Most assists in a season by a rookie defenceman since 1986-87:
49 — Nicklas Lindstrom
48 — Lane Hutson
48 — Brian Leetch
Hutson still has 17 games to play this season.
Montreal is up 2-0 on Florida right now, if they win, they'll be in the final wildcard spot in the East.
— Nick Suzuki is 1st in the NHL in points since the Four Nations break.
— Their leading defenseman point scorer is a rookie, Lane Hutson who is 20 years old.
— Their 24-year-old sniper, Cole Caufield, is on pace for 41 goals.
— Juraj Slafkovsky has 8 points in 7 games this month as a former 1st overall pick
— They have Demidov, Reinbacher, Hage, Fowler as blue chip prospects coming up
How is the most famous market in hockey about to become a dynasty and no one seems to care?
Habs u24 core:
— Ivan Demidov
— Juraj Slafkovsky
— Cole Caufield
— Lane Hutson
— Kirby Dach
— David Reinbacher
— Kaiden Guhle
— Joshua Roy
— Logan Mailloux
— Jacob Fowler
— Owen Beck
— Filip Mesar
— Oliver Kapanen
— Alex Newhook
Montreal is building something insane right now.
No player has scored 42+ points in a postseason run and not won a Stanley Cup that season.
No player has had 31+ takeaways in a postseason run and not won a Stanley Cup that season.
McDavid has 42 points | Barkov has 31 takeaways.
Happy 53rd birthday to 2x NHL All-Star and beloved Maple Leafs franchise fan favourite: “The Cat” Felix Potvin! 🎉
Ask Ron Hextall if he remembers Felix! 😏
Highest +/- across regular and postseason since 1990:
+71 — Gustav Forsling (this season)
+64 — Vladimir Konstantinov
+61 — Johnny Gaudreau
+57 — Mario Lemieux
+57 — Sergei Federov
+57 — Devon Toews
This is an all-time defensive season for Forsling.
Highest sv% in a Cup Final in NHL history:
.984 — Sergei Bobrovsky (2024)
.974 — Patrick Roy (1996)
.972 — Rogie Vachon (1969)
.971 — Johnny Bower (1967)
.967 — Tim Thomas (2011)
So far, it's the best performance in NHL history.
I can name 10 people, at least, both on and off the ice that should not be with the Toronto Maple Leafs next season.
Sheldon Keefe is near the top of the list. These postgame comments last night, on their own, are a fireable offense…