, but it's somewhat disingenuous, as Hutson's opposition has toughened in the course of the last 20 games vs the first 20 games. What will the sample look like at game 60? What does the sample look like if you count only his last 20 games? Every great rookie will get that transition period, cuz none of them start off getting top opp right off the bat.

Another thing to consider is the teammate side. Hutson's 1-2-3-4-5 is not as strong as Vancouver was, and leagues apart with Colorado's. The teammate side looks the same, but in reality are not.

Hutson scored a goal on Hughes, literally, the other night, so that should tell you how he's dealing with tougher oppo.

 

[japhi27returns]

He is never going to play the other teams best players, and thats ok. He isn’t built for it, and we have Guhle and Savard today, and Reinbacher in the future. That role is more than covered.

Folks get too caught up in designating players 1D, or top 6, or whatever. Whether fans consider him a true 1D is neither here nor there, he is going to play 24 mins a game, create a ton of offense and pile up points. Let someone else clear the net, and block shots with their face.

 

[Voight]

Hutson won't be better than Hughes but he will be better than Makar