Player Discussion Lane Hutson Part 2

dackelljuneaubulis02

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I don't know about you guys but he's alot better defensively than I thought he would be. I also wasn't penciling him as a hughes makar tho like some were -.-
I didn’t know for sure how good he could be but when people were saying he OBVIOUSLY couldn’t be as good as those 2, I couldn’t disagree more. His upside is enormous and that was clear fairly quickly. You don’t dominate the NCAA as an undersized freshman D like that without having elite upside.

The obstacles were real though. People keep saying ‘I kept hearing he’s a bad skater’. He was never ‘bad’ but he’s also vastly improved it since being drafted. Kid’s must’ve put in an insane amount of work there.

He’s special. I don’t think teams or players are gonna adapt to Hutson just like they haven’t adapted to any other elite players. That’s not how it really works. Hutson will more often than not adapt far better to any obstacles than the run of the mill players of the league.

What’s more likely is he’ll begin to wear over the course of this year. It’s a huge leap. But who knows. Maybe he’ll be fine
 

WeThreeKings

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I didn’t know for sure how good he could be but when people were saying he OBVIOUSLY couldn’t be as good as those 2, I couldn’t disagree more. His upside is enormous and that was clear fairly quickly. You don’t dominate the NCAA as an undersized freshman D like that without having elite upside.

The obstacles were real though. People keep saying ‘I kept hearing he’s a bad skater’. He was never ‘bad’ but he’s also vastly improved it since being drafted. Kid’s must’ve put in an insane amount of work there.

He’s special. I don’t think teams or players are gonna adapt to Hutson just like they haven’t adapted to any other elite players. That’s not how it really works. Hutson will more often than not adapt far better to any obstacles than the run of the mill players of the league.

What’s more likely is he’ll begin to wear over the course of this year. It’s a huge leap. But who knows. Maybe he’ll be fine

The best is that we had a vocal contingent of the board saying to trade him before his weaknesses got exposed, etc.

This same stuff is prevalent for other players that are currently on the team. I mean look at Jiricek, he was a 6th overall pick and he went for a depth defenseman and what will ultimately be a late 1st in a bad draft. You very rarely can trade someone and get the assets back that make it worthwhile. Most of the time, especially in a rebuild, you are better off working with the player and getting them better in house.
 

rahad

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If someone said to me in July that Hutson would end up with more points than Slaf in December. I would have laughed at him. 16pts for a rookie is pretty impressive.
 
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LaP

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I forgot, there's also a contingent that seem to hate on every player we ever have. These people are out on anything the minute they do something, however small, that is not what they would do.
What he is doing for a 20 years old dman is impressive. People who don't see a potential first pairing QB in him are totally blind.
 

LaP

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He's already 21st for points among dmen. 5 points in his last 4 games.
Still need to learn to pinch. He'll never score more than a few occasional blunder goals from the blueline with his shot. He must do line Markov did. He did once tonight and had a great shot on the net but he must do it more. It will come with time, experience and confidence.
 
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