LD Cole Hutson - Boston Univ., NCAA (2024, 43rd, WSH)

[GoCaps2004]

Lane wasn't playing with Celebrini in his d+1 season. They played on the same team in Lane's d+2.

ah, i see. jesus, thought he was drafted in 2023 and only spent one year at BU, my bad

 

[Kuz]

At this point in his d+1 season, Lane was producing a good amount better.

Cole: 29 pts in 28 games
Lane: 36 pts in 28 games

Kinda hard to determine how much difference that really is. They are playing with different players and Cole is also 4 months younger which might have been one of the reasons for his slow start. He have been very hot after the WJC and if you add in WJC in those stats its.

Cole: 40 in 35 games
Lane: 40 in 35 games

So quite equal the season as a whole.

 

[credulous]

If Cole was part of the 2025 draft where would he go? Top 20? 10? Opinions please.

top 10 but he has top 5 talent just not top 5 size

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Kinda hard to determine how much difference that really is. They are playing with different players and Cole is also 4 months younger which might have been one of the reasons for his slow start. He have been very hot after the WJC and if you add in WJC in those stats its.

Cole: 40 in 35 games
Lane: 40 in 35 games

So quite equal the season as a whole.

4 month difference is nothing.
Adding the wjc stats is what makes the comparison unfair. Cole was averaging about 5 more minutes per game than Lane was, and he also scored half his pts in a blowout game against Germany.

Both Cole and Lane had similar roles for Boston, and their team had a similar goals/game pace. So they were in pretty similar situations.

You mention Cole has been hot since the WJC. He scored 15 pts in 12 games. Well Lane scored 18 pts in 12 games after his WJC in his d+1.

 

[qc14]

4 month difference is nothing.
Adding the wjc stats is what makes the comparison unfair. Cole was averaging about 5 more minutes per game than Lane was, and he also scored half his pts in a blowout game against Germany.

Both Cole and Lane had similar roles for Boston, and their team had a similar goals/game pace. So they were in pretty similar situations.

You mention Cole has been hot since the WJC. He scored 15 pts in 12 games. Well Lane scored 18 pts in 12 games after his WJC in his d+1.

Some might say that the fact that Cole played 5 mins more a game than Lane is the effect and not the cause. And Lane had 9 points in 3 blowout wins against Maine his D+1. With any prospect you can go down the rabbit hole of which points and stats "count" and which don't. In the aggregate though it all evens out.

Lane had (up to this point) a better offensive NCAA season in his D+1 but Cole had a better D+1 WJC. What you count more is personal preference. Not that much more to it.

 

[42]

Yep. Based on their numbers in their respective years post draft, there is not much to indicate that Lane was better than Cole. It's a pretty small sample size and the point difference is small. Cole could easily turn out to be better than Lane and that statement is not meant to underestimate how good Lane is.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

If Cole ends up close to as good as Lane, he'll be a top 5 player in the 2024 draft.

I'm cool with either being better. No need to compete. They can both succeed.

 

[Cush]

 

[Lou Sassole]

Wow, nice goal.

 

[Random schmoe]

Kids got guys to try that move. But also the skill to pull it off.

 

[wickedwitch]

Sick goal.

I really think he'll be as good as Lane overall.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

He just absolutely oozes confidence. Really excited to see how he translates to the NHL, Washington is going to be such a fun team to watch moving forward.

 

[Breakers]

he’s been great in transition, and had long even strength shifts where he gets creative

But that pairing of him and McCarthy needs to clean up the penalties
It is getting ridiculous at this point

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Some might say that the fact that Cole played 5 mins more a game than Lane is the effect and not the cause.

Well, that is obviously not true. Cole was getting 20 min right from the get go, whereas Lane started with 14 min.

And Lane had 9 points in 3 blowout wins against Maine his D+1. With any prospect you can go down the rabbit hole of which points and stats "count" and which don't. In the aggregate though it all evens out.

Its pretty ridiculous to compare Boston U playing versys Maine to team USA playing against Germany.

The difference between BU and Maine is nowhere near close to the difference between USA and Germany.

Team USA destroys BU on paper, and Maine destroys Germany on paper.

Maine was a middle of the pack team, and at least of the 1 of the BU 3 wins was not a blowout (3-1).

The other two wins were 9-6 (+3 diff) and 5-1 (+4 diff). If you consider those diff a blowout, then 5 of the 7 games for Team USA were blowout wins.

Lane had (up to this point) a better offensive NCAA season in his D+1 but Cole had a better D+1 WJC. What you count more is personal preference. Not that much more to it.

Well there is a lot more to it when you actually consider that 1 player was averaging 5 more min per game than the other and that many wjc games are not competitive for teams like USA and Canada. They are expected to completely destroy the weak teams. It says a lot that if team USA beat Germany 6-4 it wouldve been considered a big dissapointment