LD Lane Hutson - Boston University, NCAA (2022, 62nd, MTL)

[Deep Blue Metallic]

...Also more than 4 minutes of puck possession. Which is... utterly ridiculous.

Which would usually prompt a "use your teammates, kid" admonition from his coach.

But when nobody can take the puck from him, and he's by far the most skilled, creative player on the team, it's more like "play your game, kid".

 

[nergish]

Imagine if him and Celebrini stay another year and Cole Hutson and Eiserman join them. That first pp would be insane.

Don’t sleep on my boy Tom Willander.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

this kid is literally Niedermayer

Without the skating and size

 

[Gliff]

Without the skating and size

So not Neidermayer. Ya sounds about right.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

this kid is literally Niedermayer

Just needs to learn how to skate backwards.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Just needs to learn how to skate backwards.

Let's please not start this again lmao

 

[William H Bonney]

It's amazing how the hyperbolic assessments and over hyping of a player can almost make you root for them to fail just to make it stop, even if you've been following the player for 3+ years, like them, and want them to succeed.

Hutson is an elite junior / NCAA player and his play since being drafted has gone about as well as anyone could hope. He also has some real red flags that should temper expectations about how his game will translate to the next level.

 

[BKarchitect]

It's amazing how the hyperbolic assessments and over hyping of a player can almost make you root for them to fail just to make it stop, even if you've been following the player for 3+ years, like them, and want them to succeed.

Hutson is an elite junior / NCAA player and his play since being drafted has gone about as well as anyone could hope. He also has some real red flags that should temper expectations about how his game will translate to the next level.

But his NHLe is unprecedented and he’s 5-10 now, that’s all that matters! And look at that sizzle reel on Twitter! How else are we supposed to project a prospect from a lower level to the NHL game, with an actual scouted profile of skills and a contextual analysis of how he plays at the collegiate level versus how that will historically transfer to play at the NHL level? Who has time for that kind of nuance!

He’s an awesome pick with a tremendous skill set and very interesting upside. I just don’t get why a certain percentage of Habs fans can’t leave it at. Let’s just enjoy what should be a terrific season for him and leave it at that.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

He looks like 4th forward out there. I see the Hughes comparison, though looks like he has a longer reach.

I don’t think many realize just how unique Hughes is. Not many smaller players can replicate what he does on D.

 

[HuGo Sham]

But his NHLe is unprecedented and he’s 5-10 now, that’s all that matters! And look at that sizzle reel on Twitter! How else are we supposed to project a prospect from a lower level to the NHL game, with an actual scouted profile of skills and a contextual analysis of how he plays at the collegiate level versus how that will historically transfer to play at the NHL level? Who has time for that kind of nuance!

He’s an awesome pick with a tremendous skill set and very interesting upside. I just don’t get why a certain percentage of Habs fans can’t leave it at. Let’s just enjoy what should be a terrific season for him and leave it at that.

actually most habs fans can temper their expectations and many of us are just letting it play out and see what happens.
What's humorous to me, is all the non-habs fans in this thread and their obnoxious, sarcastic, troll comebacks about the player, and the whole f***ing thread is swallowed in nonsense.

 

[Terrier]

269 touches of the puck in one game!?!? Ya, okay, it's against Bentley in the first game of the season, but still.

I had a front row seat for this game(for $17!). I attend every B.U. home game and most of the road games, and I could easily watch Lane Hutson all day long. Since B.C. lost in it's first appearance at Bentley Arena a couple of years ago, I wasn't entirely surprised at the tight game.

 

[blindpass]

It's amazing how the hyperbolic assessments and over hyping of a player can almost make you root for them to fail just to make it stop, even if you've been following the player for 3+ years, like them, and want them to succeed.

Hutson is an elite junior / NCAA player and his play since being drafted has gone about as well as anyone could hope. He also has some real red flags that should temper expectations about how his game will translate to the next level.

This works both ways.

It stands to reason that a thread would be overrepresented by fans of the team that drafted the player. Do they get carried away? Sure, but as a neutral party I find the people with an endless need to rain on their parade more obnoxious.

 

[William H Bonney]

This works both ways.

It stands to reason that a thread would be overrepresented by fans of the team that drafted the player. Do they get carried away? Sure, but as a neutral party I find the people with an endless need to rain on their parade more obnoxious.

It's odd to find it obnoxious that posters who have been been watching Hutson for 3+ years would want to appropriately contextualize his game for those who just took an interest in the player.

 

[blindpass]

It's odd to find it obnoxious that posters who have been been watching Hutson for 3+ years would want to appropriately contextualize his game for those who just took an interest in the player.

If you are being defensive I wasn't talking about your comments. Certainly there are things that make him far from a sure thing. You shouldn't have to go back far to see what I'm talking about though.

 

[HuGo Sham]

It's odd to find it obnoxious that posters who have been been watching Hutson for 3+ years would want to appropriately contextualize his game for those who just took an interest in the player.

this is the exception not the rule in here.
If anything, habs fans have watched him the most

 

[LeProspector]

this is the exception not the rule in here.
If anything, habs fans have watched him the most

The only Montreal fan I’m confident has seen a good amount of Hutson play is, in fact @montreal . Everyone else I see as spewing nonsense. Bonney and Archichect are two of the best posters on this section, and are two of the most knowledgeable individuals on US based prospects, in particular the NTDP Everyone else in my mind is spewing nonsense because of what they have seen from his twitter highlights, his EP stat page, or some random twitter account making up a random advanced stat only they have heard of.

 

[HuGo Sham]

The only Montreal fan I’m confident has seen a good amount of Hutson play is, in fact @montreal . Everyone else I see as spewing nonsense. Bonney and Archichect are two of the best posters on this section, and are two of the most knowledgeable individuals on US based prospects, in particular the NTDP Everyone else in my mind is spewing nonsense because of what they have seen from his twitter highlights, his EP stat page, or some random twitter account making up a random advanced stat only they have heard of.

he's followed closely and talked about regularly in the montreal media.
@montreal posts about him regularly in the lane hutson thread on the habs board.
Maybe some posters on both sides are spewing nonsense, but he's not a surprise on the habs board and many have seen more than highlights - sharing links to watch his games.

 

[William H Bonney]

this is the exception not the rule in here.
If anything, habs fans have watched him the most

Doubtful. And even then, there is a big difference when it comes to evaluating the player between watching a guy in one season since Montreal drafted him versus watching him for multiple seasons.

That's not to say any of us are experts on Hutson. But there's a difference between being a neutral observer who closely follows the NTDP/ NCAA (there's not a ton of folks who do but they exist and they've played in here with levelheaded thoughts) and being an understandably excited Montreal fan who just took an interest last season.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Doubtful. And even then, there is a big difference when it comes to evaluating the player between watching a guy in one season since Montreal drafted him versus watching him for multiple seasons.

Once he was drafted there was a period of time before he played at BU where his play was viewed and analyzed.
Regardless, the initial comments were about those "evaluating" the player were being trolled by others who took exception to the hyperbole (with their own dumb takes).
Billy the kid should understand that

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

The only Montreal fan I’m confident has seen a good amount of Hutson play is, in fact @montreal . Everyone else I see as spewing nonsense. Bonney and Archichect are two of the best posters on this section, and are two of the most knowledgeable individuals on US based prospects, in particular the NTDP Everyone else in my mind is spewing nonsense because of what they have seen from his twitter highlights, his EP stat page, or some random twitter account making up a random advanced stat only they have heard of.

You do realize montreal posts 15-20min of Hutson's shifts every game on his YouTube channel? A lot of habs fans here have seen a good amount of Hutson in the past year.

 

[LeProspector]

You do realize montreal posts 15-20min of Hutson's shifts every game on his YouTube channel? A lot of habs fans here have seen a good amount of Hutson in the past year.

Did you not read what I wrote? Double check. I was praising montreal.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Did you not read what I wrote? Double check. I was praising montreal.

I know. What I'm saying is that montreal is posting those Hutson shifts videos, which allows other fans to easily watch Hutson games.

 

[JT3]

This thread has really devolved into arguing over who has watched Hutson more? Pretty sad.

Obviously there are going to be casual fans who come in and claim Hutson is a nailed on star player, that's the nature of the internet and a massive Habs fanbase. That doesn't mean every Habs fan is delusional and hasn't watched Hutson or know his current limitations.

We haven't had the luxury of much offensive star power the last few decades, Habs fans have every right to be excited about a prospect like Hutson. Anyone is free to give their analysis on Hutson's game, but there's no need to generalize or beat down on Habs fans to do so.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Its also 2023 you can literally watch him for free with 3 clicks its not like random people can't watch a game of his and its exclusively available to grand hockey connoisseurs

 

[blindpass]

This thread has really devolved into arguing over who has watched Hutson more? Pretty sad.

Obviously there are going to be casual fans who come in and claim Hutson is a nailed on star player, that's the nature of the internet and a massive Habs fanbase. That doesn't mean every Habs fan is delusional and hasn't watched Hutson or know his current limitations.

We haven't had the luxury of much offensive star power the last few decades, Habs fans have every right to be excited about a prospect like Hutson. Anyone is free to give their analysis on Hutson's game, but there's no need to generalize or beat down on Habs fans to do so.

It might be an improvement over bickering over getting his height measured down to the micrometer.