Player Discussion Lane Hutson: Part 3 - Calder Edition

[dauv]

So many of us, wanted the kid to run the PP since game 1.................but MSL wouldn't do it until game whatever................given our horrible start, you have to wonder if Hutson was given the keys to the city and the PP sooner, how many more points would we and he have??

Let's see.... I'm going to guess MORE.

Am I right

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

The scary thing is that he’s getting better as the season progresses. The points are going up and it won’t shock me at all if he gets to 70 points.

 

[danisonfire]

All this powerplay talk on the main board right after Hutson assists 3 even strength goals and finishes the night +3.

If you took away every single PP point he has and let every other rookie keep their PP points, he would still be 5th in rookie scoring (21 points), as a D, ahead of forward Cutter Gauthier.

Hutson has 3 goals and 21 assists in the last 22 games and is +9 during that period.

He is 19th in the entire league in points since Nov 27th.

6th in overall D scoring. Hoe's mad.

 

[dauv]

So 6th in scoring for a defenceman, and 8th in ppg for defenceman. Pretty incredible stuff.

He's a BUST, can't even be top 5 in his rookie year. c'mon, maybe he should put in a little more effort.

 

[sampollock]

The scary thing is that he’s getting better as the season progresses. The points are going up and it won’t shock me at all if he gets to 70 points.

if he gets passed over for the calder cause he is a hab

 

[morhilane]

if he gets passed over for the calder cause he is a hab

We all know it's going to happen, to many of the media who vote at those awards have their paycheck tied to the Leafs in some way and that means the Habs do not exist.

 

[ahmedou]

NHL rookies with multi-points (season 24/25)

1) Matvei Michkov (10 games)
2) Lane Hutson (9 games)

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

if he gets passed over for the calder cause he is a hab

That won’t happen.

He’ll get passed over because there a bias against small blueliners. Look at what folks are saying: ‘If he can tighten up defensively, he’s got a shot…” These people don’t know what they’re talking about.

Yea, he’ll always have limitations. He can’t clear the crease, he won’t lay people out with big hits… but he’s very good at winning puck battles. But people make assumptions without seeing him.

He’s got a really good shot at the Calder. Right now I think it’s his to lose. But if he loses it will be because of that.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I just read a really cool story about Hutson from a poster with a friend whose good buddy (actually his long time next door neighbour) has a son in the NHL.

 

[Guiness time]

If Lane got motivated by seeing his brother play at WJC, I would like to see him lose the Calder and see how he takes that as motivation.

All kidding aside, what impresses me the most after watching every Habs game this year, is that I often find myself saying he was the best player on the ice including the opposition players. I really doubt Flyer and Shark fans are saying that about their rookies.

 

[cphabs]

Kid is NOT being sheltered in any way. 20+ minutes a game. Looks good on the backend too. Fantastic!

 

[waitin425]

He's a BUST, can't even be top 5 in his rookie year. c'mon, maybe he should put in a little more effort.

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[MD thaivuN]

the kid is 6th for D-men scoring and is realistically in a race for 4th place. I reckon he'll be a passable 6th D one day

 

[Gravity]

I hate this idea that he's flawed defensively. He's a straight up #1D.

 

[Goldthorpe]

The best defense is being in the opponent zone as much as possible, where they can't shoot to your net.

 

[Maliki2]

Kids running away with it!

 

[Trabdy2]

I'm so so impressed by Hutson.

Before the season started I was hoping that Hutson turn out to be at least a 3rd pairing dman and high end power play specialist.

We have that and a heck of a lot more. He's incredible. Constantly generating offense in multiple ways, and top notch at getting the puck out of the zone in our team's possession. He's got a good active stick too, breaking up plays with good positioning and anticipation. He can be overmatched at times physically against bigger forwards, but it seems to rarely happen because of his high competitiveness. What he brings to the table absolutely overshadows this limitation in his game.

He's already one of the best offensive defencemen in the league, and his defensive "flaws" don't stand out any more than the flaws of typical Top 4 dmen around the league.

 

[holy]

They had to lock the main boards thread on him cause it got 2 spicy.

 

[David Suzuki]

how long until he hits on someone’s romanian girlfriend at a bar?

 

[windycity]

Sadly I don't think he'll ever be much of a fighter

 

[windycity]

Just had an interesting conversation about Hutson with a friend of mine who's good buddy (actually his long time next door neighbour) has a son in the NHL.

This guy's son's team played the Canadiens leading up to the holiday break, and he shared an interesting little piece of "scouting" for Hutson and Laine.

They were shown some tape of Laine scoring power play goals, and they were told that in order for Laine to do what he is doing, he needs time and space to get that shot off and the key is to not let the box 'shift' away from Laine's side of the ice.

They showed a few ways that the Canadiens do this and pointed out that Hutson sets a trap (and apparently did this in college, too, can't confirm as I didn't watch much of him in the NCAA) by getting the puck and "holding it" at the line. He's not presenting a shot, and he's not looking to move the puck, he simply holds it for a beat or two extra. The coaches stressed that when he does this they were *not* to challenge him. They said you're going to see this guy is under-sized, and you're going to think if I close this gap, he's either going to be forced to make a bad pass, or have to scramble (or exit the zone) and it should be pretty easy to overpower him and probably get a break away.

As soon as the defender "bites" and challenges him, Huston uses very elite skating to then move toward the centre of the ice (still up high) which forces the box to shift, essentially becoming a rectangle rather than a square, and one of those defenders is now up high near the blueline. Hutson then other moves the puck down low, or to the far right side of the ice, and now the shorthanded team is shifted over to the right side of the the ice, and Laine is now on the other side with all kinds of time and space. The Canadiens then need to make a couple of passes to find him for the one timer.

They were told all they had to was leave Hutson alone, let him hold it at the line. It was stressed that he can't burn you there and he will be forced to move the puck with the integrity of the box still in tact.

Laine scored a PP goal that game and it played out exactly as they were told it would.

His son also told that in a scrum one of the veterans was shit talking Hutson and telling him they were going lay him out and apparently Hutson's response was "Well, I'm sorry you feel that way and I sure hope that doesn't happen" which I thought was hilarious.

I think they're overconfident about this part lol