TOP DEFENSEMEN BY WAR · 2025-26
1. Lane Hutson
2. Evan Bouchard
3. Moritz Seider
4. Quinn Hughes
5. Zach Werenski
6. Adam Fox
7. Rasmus Dahlin
8. Darren Raddysh
9. Cale Makar
10. Brandt Clarke
Who was the biggest snub among 2025-26 defensemen?
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Lane Hutson just can't get enough about hockey.
Even after hitting the ice for an hour with Ivan Demidov before camp, he's watching the forward's drills with Habs scouts.
Lane Hutson mentions that he and Ivan Demidov have had conversations about Ivan's upcoming contract extension.
Hutson's given Demidov advice on how he handled the process.
Mentions how excited he and Ivan are at the prospect of playing together in Montreal for the next decade.
"They played really well too, but I'm not really sure why we couldn't bring better. We're still far off, and we know it."
Lane Hutson speaks with the media after the Canadiens were eliminated by the Hurricanes.
Here’s a ranking of NHL defencemen with the highest point-per-game paces in NHL playoff history, along with their highest producing teammates that they played significant time with:
1. Bobby Orr: 1.24 ppg
• Phil Esposito: 1.44 ppg
• Johnny Bucyk: 1.11 ppg
2. Evan Bouchard: 1.09 ppg
• Connor McDavid: 1.65 ppg
• Leon Draisaitl: 1.53 ppg
T3. Cale Makar: 1.02 ppg
• Nathan MacKinnon: 1.34 ppg
• Mikko Rantanen: 1.29 ppg
T3. Brian Leetch: 1.02 ppg
• Mark Messier: 1.14 ppg
• Sergei Zubov: 0.94ppg
5. Paul Coffey: 1.02 ppg
• Wayne Gretzky: 2.10 ppg
• Jari Kuri: 1.41 ppg
T6. Lane Hutson: 1.00 ppg
• Nick Suzuki: 0.79 ppg
• Cole Caufield: 0.68 ppg
T6. Quinn Hughes: 1.00ppg
• Kirill Kaprizov: 1.36 ppg
• JT Miller: 1.00 ppg
* All defencemen in history with a minimum of 15 games played
Lane Hutson is an absolute unicorn