STATS OVER SIZE

The Hutson brothers – rookie sensation Lane and standout prospect Cole – are showing why goals and assists are worth a lot more than inches and pounds

WITH RYAN KENNEDY

POP QUIZ: WHEN WAS the last time the Canadiens had one of the game’s most exciting players on their roster? Carey Price was one of the NHL’s best players during his prime, but his job as an elite goaltender was to keep things boring. So, if we’re talking skaters, the answer is probably P.K. Subban, who was traded to Nashville nearly a decade ago. When Subban patrolled the blueline for Montreal, he was excitement personified, and he has a Norris Trophy to prove it. Perhaps it is fitting, then, that the newest dynamo for the Habs also plays defense. Lane Hutson has been one of the season’s best stories for Montreal, and it’s a competitive category, given the team’s rise in the standings and the addition of sniper Patrik Laine. In Hutson,…

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