Prospect Info: Lane Hutson Part 2

[salbutera]

What a player. He had a really good game last night. He's really good stick lifting and at poke checking with that long stick.

Hutson also blew his coverage on opening Minny goal - given Dvorak’s poor pass was the genesis of the Minny rush

 

[montreal]

 

[KevSkillz4]

He is a very special player.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

His play where he created a good chance for himself is all over.

Nothing against him, but where the f*** was the team ?

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Why is Dach waaaaaay the f*** over there ?

There's no one at the net.

Team doesn't get hockey 101 ?

Someone at the net and maybe the shortside is open.

I don't think they play for eachother or with their instincts at all , how Dach dosent go to the net there when Hutson is popping out is insane

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

So we'll have two green rookies on defense next year? Sounds like a great plan to me.

I still don't gett he whole let them cook and dominate in the AHL. First you don't learn much by dominating. If you domiate too much it can even be detrimental. That's what happens to many smallish skilled player in junior they dominate too much and nobody can touch them and then boom AHL they get hit and they are are struggling for the first time and some dont'recover from that.

If a player is not ready he's not ready you send him back like Kapanen. But there's absolutely 0 reason to send a player who is ready down and specially not if the reason is to let him cook and dominate. Ideally in a rebuild you want to bring young players in wave so you don't have too many green rookies at the same time in the lineup. There's a strong possiblity Mailloux is ready next year. He's dominating the AHL too much atm don't see what he could learn from it next season. He got to struggle at some point to learn.

Hutson so far has shown to be ready. Ideally we want him to get this year of NHL experience now and not next year. Hutson this year in 24-25. Mailloux next in 25-26. Reinbacher in 26-27. Some of them might flop but we have to try them to know.

AHL is to learn the schemas at a higher speed and gain confidence. Lane needs neither, no matter what the main board mouthbreathers have to say.

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His play where he created a good chance for himself is all over.

Nothing against him, but where the f*** was the team ?

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Why is Dach waaaaaay the f*** over there ?

There's no one at the net.

Team doesn't get hockey 101 ?

Someone at the net and maybe the shortside is open.

Puck watching.

Wild that we've got a Dman pinching in and the WIld have 5 players in the screen and the Habs have 3 lol.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Puck watching.

Wild that we've got a Dman pinching in and the WIld have 5 players in the screen and the Habs have 3 lol.

Demidov would've popped open and we'd have scored.

 

[Adriatic]

Never expected him to be this good this fast.

 

[montreal]

 

[Mrb1p]

Ya no surprise there. Someone show this to Marty.

 

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[Guiness time]

I am starting to believe that Lane is not on PP1 because MSL wants to tank. What else could it be? I get initially giving time to Matheson due to him being veteran and also Lane has to earn his stripes, but we're at 17 game mark. We have enough evidence to demote Mike from PP1 and let Lane take over. Fingers crossed!

 

[LaP]

[edit] My brain is not working corectly lol

 

[GordonGraham]

For the fanboys in the MTL area i was on facebook and came across an upcoming autograph signing/photo op sessions he's doing nov 24

 

[montreal]

 

[morhilane]

I can't wait for MSL to say he doesn't listen to critics of former NHL coaches.

 

[Skip Bayless]

For the fanboys in the MTL area i was on facebook and came across an upcoming autograph signing/photo op sessions he's doing nov 24

I'll be there.

 

[Zalos]

His play where he created a good chance for himself is all over.

Nothing against him, but where the f*** was the team ?

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Why is Dach waaaaaay the f*** over there ?

There's no one at the net.

Team doesn't get hockey 101 ?

Someone at the net and maybe the shortside is open.

I was more so surprised that he didn't go directly to the net after deking through the Wild player.

 

[Habssince89]

One of the little things I love about his game is how unselfish he is. He makes a lot of great little plays to put the puck on other people's sticks because he's choosing the best option for the team, instead of trying to be the hero. He could do that if he wanted to, but he's showing a lot of maturity in all three zones.

 

[JadedRandom]

One of the little things I love about his game is how unselfish he is. He makes a lot of great little plays to put the puck on other people's sticks because he's choosing the best option for the team, instead of trying to be the hero. He could do that if he wanted to, but he's showing a lot of maturity in all three zones.

I've found that Hutson's toned-down on the individual hot-dogging with the puck that he did early-on in the season that often led nowhere.

He'd look good, skate around the opposition, make the coverage shift, but then he'd run out of real estate and have to pass the puck to a teammate that was also getting pressured, which often led to losses of possession since said teammate isn't as skilled as he is.

18-games in I feel that Hutson has adapted quite a bit and is now content to just pass the puck if he doesn't have something concrete in front of him. He forces plays less but will instead use his vision and anticipation of plays plus amazing skill level to make things happen on the ice.

To a lot of talented offensive players this may seem a bit counter-intuitive, but the simple fact of the matter is that the puck moves much faster than any skater on the ice, and that simpler, more fundamental plays can and actually often lead to better outcomes than fancy dekes.

Overall it's great to see that Hutson shows such a high level of introspective ability, work ethic, and humbleness so early in his pro career.

That to me is actually one of the most important, and growth-inducing traits that a prospect can have, and bodes extremely well for Hutson's future.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Every day I'm just so happy we drafted this kid. He's already so much fun to watch and he's only going to get better.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Best passer from the back end since Markov

 

[Lshap]

Best passer from the back end since Markov

Yeah, he keeps finding open forwards and making sneaky, accurate passes. I'm going to wait a bit to see how the league adapts to his quick, jerky pivots, but this kid's obviously on a different tier than anyone else we've got.

If we had more players who could one-time Hutson's passes, he'd be leading all rookies in points.

 

[CzarDemidov]

Best passer from the back end since Markov

Disrespectful to the great Tom Gilbert imo

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Yeah, he keeps finding open forwards and making sneaky, accurate passes. I'm going to wait a bit to see how the league adapts to his quick, jerky pivots, but this kid's obviously on a different tier than anyone else we've got.

If we had more players who could one-time Hutson's passes, he'd be leading all rookies in points.

It's not the jerks per se, but his constant baiting. The baiting itself could become predictable, but like any good poker player, he'll keep them on their toes by switching it up between bluffing and actually pursuing his motions. All he needs is for an opposing player to hesitate for a fraction of a second and he'll go the opposite way. Very few players will be able to overcome his constant baiting. He even fooled Crosby this way.

Three fundamental things work together for him to do this so often. 1- He reads the space on the ice extremely well and keeps positioning himself in accordance to that space between players so he can bait them/control their flow/reaction. 2- he has a wide arsenal of moves to sell false intentions. Whether it's his shoulders, head, hips, legs or arms, he uses them all to fake intent. 3- his puck control is top notch.

We might worry about players adapting to him, but I'm personally not worried about that, because Lane will also adapt to them. Learn their habits, learn their shortcomings. This process will advantage him much more than his opposition.

His puck control and anticipation are so good, he'll remain unpredictable for a long time. He's a very special player. I remember a few months ago, watching the WCF when McDavid made that ridiculous side cut through two players to score in the slot, and thinking, there's only McDavid who can do this shit. Lane did almost the exact same move a few weeks ago, but it ended on the post.

I didn't think he would be this good.