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We’re going over Montreal Canadiens d-man Lane Hutson, and the idea proposed on TVA Sports on if he could reach $100 million on his next contract.
Article: https://www.tvasports.ca/2025/06/11/lane-hutson-le-premier-canadien-a-100-m-1
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
Lane Hutson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
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9 Comments
He’s crazy if he wants that much now
Habs fans thought they were getting him for 8×8 lol
Hopefully he doesnt ask for that much. Would like to see him take a home town discount.
I know a lot of people thought hed be signing fairly cheap. I think that was before he dominated the Calder voting. For myself at least I always expected he'd be demanding 10mil +. But this news definitely has me a bit nervous that he doesn't plan on making this negotiation easy on the habs.
Calm down people, Hutson only has one complete season in the league… 12.5$ is really exagerated… let's slow down a bit here… not worth more than 7.5 m… you guys are throwing money left and right here, let him prove that he can backup is rookie season, then we will know for sure…
Short term cheaper contract or trade him.
If i know anything about Kent Hughes, is that this contract will be less than what we expect
I think he'll sign anywhere between 9-11million
Comparable Contracts:
Jake Sanderson (top pairing defensemen RFA years): 8.05m x 8y (9.15% of cap)
Jacob Chycrun (Top-pairing defenseman, UFA years) 9m x 8y (9.42% of cap)
Quinn Hughes (Franchise Defensemen, RFA Years) 7.85m x 6y (9.63% of cap)
Roman Josi (Franchise Defensemen, UFA years) 9.06m x 8y (11.12% of the cap)
Carey Price (Franchise Habs player, UFA years) 10.5m x 8y (13.21% of the cap)
Lane Hutson contract possibilities:
The cap in 2026/2027 will likely be 104,000,000$
Minimum to sign in my opinion is 9.16% of the cap = 9,525,000
If Kent Hughes can sign Lane Hutson between 6 to 8 years at the above AAV, that is a nifty piece of business by Went Wughes.
The highest Kent Hughes should pay for Lane Hutson in my opinion is 11.44% and only if it is at 8 years.
I got that number by dividing 9.63/11.12 multiplying the result by 13.21.
If Lane Hutson were to get 11.44%, his cap hit would be 11,895,000$ for 8 years. In my opinion Lane Hutson should only get that offer if he scores 15+ goals and 80+ points in the 25/26 season.
Lane Hutson will not break 100,000,000 total for his next contract. He might get close, if he increases his output by 25% from his rookie season. Maximum 12m x 8 at 96m total value.
To summarize, if Lane Hutson’s low-end AAV would be 9,525,000 and his high-end AAV would be 11,895,000. We can assume his middle-ground AAV would be around 10,750,000. That would be around 10.34% of the cap. For each year Lane Hutson wants to knock of his contract, I would remove around 0.35% of the cap.
Fair offers would be as follows:
8y x 10,750,000 (10.34%)
7y x 10,385,000 (9.99%)
6y x 10,025,000 (9.64%)
The 6 year offer is almost identical to what Quinn Hughes got in his extension. Lane Hutson would get 9.64%, instead of Quinn Hughes who got 9.63%.
10m – 10.8m is the sweet spot for a Lane Hutson extension. Anything below or at a 10m AAV with at least 7 years is a Went Wughes negotiation. Anything between 10m – 10.99m is a fair deal. 11.5m+ AAV is Lent Lughes unless Lane Hutson becomes a point per game player next season.