Anticipation. He processes the game better than most of the players he plays with and against,. There are 31 other teams that are kicking themselves for letting this prodigy fall to 64 OA.
They have them self to blame for it. They could have draft his brother Cole Hutson and they decided to ignore him. Caps are lucky to have him in the second round. He is having a great D+ 1 year!
I wasn't one of those posters but I can understand the concerns. He's such a small player, especially for a blueliner.
And 31 teams (including us) who will likely feel the same way about Cole Hutson.
Nah, Cole's good but putting up 60 points as a rookie D is no joke. Lane is just different.
Yes, and it isn't harsh or critical to wonder if an undersized player will be able to do at the NHL level what they did against inferior competition at lower levels.
Offensively their first NCAA season's are very similar, with Lane slightly ahead. But Cole had a much better WJC offensively.
I watched a fair bit of his play in Boston and he was otherworldly. I believed in him. I tried not to get too excited but to me he looked like he had superstar potential. Obviously size was a concern but he played the game in a way I hadn't really seen before. I won't hammer somebody for being skeptical but on this one I can say that I was right. He's the real deal.
A lot of the comments before the season were, quite frankly, ignorant.
Look at these numbers man:
The thing that impresses me the most is his "failed" pinches at the blueline. He's truly remarkable at exerting pressure at the opponents blue line and forcing them into a quick uncontrolled pass and then getting back into position defensively.
Being a bigger offensive threat than Subban is saying a lot. Subban played in a league where scoring was way down. In his prime some scoring titles were won with like 85 points. Getting 60 in that league was a real accomplishment.
I don't expect Hutson to reach Makar level. But, it has to be said that he's doing this as a rookie. Imagine him in four years.
