LD Lane Hutson - Montreal Canadiens, NHL (2022, 62nd, MTL) - Part 2

[jfhabs]

-Yes, Hutson has struggled a little defensively this year.
-He's 20. Virtually no defensemen are high level players in their own end at that age, because so much of being good defensively is experience and being comfortable in systems. He'll continue to get better there.
-The good of the offense that he brings already significantly outweighs the bad. He's a net positive defenseman at 20 years old playing top pair minutes. That's incredibly promising.

If that is struggling defensively , please give me more defenseman struggling defensively like he has

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Some of those moves actually look hilarious and silly. Over the top.

The word you’re looking for is “effective”

 

[Frolov 6'3]

The word you’re looking for is “effective”

Nah, I would not be surprised to see a double axel soon.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Nah, I would not be surprised to see a double axel soon.

Cope it out my man

 

[Frank Drebin]

I admit that Hutson's detractors look at fancy stats too much to try and devalue what Hutson has been doing this year.

But there is still quite a substantial kernel of truth to what they're saying.

As he is right now, Hutson is amazing for transition and offensive play, unarguably amongst the elite of the NHL as far as playmaking goes, and he has started being a better defender against the rush.

But Lane Hutson still struggles against the cycle, is similarly downright bad at boxing-out forwards near the net, and not really a good player for battles along the boards.

Hutson has also gotten much better at controlling his turnovers but still commits quite a few of those since he has the puck on his stick so much during the course of a game.

Those are flaws to Hutson's game right now, plain and simple. But he's also only 20, a rookie, and far from a finished product.

With a couple more adjustments here and there, he'll get a lot better defensively and I think will be amongst the elite of the NHL for offensive defenseman for the foreseeable future.

With Hutson's elite hockey IQ and insane work ethic, it is not a good bet to put stakes against him. Hutson's already started to "figure out" how to play a tighter defensive game after only about half-a-season, with more time he'll likely get even better.

So yeah, that's about where I stand on that issue.

Also, this thread should be closed. hutson isn't a prospect anymore and should be treated as a full-time pro, thus being discussed in the "National Hockey League Talk" sub-forum.

Hutson had a thread on the mains that got closed. Lots of NHL players still have and need prospect threads to discuss the player.

 

[RedHawkDown]

There's really no comparable to him in the league right now in terms of style of play.... He's incredibly cheeky , borderline disrespectful with how he attacks and baits guys with the puck on his stick. , its hilarious how nobody even pressures him anymore. Rookie 20 year old 5"7 dman going through guys like it's a beer league game, Its a little bit uncanny.

I agree he’s fantastic but it’s a bit strange to say there’s no comparable. If you changed the name on the back of his jersey to Makar, that’s exactly how he walks the line. Except Makar is faster.