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Note offensive: Nick Suzuki and Lane Hutson rank 7th at their position
Michaël Petit
Note offensive: Nick Suzuki and Lane Hutson rank 7th at their position
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This 2024-25 season was filled with nice surprises.

We can think of William Nylander who finished as the second-best forward with 45 goals or Brandon Hagel who scored 35 goals (none on powerplay) and 90 points. Not to forget the famous record of Wayne Gretzky beaten by Alex Ovechkin, who scored 44 goals, nothing less.

On the Montreal Canadiens side, there were also nice surprises.

There’s Cole Caufield who scored 37, Nick Suzuki who finished the season with 89 points, including 30 goals, and Lane Hutson who had a sublime rookie season with 66 points.

These last two have truly been part of the elite in their position this year.

According to these tweets from Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic, Suzuki and Hutson finished 7th in the offensive rating of their respective positions.

Not bad, right?

Only Leon Draisaitl, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, and Sidney Crosby are ahead of the Habs captain in terms of offensive rating among centers this season.

As for Hutson, Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Quinn Hughes, Adam Fox, Evan Bouchard, and Victor Hedman are the only defensemen ahead of him in the same rating.

This is what we call being part of the elite.

By adding the offensive and defensive ratings, we can see that Suzuki ranks 12th overall among centers, which is not so bad.

We can say that the Habs have a top-notch center in Suzuki.

And as for Hutson, he is 13th overall among defensemen in terms of overall rating.

This proves how incredible the rookie defenseman’s season was.

With such a season, he seems to be the favorite to win the Calder Trophy, awarded to the best rookie of the season.

According to The Hockey News and their final ranking for the Calder race, Hutson is still in first place.

Let’s recall that they predicted the three finalists in the right order last year.

In short, the Habs’ future is bright, especially with Ivan Demidov who will be able to play a full season with the Tricolore next year and possibly win the Calder.

Two Calder Trophies in a row for the same team, we don’t see that often.


Overtime

– Good news for the Habs, Chris Lee is not among the officials chosen for the playoffs.

– Demidov, with his first career goal after just a few games, won the “electrifying” goal of the week, presented by Hyundai Canada.

– Emil Heineman has only two points since January 1st. He will have to step up in the playoffs (and also use his physical game), because a team needs everyone’s contribution.

– Greaves had a very good season.

– Interesting.

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