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Originally Posted by Robbob
I used to be in that boat, but what Hutson is doing is pretty spectacular. As a defensemen he has already put up more points than what Gaudreau put up when he was a rookie. he is currently tied with Chelios with the 6th best rookie campaign as a defensman. 1 point back of Ray Bourque. He most likely will finish in the top 5 and the players ahead of him are all players that played in the 80s. I wouldn't be mad at all. Tip of the cap to the season Hutson is having.
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What Hutson is doing is pretty historical actually. He's currently 1 point back of top 5 all time, and likely finished top 3 of all time. Every player ahead of him, as you say, set their record in the 80s.
At 5'9'' and 160lbs, he clearly represents an acceleration back to the purely offensive d-man. Long gone are days when any player below 6'2'' and 200lbs didn't have much of a chance in the NHL as a d-man. Hopefully, it won't be long before almost every team has a dynamic offensive d-man on their point, which will increase the dynamics of the offence generally. Hoping our guy is Perekh.