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Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

GEEMAN said:
a full year for me but Habs will need to burn that 1 year of ELC for a few games

He is too light for the NHL at a buck sixty
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Lol, you know that's not going to happen (the full year in Laval). Maybe a few games and then sheltered minutes in Mtl. while he bulks up a bit)
 
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CH1 said:
Which is why Lane fell to our loving arms at 62
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The NHL isn't littered with 5'8" d-men to start with.

This season, only 46 d-men that are 5'11" or shorter played 1 game. If you change it to 20 games, removing the AHL fill-ins, you're down to 33.

Now it gets tricky: There are only 8 d-men who are 5'9" (zero d-men at 5'10") who've played in the league. 3 of them are AHL fill-ins.

There isn't a single d-man shorter than that.

Lane Hutson will need to be absolutely spectacular offensively if he wants to have a career.
 
Everything I've read has indicated he's focused and works hard to prove the naysayers wrong. Something tells me he will be an exception.

A large chip on the shoulder can motivate incredibly.

This kid isn't the partier, he's a rink rat.
 
GGpX said:
The NHL isn't littered with 5'8" d-men to start with.

This season, only 46 d-men that are 5'11" or shorter played 1 game. If you change it to 20 games, removing the AHL fill-ins, you're down to 33.

Now it gets tricky: There are only 8 d-men who are 5'9" (zero d-men at 5'10") who've played in the league. 3 of them are AHL fill-ins.

There isn't a single d-man shorter than that.

Lane Hutson will need to be absolutely spectacular offensively if he wants to have a career.
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So Hutson is in the no-man land at 5'10?

Actually why did you say no D-men at 5'10? I see 7, including Hughes and Girard.
 
GGpX said:
The NHL isn't littered with 5'8" d-men to start with.

This season, only 46 d-men that are 5'11" or shorter played 1 game. If you change it to 20 games, removing the AHL fill-ins, you're down to 33.

Now it gets tricky: There are only 8 d-men who are 5'9" (zero d-men at 5'10") who've played in the league. 3 of them are AHL fill-ins.

There isn't a single d-man shorter than that.

Lane Hutson will need to be absolutely spectacular offensively if he wants to have a career.
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yeah you have to be superior to get to the NHL as a dman if you are under 5'11. I thought though that Hutson had allegedly gotten to 1.78?
 
Habsy said:
Everything I've read has indicated he's focused and works hard to prove the naysayers wrong. Something tells me he will be an exception.

A large chip on the shoulder can motivate incredibly.

This kid isn't the partier, he's a rink rat.
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I hope so. But he's got a steep hill in front of him.
 
GGpX said:
CapFriendly's player filter gave me those numbers.

Hutson's not 5'10", regardless of what the boxscores say. He's smaller. But even if he was, he's got a slight frame.
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I was using numbers from NHL.com.

Hutson is listed at 5’10 from Boston University, it’s good enough for me. He’s definitely taller from when he was drafted at 5’8.
 
Boston has Lane at 162lbs which is +14 from a year go….just another 14 to go
 
GGpX said:
The NHL isn't littered with 5'8" d-men to start with.

This season, only 46 d-men that are 5'11" or shorter played 1 game. If you change it to 20 games, removing the AHL fill-ins, you're down to 33.

Now it gets tricky: There are only 8 d-men who are 5'9" (zero d-men at 5'10") who've played in the league. 3 of them are AHL fill-ins.

There isn't a single d-man shorter than that.

Lane Hutson will need to be absolutely spectacular offensively if he wants to have a career.
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I suspect he will be . . . very good offensively, or close enough to that. But we’ll see.

I also recall you being pretty adamant over the years that Nick Suzuki’s ceiling was 60 pts.
 
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