Hutson upside + trade
I have L. Hutson right now, he's got 35 points in 25 gp in NCAA as an 18yr old, only 3 18yr olds who have done better are Werenski with 36 in 36, L.Hughes with 39 in 41 and Adam Fox with 40 in 35. He's top 10 in points currently in NCAA, only other D in top 20 is L. Hughes with 3 more games played.
How good do you think Hutson could be?? I got an offer of Alexander Nikishin for him, 49 points in 57gp in the KHL as a 21yr old defender.
I like Hutson's lack of competition in MTL, outside of Guhle, who looks like he projects more as a very solid D who can play in all situations, but isn't an offensive force, Mtl has no real PPQB.
I know size is a concern, but there are smaller D out there who are making huge strides; Q. Hughes, C. Makar, J. Spurgeon, T. Krug are all on the smaller spectrum.
12 Team Dynasty League. $4 increase per player a year FP/ reduced salary for 3 years, Keep 8-12 (League Champion 14/15, 16/17, 19/20, 22/23, 23/24)
Categories - D-G, G, A, PPP, SHP, SoG, Hits/Blocks, FoW, FoW%, Give/Take, Wins, GAA, Save%, Saves.
C: Tavares $33, Eichel $16 (1st yr FP), Trocheck $18, Jenner $9 Beniers $2 (1st yr RC)
W: Ovechkin $18, Hintz $17, Pavelski $11, Zacha $10, Kaprizov $7, Johnston $2 (1st yr RC), Reichel $2 (1st yr RC), Bertuzzi $1, Tippet $1
D: Burns $20, Jones $17, Werenski $16 (2nd yr FP), Matheson $5, Spurgeon $1, OEL $1
G: Shesterkin $7, Sorokin $3 (2nd yr RC), Raanta $1
MLP Bench: Rossi, Nazar, Kovalenko, Nikishin, Morrow, Ivanov