“Best Hab this season” when he was unremarkable in 50% of the games and Montembault had a 48 save shutout lol
Hutson wasn’t unremarkable though, although I agree that Montembeault was fantastic.
Hutson showed a lot of offensive skill, puck control, and made a couple of nice passes that lead to high quality shots. He made one move that left John Tavares completely twisted in knots. He had some lapses defensively but that’s to be expected from an undersized rookie.
Had two assists tonight and looks to be a natural powerplay QB with terrific vision. His slap pass to Gallagher was a high IQ precision play.
He’s played 41 minutes and 10 seconds in two games. I think that’s a pretty solid indication of how well he’s performed.
To give it some context, from defensemen that have played two games thus far:
Morgan Rielly played 44:18
Chris Tanev played 40:08
Kaiden Guhle played 45:08
Mike Matheson played 52:43
Mikhail Sergachev played 48:51
Sean Durzi played 47:29
Ian Cole played 41:12
That’s just off the top of my head.