Kudo Shinichi
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Hughes doesn't have a complete game. He's not good defensively.
Prospect Info: Lane Hutson Part 2
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Hughes doesn't have a complete game. He's not good defensively.
Team USA coaches gave him more ice time than Lane. I think that is worth something, and not evidence of a conspiracy against Hutson.
I think the real insult is that Matthew Knies in the top 3, and that is an insult not just to Hutson but about 6 other guys as well.
Kudo Shinichi
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That's not worth anything. Hughes is a year older and had already played in a previous wjc. He obviously was going to get more ice time. Hutson will have that role and ice time in the next wjc.
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Hughes is a good defender, much better than Quinn at the same age, and much better than Lane as well.
This. Cant compare WJC icetime between the freshman and last year top 5 pick. Hugues also have big holes in his defensive game.
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Luka doncic on skates is a better defender than Quinn at that age
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Top 3 or not… kid’s exciting. We’ve got some really interesting prospects coming up. Roy, Farrel, Hutson…
Now if we could just win the lottery this year.
Now if we could just win the lottery this year.
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Lane had 5 more goals.For a D, that's a difference. But the biggest thing was that it was Lane Hutson's first year and Hughes second year of college.
Check out most of the good players stats the first year compared to the second. The gap is massive.
Hutson turned around that Boston team basically by himself. Not much changed the year before but Hutson coming into the program and dominated.
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Matthew McConaughay
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Interesting article on lane.
gabrielfoley.substack.com
Adjusting the NCAA: Using Historical Scoring Data to Find Out If Lane Hutson, Matthew Wood, and More are Legit
In Part 1 of my 'Adjusting the NCAA' series, we answer, "Where do the 'historic' performances we just saw from the NCAA's U21 bracket actually sit in history?" by pulling historical scoring data.
gabrielfoley.substack.com
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Still insane that the guy isn't a finalist for the Hobey Baker. All great to take into consideration outside the rink but there's a freakin limit to disregard the on-ice performance....
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I don't care about Hockey Backer. This guy will be a very very good NHL defenseman, that the only thing matters!
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Always expected to see him at least play 2 seasons in BU. Not surprising!
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No surprise here.
Hopefully this entire summer is dedicated to learning how to backskate and gaining some lower body strength as I think these two glaring weaknesses are intertwined.
If he can make significant improvements in these areas he will absolutely terrorize Hockey East next season.
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I'm sure you're an expert on back-skating, but where are the two glaring weaknesses intertwined.
Lots of twigs I knew were excellent back-skaters.
Estimated_Prophet
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I don't know any players with tiny quads and little butts who are excellent back skaters. His lower body is really skinny and backskating requires a player to be in close to a 90 degrees seated position which is all quads and ass. I would assume that nobody actually believes that he can't backskate because he hasn't tried to work on it.
I think there is another part to the problem and that is that he is so uber competitive he never wanted to take the step back in order to take two steps forward. He has cheated on trying to build speed straight ahead and pivot into a backwards glide. This will get him in trouble at the next level as it did at the WJC and throughout the season where he is entirely vulnerable to quit cuts from attackers shortly after his pivot or when he chooses not to pivot. He was able to do this as a kid and get away with it but now is the time to fix the problem.
I suspect that he is working on it and is better than he is showing but may not have the confidence to use it in game situations yet. He has fallen/stumbled numerous times during the season while pivoting or attempting a back crossover so there is evidence that he is trying to address the problem.
Ultimately it will be a non issue as he will certainly learn to do it eventually but the sooner he masters it and incorporates it into his game the sooner we can seriously begin talking about him in the NHL.
Was that a typo or an attempt at humour that I may have missed?
Vachon23
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On the PP fine
At 5 vs 5, that pair would be a disaster. If I’m the coach of the other team, I’m putting my top guns against that pair
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Do you have Hutson on the third pair on D? This is a guy that is pretty much top 4 or burst. We can't play on the bottom with Xhekaj or Kovacevic. He need to play on pp and on the first pair.
