Player Discussion Lane Hutson: Part 3 - Calder Edition

[Sorinth]

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.

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.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

his point pace has slowed significantly

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

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.

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]

Strictly based on yesterday game, Celebrini is better than Hutson.

 

[badfish]

Strictly based on yesterday game, Celebrini is better than Hutson.

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.

 

[Rapala]

Strictly based on yesterday game, Celebrini is better than Hutson.

Celebrini was leading the league in puck battles won per game if he maintains that it's very hard to ignore.