Captain97
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Are you talking about Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, or Lane Hutson?
We have a few now.
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Are you talking about Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, or Lane Hutson?
We have a few now.
Boston game was at the very beginning of the year as well when the Habs were a tire fire
The Gr8 Dane
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I love how Lane Hutson is the only Dman in the NHL to ever get blown out , you'd think the league would be full of 2-1 and 1-0 games the way these haters talk about defence in the league , just shows they have a narrative , as if these other dmen are absolute shut down guys night in night out and singlehandedly prevent their teams from being blown out when their team dosen't play well lool turn on any hockey game and you will see errors from every single dman in the league on goals against
I guess Makar Hughes Hedman have never been blown out in their lives correct? I wonder if people actually watch hockey because you can turn on any hockey game and see most dmen in the league get completely coned. Lane plays better D than the vast majority of NHL dmen in the league.
Jabba11
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Lane is from Holland, Michigan. Not Boston.
Kent Hughes is from Beaconsfield, not Boston.
Jeff Gorton is the kid from Boston. He's talking about Jeff for sure.
Realgud
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You mean rookie Gostisbehere when he had 17 goals in 64 games? Hutson with more than half his assists being secondary certainly hasn't passed him for his career. Hutson will very likely end up being a superior player but Ghost easily had a better rookie season.
Sasha Orlov
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He had 46 points as a rookie LMFAO
I meant his career high of 64 points
This is one of the worst opinions I’ve seen in this thread so far, good job
Realgud
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46 points in 64 games with 17 goals >>>>> 59 points in 73 games with 5 goals and 29 secondary assists
You're just wrong
Going to let this continue but this is the last warning. Stop with the bickering and focus on the discussion. If you disagree with something, debate the post not the poster.
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Grate n Colorful Oz
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This season
Ghost
18 primary points in 64 games (0.28)
Hutson
28 primary points in 73 games (0.38)
Realgud
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Not sure why I would care about current Ghost? I was talking about his rookie season because that's what was being compared initially. Ghost had 31 primary points in 64 games (67% of his points) while Hutson has 27 (48% of his points). Point is, scoring 12 more goals in less games is very impressive. I guess y'all completely forgot how highly touted Ghost was after his rookie season or...?
Passes the eye test too, Hutson plays a very, very similar game. And like Ghost, gets worked over in his own zone. It’ll become even more obvious when the checking and play gets tighter in the playoffs if the Habs make it.
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There are literally two people on earth who agree with this and it’s you and HLH lmfao
Realgud
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Lmao, but we are like 5 people here having a discussion, no biggie
Realgud
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I think Hutson is more elusive than Ghost so ultimately he should be the better player and have a better career but I'm not sure why habs fans feel the need to disrespect rookie Ghost like that. He was outstanding.
I once again implore you to watch any game of Hutson's in the last month and a half. He literally turned a 7th D on Montreal into a guy putting up dominant results by virtue of playing with him on his off-side.
More elusive probably true, Ghost was quite elusive before his knee injury though. I think Hutson will be a better player but definitely a similar player. I don’t see a Quinn Hughes or Makar trajectory. Ghost with better edge work and a lesser shot is my guess moving forward.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Yes and Ghost was 2 years older (22 months to be precise) than Hutson when he had his rookie season.
Hutson is much more a play driver and the whole 'secondary assists' you all harp on is pointless as you would need to check every play to see which action was the more valuable. Play drivers will initiate or push the rush forward. It's not less valuable.
If you had any wits about you, you'd realize secondary assists ratio is a lot more telling for a forward than it is for a defenseman, especially when considering someone like Hutson who is so prolific at transition.
Theodore450
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Your not wrong with what your saying. But i think hutson is being sold short.
Hes the top D on the team and its not really close.
Ghost was never that guy in his rookie season
He wasn't that guy but not for lack of trying. It's just Philly felt the need to play guys like Streit and McDonald as their top pair, whereas Hutson was (rightfully) trusted with more ice time early on.
Gostisbehere was a hell of a player until injuries got him, but I do think Hutson will prove to be better.
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Wow I thought we were done with these ridiculous comparisons by now
Theodore450
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I do agree with you and my fear with hutson has always been the Ghost comp.
Hutson wasnt given the reigns, he forcefully stole it.
Matheson started as 1D and PP 1.
Hutson has higher compete and a better D game that will allow him to thrive .
hopefully anyways
Yeah, not saying that Hutson was GIVEN anything, just saying that he's been Montreal's 2nd most used defenceman (should be 1st, but we "need" Matheson to do a terrible job eating a ton of ice time) this year, whereas Gostisbehere was 4th his rookie year.
Realgud
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Makes that 17 goals a lot more impressive then...
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Hutson has the most minutes at 5v5, whether total or averaged. Matheson gets more total minutes because he's used on the PK.
MakoSlade
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Michkov is Michael Ryder. Hutson is Ghost. Thank goodness this is April Fool's Day or I would think people are going insane.
FYI, Dustin Wolf is Andrew Raycroft. We can tick off Calgary and Toronto fans in one fell swoop!
