Player Discussion Lane Hutson Part 2

[bsl]

His old school ways would not work with half the players under 23. He's slowly getting closer to 70.

Ageism much?

 

[LaP]

Ageism much?

Do you think someone 66 is as good as he was when he was 30-40? I'm close to 50 and i can already tell you no he is not.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

If a player carries the puck a lot and is one who generates offense he will tend to have a lot of give aways compared to a low offense low risk player as a generality


Waiting for camp to see what his and Koivu's are.

Prime Karlsson and Subban both come to
Mind on this. Easy to point fingers when it happened but no one minds when they pull you out of your seat.

I don’t meant to suggest you were saying he’d be Shea Weber. Im simply saying that no matter how much seasoning he gets in the minors, he will always have limitations due to his size. It’s just a fact that we’re going to have to deal with and no amount of AHL hockey will change it.

He’ll be brilliant offensively and strong on transition. I’m okay with that trade off.

If gets paired with DR for example, he’ll have that steady reliable partner who covers enormous amounts of ice to let him create offence

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

His old school ways would not work with half the players under 23. He's slowly getting closer to 70.

Well,

We’re slowly getting closer to 70 so…

(I just try not to think about it)

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I came back to read about Hutson and all I got was thighs

 

[ahmedou]

Kaiden & Lane

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Kaiden & Lane

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That may be two for holding. Unless it’s the playoffs haha

 

[Habs Halifax]

He's got a lot to prove as a smaller D man and I have confidence he is up for the challenge. His hockey IQ is top notch and his skating/puck handeling is very elusive or deceptive. Once he knows he has a step on a defender, it's go time and not many will catch him without drawing a penalty.

Two areas that might hold him back but not something to dwell on too much this early. His lack of size for a D man (board play and in front of the net) and also his shot. His shot could use lots of improvement.

Aside from his shot and lack of size... the rest is all elite level. Lots of people talking about Hutson outside of Habs land and that should indicate something. Many will be paying attention to his 1st pro season.

 

[knuck]

So excited to see him play. There was a clip of him going around last year where he just smokes Barron and a couple of others in practice. I watched it about 100 times lol. I just can't picture this kid not succeeding, he's too skilled and too smart not too.

do you have a link to that clip?

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

do you have a link to that clip?

I suspect it may have been this….https://youtube.com/shorts/TT1JkW6nEnY?si=zXE-7rXo3xSUYz4J

 

[Sterling Archer]

Kaiden & Lane

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Penalty, Montreal, no. 21. 2 minutes for broing too hard...

 

[neopreneur]

Kaiden & Lane

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"Penalty to Montreal number 21; 2 minutes for rear naked choking" - Wes McCauley

 

[malcb33]

Penalty, Montreal, no. 21. 2 minutes for broing too hard...

Man referee’s are taking too far these days. Going to Toronto to see inside Kaden’s pants…lol

 

[knuck]

I suspect it may have been this….https://youtube.com/shorts/TT1JkW6nEnY?si=zXE-7rXo3xSUYz4J

thanks

too bad we're in 2024 and people still film f***ing vertically. I had to imagine 90% of what happened on the ice because I couldn't see anything

 

[Hins77]

If it doesnt in Montreal, I would be shocked. This guy is going to be already a stud. Just the way he skates, anticipation, hockey IQ. He Sees Passing lane. Wow

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Ageism much?

 

[Redux91]

I can't believe it turned out this way that for Lane, of all the NHL teams and coaches he could of ended up playing for in his life

He goes to the ONE place where the Coach is a former NHL Hall of Famer who was told 'you are too small for the NHL' all his life

It is crazy to me this fortunately happened for Lane lol
(I guess Caufield too really)

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Its a bit of an interesting situation , on one hand Lane could certainly learn a few things in Laval and improve his own personal game, on the other hand he is exactly the type of player that would help Caufield Suzuki Slaf Laine Dach in the offensive zone , even at his current stage.

You can tell by his character and just his first few games manning the point that this kid is not going to get sent down if he starts with the team. He will mesh way too well with the forward core in my opinion.

Obviously they will decide whats best for him and I'll support it since management seems to look like they know what they are doing

 

[Tyson]

Based on how he has played since his draft year it is difficult to comprehend how 61 players were picked before him.

 

[morhilane]

Based on how he has played since his draft year it is difficult to comprehend how 61 players were picked before him.

The habs were sure he was going to go higher and tried to trade up to get him.

But smoll, below average skating speed for his size in his D0 and his style is unproven at the NHL level.

 

[Tyson]

The habs were sure he was going to go higher and tried to trade up to get him.

But smoll, below average skating speed for his size in his D0 and his style is unproven at the NHL level.

Yeah I keep hearing about his below average skating but I haven't seen anything that resembles below average...

 

[Sorinth]

Its a bit of an interesting situation , on one hand Lane could certainly learn a few things in Laval and improve his own personal game, on the other hand he is exactly the type of player that would help Caufield Suzuki Slaf Laine Dach in the offensive zone , even at his current stage.

You can tell by his character and just his first few games manning the point that this kid is not going to get sent down if he starts with the team. He will mesh way too well with the forward core in my opinion.

Obviously they will decide whats best for him and I'll support it since management seems to look like they know what they are doing

Without question he still has a lot of things he needs to improve on so the big question is whether he can improve and develop those aspects of his game at the NHL level or not. He's going to make mistakes, and sometimes they will be costly, so it's about whether he can keep his confidence up and learn the right lessons. If his mistakes cause him to play defensive hockey where he just tries to keep things simple and doesn't push the offence then he should get sent down, but if he can make those mistakes and learn why in that instance it was the wrong time/gamble to make but still continues to push the offence then the NHL is probably the best place for him.

Yeah I keep hearing about his below average skating but I haven't seen anything that resembles below average...

His straight line speed wasn't very good, especially compared to the prototypical small player who is a speedster. But he's always had great edges and shiftiness in his skating so it's more a question of how you grade skating, is it the top speed, is it the acceleration, is it how much speed you maintain while changing direction, etc...

 

[WeThreeKings]

Yeah I keep hearing about his below average skating but I haven't seen anything that resembles below average...

That's because every game of Hutson is being run through an AI corrective software designed to trick you.

 

[morhilane]

That's because every game of Hutson is being run through an AI corrective software designed to trick you.

Are we at the point where people realize they are in the matrix yet?

 

[overlords]

That's because every game of Hutson is being run through an AI corrective software designed to trick you.

Are we at the point where people realize they are in the matrix yet?

A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the matrix. It happens when they change Lane Hutson's quads.