Lane Hutson has not yet signed his new contract

Hutson has the arguments on his side to sign a monster contract.

The salary cap will rise in the next few years, he’s had one of the best rookie seasons in NHL history… And we know that several good young defensemen in the league have signed big deals in recent years (Brock Faber, Moritz Seider, Owen Power and Jake Sanderson come to mind).

But the way I see it, it would really be more ideal to offer Hutson a contract extension sometime soon-before the next season starts.

And my reasoning is simple: if Hutson has a better season than 24-25, it’s going to cost even more. He’ll be even better surrounded than he was in his first year in the National League, and he could see his production increase because of all that, too.

Kent Hughes isn’t afraid to offer big money to his youngsters because he did it with Juraj Slafkovsky in 2024 (July 1). We might have expected the same with Hutson, but it didn’t happen.

So it remains to be seen how this one will pan out. But it sounds like I’d like it to happen before the start of the next campaign… and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks so.

Overtime

– Of note.

– Nice list.

– (Another) new start for Ismaël Koné?