Player Discussion Lane Hutson: Part 3 - Calder Edition

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I was about to post something on the main Hutson thread, but finally decided it might survive here instead of there:

I wonder if there's enough salt in the world to pass around all 15 of San Jose's fans.

Sally Balls should change his username. And you know the answer.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

97 PASS COMPLETIONS TO THE SLOT THIS SEASON!

MOST OF ANY DEFENCEMAN IN THE NHL!

cool stat. that pass to Caufield (?) last game for the redirect was a thing of beauty.

 

[Andrei79]

I know Hughes D was widely criticized in his sophomore year, was it better on his rookie year? Did he play as hard minutes as Hutson did? Genuinely asking.

It shouldn’t be controversial to make this comparison imo. Didn’t Hutson get to 30 points faster than Hughes and Makar as rookies?

I see no reason he can’t be as good as them in his prime.

The issue is HF main boarders are unreliable.

They saw Hughes being small and they saw a couple of highlights even though every rookie D gets burned and they went with that narrative. They did the same with Hutson this and last year, during his two games when he didn't even have time to learn the hybrid coverage system.

 

[Redux91]

All 8 Sharks fans are getting salty that Hutson has caught up (at least) to their golden boy Celebrini in the Calder race

 

[Rapala]

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 22nd in the entire league in points since Nov 27th.

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

It's a remarkable run and one of the main reasons our team has cut their goal differential to -12 from -31.

 

[morhilane]

I know Hughes D was widely criticized in his sophomore year, was it better on his rookie year? Did he play as hard minutes as Hutson did? Genuinely asking.

It shouldn’t be controversial to make this comparison imo. Didn’t Hutson get to 30 points faster than Hughes and Makar as rookies?

I see no reason he can’t be as good as them in his prime.

Q. Hughes gets higher ozone starts % at EV (around 5% more) and slightly lower quality of competition (at 5v5) based on Frozentools than Hutson this season.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Q. Hughes gets higher ozone starts % at EV (around 5% more) and slightly lower quality of competition (at 5v5) based on Frozentools than Hutson this season.

He also had Tanev as a partner for 700+ minutes and Myers for 300+ minutes.

 

[ahmedou]

NHL points leaders in the last 5 games:

1) Lucas Raymond (9 points)
2) Lane Hutson (9 points)
3) David Pastrnak (8 points)
4) Connor McDavid (8 points)
5) Nikita Kucherov (8 points)

 

[ahmedou]

Most points by NHL defenseman since December 1th 2024:

1) Zach Werenski (26 points)
2) Quinn Hughes (22 points)
3) Lane Hutson (22 points)

 

[Bigtrout]

Most points by NHL defenseman since December 1th 2024:

1) Zach Werenski (26 points)
2) Quinn Hughes (22 points)
3) Lane Hutson (22 points)

He's ridiculous

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

He's ridiculous

Ridiculously good.

 

[junyab]

Celebrini has been unreal this year so if Lane doesn't win I won't be screaming conspiracy, just to be in the conversation is an incredible feat.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Hughes is just better , point blank

He's better now... we'll see about three years from now.

I think it's interesting that Hutson's having a very similar rookie year to what Hughes did. And since Carriere's arrival, Hutson's play has accelerated. Won't surprise me if he's at 70 by year's end.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Article on the Athletic this morning by Dom Luszczyszyn. It's a list of 16 random stats.

Paywall.

What's the gist?

 

[overlords]

Paywall.

What's the gist?

lane good

 

[Captain Mountain]

I was about to post something on the main Hutson thread, but finally decided it might survive here instead of there:

I wonder if there's enough salt in the world to pass around all 15 of San Jose's fans.

Sally Balls should change his username. And you know the answer.

If the roles were reversed, there would be a ton of salty Habs fans.

Celebrini is having a hell of a rookie season. If he keeps it up I'd' argure that its the best D+1 season of a player since Matthews. That Hutson may win the Calder despite that justifies some salt.

Paywall.

What's the gist?

By Dom's model, Hutson's been the second best D in the NHL over the last month.

He real, real good.