That top 4 is « it ». That’s a winning top 4 and a balanced one age wise, with all four having at least a 6 year span of high end play. I’m sweating that top 4 so bad it hurts.
They don’t carry « junior » sized gear in the NHL me thinks.
Player Discussion Lane Hutson Part 2
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Frankenheimer
Sir, this is an Arber
So what's the "he cant skate backwards, wont survive in nhl" crowd saying these days?
Gravity
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Redux91
I do Three bullets.
Depends who you ask; the ones that were late to the party will say Cole because they’ve seen what Lane does and Cole is more « conventional » for a D.
Others that were original Stans (count me here) will live their glory as much as can be because of the backlash of the ones saying he’s not this or that or else.
LOVE that Eiserman barely acknowledges Hutson there, absolutely « in character » for that guy.
Celebrate like you did it all Eiserman, you do you
Team_Spirit
95% Elliotte
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He's collecting apples in his sleep now? Guy is unbelievable!
This is what peak performance looks like.
This is what peak performance looks like.
FrankMTL
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It was mostly one poster who is still finding things to complain about regarding him.
EveryDay
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He's honestly our best player with the puck on his stick, the vision is just Markovesque.
This player change the dynamic of this team.
Can't imagine how good this team will be with the addition of Laine/Demidov/Hage/Beck/Reinbacher/Mailloux/Engstrom/Dobes/Fowler and dare I say Mesar?
+ Another 2 x 1st 2025.
The future looks good!
This player change the dynamic of this team.
Can't imagine how good this team will be with the addition of Laine/Demidov/Hage/Beck/Reinbacher/Mailloux/Engstrom/Dobes/Fowler and dare I say Mesar?
+ Another 2 x 1st 2025.
The future looks good!
Goldenhands
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He is the best Habs skater by a large margin since the begin of the season, he makes a weak 2nd PP wave dangerous on his own. He generates so much offensively and always makes the smart play. Defensively he is alright, I was curious to see how he would handle himself, but so far so good, kid is really smart and combative. He is a beauty to watch.
Lafleurs Guy
Guuuuuuuy!
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I kinda like him on PP2 for the balance it gives us. And you’re right the second line sometimes looks better than the first
KevSkillz4
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Ok so you tell me that @Goldenhands isn't dead, It's been a very long time that I see you posting something.
That's my best feeling in my entire life since yesterday and my 10 SevenUp Hard 7% alcohol in my veins!!
Welcome back!!
The Great Weal
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Man all that skating criticism is all bullshit. I really didn’t think he’d move around this easily and smoothly against NHLers. He’s an excellent skater.
Kudo Shinichi
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There was more than one Hutson detractors. Something we heard here often is that he wouldn't be more than a bottom pairing pp specialist because of his defense.
That didn't make sense. They didn't give his defense enough credit, but even if his defense was bad, it still wouldn't make sense to only use him on the bottom pairing when his offensive impact is so great. He has such a big impact offensively that you want him on the ice more often. Its not like all elite dmen were good defensively (Karlsson, Letang, Hughes, etc.), so the idea he shouldn't be playing in the top 4 because of his defense never made any sense.
Seriously, Reinbacher injury hurt us so much. I has hoping we could see both of Hutson and Reinbacher by January with the Habs.
I can see a
Hutson-Reinbacher
Matheson-Guhle
good top 4.
KevSkillz4
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He is truly impressive. His hockey IQ is off the chart, his passing ability is amazing and his hands... Just wow. He is something else. The real deal.
One thing for sure guys, he is much closer to Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar than Torey Krug or Sam Girard loll
One thing for sure guys, he is much closer to Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar than Torey Krug or Sam Girard loll
Luigi Habs
Captain Saku
He was a steal the day we drafted him and even a bigger steal today. NHL teams looking foolish right now for passing on him. For once we got lucky in the draft.
Same will happen with Demidov.
Same will happen with Demidov.
KevSkillz4
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We can also put Michael Hage, he looks the real deal aswell.
Great time to be a Habs fan!!
Bouboumaster
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To a point, his defense coverage is the most surprising feature right now. I think we all baked in, if you will, his uncanny offensive ability.
But how he does his D is VERY different. Stick, skating forward with the attacker to cut the available space, unrelenting pursuits. It’s very unconventional and was susceptible to questions.
The results are that he’s just as good as any dman we have defensively. This is amazing and more than we could want so far. I’m in love my man
Walksss
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The fact that so many posters were crying about Bobrov now looks so ridiculously dumb in hindsight.
KevSkillz4
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At this point, it's feels like we have drafted the 1st and 2nd best players in 2022 draft lol
I wouldn't trade Slaf or Hutson for any players in this draft aswell.
Bouboumaster
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I still feel like we should have picked Mitchkov, but the Hutson pick and Slafkovsky pick are looking f***ing good, I must admit
Honestly? I don't think I would either, at this point at least
HabsQC
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If PP2 is outplaying PP1, make some moves to get PP1 better and play them for 1:30.
Personally, that's what I would first try :
PP1 :
Caufield Suzuki Slaf
Hutson Matheson
PP2:
Armia - Dach - Gallagher
Guhle - Newhook
But eventually end up with :
PP1 :
Caufield Dach Slaf
Hutson Suzuki
PP2:
Armia - Newhook - Gallagher
Guhle - Matheson
Personally, that's what I would first try :
PP1 :
Caufield Suzuki Slaf
Hutson Matheson
PP2:
Armia - Dach - Gallagher
Guhle - Newhook
But eventually end up with :
PP1 :
Caufield Dach Slaf
Hutson Suzuki
PP2:
Armia - Newhook - Gallagher
Guhle - Matheson
KevSkillz4
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The only player, I would like to have with Habs it's Cooley, I really like Cooley since the draft and he is going to be a very good player but the package of Slaf is too impressive.
