Player Discussion Lane Hutson Part 2

[Adriatic]

I agree, there's not a lot of options right now.

Personally, I would like to see Hutson-Guhle paring when Guhle is healthy again.

Hutson - Guhle
Matheson - Savard/ Struble
Wifi - Struble/ Savard

I would play the 1st and 2nd pairings fairly evenly. Still, not ideal for certain.

No matter how we set up our defense we're always missing a rd that can log minutes to stabilize the whole thing. You can put Huston with Guhle but do you really want to have him out there constantly against the top lines at this point? A trade needs to happen.

 

[WeThreeKings]

If he can bring that level of defensive game consistently and the team unlocks how it can play offense with Hutson on the ice? He could legit be a #1D in the vein of Fox/Hughes.

 

[Skip Bayless]

First line has a hard time dealing with the fact that he's basically a 4th fwd out there.

Caufield is constantly looking to get open instead of covering for him. Head in the cloud.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

If he can bring that level of defensive game consistently and the team unlocks how it can play offense with Hutson on the ice? He could legit be a #1D in the vein of Fox/Hughes.

He was a stud defensively last night.

 

[morhilane]

So how are people liking the Habs 5'9'' 160lbs goon?

7 hits in 8 games (like team average, but had two last games, he's ramping up the violence ).
17 blocked shots.
6 PIM (good for the 3rd rank on the team).

 

[crosbyshow]

Let me tell you that Hutson is way better than Quinn Hughes's first 3 seasons defensively


Hughes was awful in his own zone at the time

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I expected the puck wizardry to some degree, so his quick adaptation to the defensive side of things has definitely been the biggest surprise to me. He just about never gets in trouble in his own zone and when the other team does set a heavy forecheck/cycle on him, he finds ways to get out with the puck more often than not. That's a truly rare combo, in all my years I haven't seen it all that often, that's for sure.

 

[Andrei79]

I expected the puck wizardry to some degree, so his quick adaptation to the defensive side of things has definitely been the biggest surprise to me. He just about never gets in trouble in his own zone and when the other team does set a heavy forecheck/cycle on him, he finds ways to get out with the puck more often than not. That's a truly rare combo, in all my years I haven't seen it all that often, that's for sure.

I didn't expect his skating to have improved this much either. He's much faster, quicker and gets power when he leans on his inside edges. He should be really impressive after another offseason or two. Seeing how dedicated he is, skating speed and his shot are probably two things he'll improve.

 

[crosbyshow]

I didn't expect his skating to have improved this much either. He's much faster, quicker and gets power when he leans on his inside edges. He should be really impressive after another offseason or two. Seeing how dedicated he is, skating speed and his shot are probably two things he'll improve.

Exactly...he has to work a lot on his wrist shot. Hundreds shots a day during 4 months next Summer.

He has 0 goals so far..no wonder..in today's league with the great goaltenders..you have to have a good shot to score a bit

Quinn Hughes worked his ass of on his shot over the years and he scored 17 goals last season.

 

[Redux91]

That was a 'hell' of a game he played last night btw
Impacted the ice every time he was on

25 mins TOI already some games as a 20 yr old rookie