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Player Discussion Lane Hutson: Part 3 - Calder Edition

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Ozmodiar said:
Some old hockey writers (voters) will cling to old school ideas of how a defenseman should look and play.
The same thinking that landed him at 62 will creep into the voting.

It’s going to Mack if he can stay healthy.
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Although I'm sure there are some like that I suspect they are in the extreme minority. Those arguments started to die after Karlsson started winning his Norris'.

So it's possible in a razor thin win that those old fashioned people would swing it, but if Hutson is setting NHL records for D production and Celebrini is not also doing something historic it's not going to be razor thin. When one side is saying nobody's done this since Lidstrom and the other is saying nobody's done this Barzal it just doesn't hit the same.
 
Sasha Orlov said:
his point pace has slowed significantly
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He had a 5 game drought, no worst than around xmas where he had a 4 game drought, then went on a second tear.

Celebrini is -21 to Hutson's -15

Sorinth said:
Although I'm sure there are some like that I suspect they are in the extreme minority. Those arguments started to die after Karlsson started winning his Norris'.

So it's possible in a razor thin win that those old fashioned people would swing it, but if Hutson is setting NHL records for D production and Celebrini is not also doing something historic it's not going to be razor thin. When one side is saying nobody's done this since Lidstrom and the other is saying nobody's done this Barzal it just doesn't hit the same.
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Exactly.

And it's sports journalists voting, not Vegas. If they see any kind of significant milestone or record by one player, they'll easily fall into that narrative.
 
zzoo said:
Strictly based on yesterday game, Celebrini is better than Hutson.
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Celebrini is a beauty of a player. He was better than Hutson last night for sure. But Celebrini is also on a hot streak right now (a quarter of his points this season have come in the last 10 games). Was last nights version of Celebrini better than the Hutson that was leading come back wins during the month he was hot? I don't think so.
 
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Rapala said:
Celebrini was leading the league in puck battles won per game if he maintains that it's very hard to ignore.
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Lane Hutson was leading the league in slot passes/60 if I remember correctly. Also tough to ignore.

Shaping up for a good finish down the end.

FWIW my prediction a few weeks ago was Celebrini would win it, especially because its an award voted on by the PHWA and it seems like there's a lot more PHWA exposure in the US than Canada. There's been very few Calder wins by defensemen or Canadian-based players in the last 30 years.
 
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badfish said:
Lane Hutson was leading the league in slot passes/60 if I remember correctly. Also tough to ignore.

Shaping up for a good finish down the end.

FWIW my prediction a few weeks ago was Celebrini would win it, especially because its an award voted on by the PHWA and it seems like there's a lot more PHWA exposure in the US than Canada. There's been very few Calder wins by defensemen or Canadian-based players in the last 30 years.
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Celebrini is a stud having a studly season. Let’s not act like hutson would be jobbed by biased voters if he didn’t win.

The chances of this happening are much less than they were 2 weeks ago but if Hutson outscores him i think it’s his trophy

Anyway, tough to rack up points when the pp is dying on laines or slafs stick. Second unit looked way better last night
 
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badfish said:
Lane Hutson was leading the league in slot passes/60 if I remember correctly. Also tough to ignore.

Shaping up for a good finish down the end.

FWIW my prediction a few weeks ago was Celebrini would win it, especially because its an award voted on by the PHWA and it seems like there's a lot more PHWA exposure in the US than Canada. There's been very few Calder wins by defensemen or Canadian-based players in the last 30 years.
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Hutson is American the last time I checked.
 
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