Player Discussion Lane Hutson Part 2

[Kudo Shinichi]

With Fantili and Cooley gone, Hutson should be the favourite to win the hobey baker next season

 

[HabsForHire]

With Fantili and Cooley gone, Hutson should be the favourite to win the hobey baker next season

should have won, even when those two were in the NCAA

 

[Habaddict]

His size factor should not be ignored. It can be sheltered but it's not something to ignore. This is about cup contender evaluation and playoff style hockey. You see smaller types fade so often in the playoffs. Not saying Hutson will fade but it is something he will have to overcome.

It depends on what you mean. It's ok if he plays in the NHL
at 5'7 or 5'8. That is ok. But he needs to get bigger and
stronger. He does not need to get taller.

 

[Habaddict]

With Fantili and Cooley gone, Hutson should be the favourite to win the hobey baker next season

I remember when Paul Kriya played. Hutson might
blow up the league in a much bigger way.

 

[StCaufield]

His size factor should not be ignored. It can be sheltered but it's not something to ignore. This is about cup contender evaluation and playoff style hockey. You see smaller types fade so often in the playoffs. Not saying Hutson will fade but it is something he will have to overcome.

I agree with everything you said but I think people focus so much on size. His brain will be the key with his decision making and how to utilize his stick and body position just like many in the league do already. I guess I’m just a glass half full guy

Let’s hope we don’t get too much rain tonight though jeez

 

[CHwest]

Dustin Byfuglien: switched from FORWARD to DMAN. And, there are other examples of players switching from dman to forward (or vice versa). Other examples? (anyone?): dmen switching to forwards?

Hutson: I'm excited (super-pumped!!) that our Habs drafted Hutson and can't wait to see him paired up with Reinbacher or Guhle or Mailloux or Struble....if.....if Hutson or Guhle or Struble can (sometimes?) play well on the RIGHT SIDE? Or, else the options are Reinbacher and Mailloux (two righties) for now (and Habs obviously can acquire a big RIGHTIE stay-at-home defensive-dman in the near future via TRADE or UFA, to be Hutson's partner, etc).

But...if Lane Hutson can be an elite-forward...I won't say no to that!! But I have no idea if Hutson and Habs management ever talked about it? (just for fun!: Hutson-Dach-Anderson ; or....Hutson-Suzuki-Caufield fun for the regular-season PP but too small for playoffs!!!).

Anyways, I do see Hutson as super-skilled dman (PP specialist for sure), but yeah...smart coaching would help a lot...who to pair him up with will be very important (a big/tall/tough/defensively-smart or SOLID two-way dependable dman).

Maybe...Hutson will be a mix of Quinn Hughes, Girard and a bit of Makar...maybe. Patience. Proper development/time/more patience is key.

I can't wait to see what Hutson can do at the 2024 WJC!!

Sure when I played in the local factory beer league they made me a defenseman but I really struggled skating backwards. After a period of that they suggested I might be happier as a 4th line winger, and just like that I found my home. So yah it does happen.

 

[HabzSauce]

I agree with everything you said but I think people focus so much on size. His brain will be the key with his decision making and how to utilize his stick and body position just like many in the league do already. I guess I’m just a glass half full guy

Let’s hope we don’t get too much rain tonight though jeez

Agreed but he's not just small - he's tiny.

For a defence too that's even worse.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Sure when I played in the local factory beer league they made me a defenseman but I really struggled skating backwards. After a period of that they suggested I might be happier as a 4th line winger, and just like that I found my home. So yah it does happen.

A true renaissance man

 

[the valiant effort]

Playoff hockey isn’t even playoff hockey anymore. I still prefer to build my team around men that measure more than 6’1” in height or 190lbs in weight simply because “larger” athletes are getting faster and faster, but in the here and now I’m not worrying about the height or weight of a kid as potentially dynamic as Huston

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

What has Lane got himself into?!?!?!

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

What has Lane got himself into?!?!?!

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A slightly crazy latina girlfriend, by the looks of it

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

With Fantili and Cooley gone, Hutson should be the favourite to win the hobey baker next season

Playing with Celebrini on the powerplay, he will have 60 points min next season.

 

[blueberry]

His brother looked pretty good,maybe even better than Lane.

 

[StCaufield]

Agreed but he's not just small - he's tiny.

For a defence too that's even worse.

5’10 is actually the normal height for a man. He still needs to put on some weight which I don’t see being a huge issue. People think Riley Kidney is tiny but he’s not at all he’s super wiry and still growing. I’ve seen and spoke to him at his local golf course just outside of Halifax just a couple weeks after his season ended and then again last month. He’s put on muscle. I wouldn’t say Hutson hasn’t done the same. Tiny is a little extreme for Lane

 

[Habs Icing]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

A slightly crazy latina girlfriend, by the looks of it

Can’t fault Lane on that one, looks fun.

 

[Scriptor]

I agree with everything you said but I think people focus so much on size. His brain will be the key with his decision making and how to utilize his stick and body position just like many in the league do already. I guess I’m just a glass half full guy

Let’s hope we don’t get too much rain tonight though jeez

Yeah, but we're still focusing on size if we're talking about a big brain

 

[Scriptor]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

They will, unless opponents are allowed to hook, slough foot, or trip. A Lot of opponents will be extremely frustrated.

 

[Habs Icing]

They will, unless opponents are allowed to hook, slough foot, or trip. A Lot of opponents will be extremely frustrated.

We'll see.

 

[Rogie21]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

Hutson is hardly an NHL-ready finished product. Another season in BU's near NHL-caliber strength and conditioning program and with coaches who have skills development experience with the Bruins should have him closer to being ready -- although as a BU fan, I'm holding out hope he's back for his junior year.

 

[DAChampion]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

I think that the hype is probably out of hand ... This fandom just rated Hutson as its number one prospect. He was drafted at #62 for a reason, and for him to be rated as an elite prospect I think that he would need at least one more season of substantial progression.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

Careful mate. You just became public enemy number 1. Watch your back.

 

[Zilo44]

Not that it'll make a world of difference for you but at the Habs camp this summer Lane was measured at 5'9, not 5"10.

Couple that with issues in defensive skating, and Hutson does not look like the sure-fire superstar many are proclaiming.

I, also, have a third reservation. Many of his shake and bake moves that are so successful now will not fly in the NHL.

I don't want to be a Dwight Downer but I think the hype is getting out of hand.

The thing is, if he was 6’ and an elite skater, he basically would be borderline generational talent (think prime Erik Karlsson). So yeah, there is risk involved, but the hype is not unwarranted. The guy blew out of the water many strong PMD in the NHL
In their respective D+1 season

 

[DAChampion]

The thing is, if he was 6’ and an elite skater,

And?

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

I think that the hype is probably out of hand ... This fandom just rated Hutson as its number one prospect. He was drafted at #62 for a reason, and for him to be rated as an elite prospect I think that he would need at least one more season of substantial progression.

i mean he just had a crazy freshman year in the NCAA beating records and doing better then some of NHL's best prospects size might become an issue later but today hes the prospect with the highest ceilling in our system