In the end, Montreal Canadiens Defenseman Lane Hutson not only the chances of becoming an NHL rule in 2024-25, with a observed lack of grid space being overcome. He also clearly won the Calder Memorial Trophy in an impressive way, to help an exclamation mark in a striking season for the Habs from general and individual accolades.
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Head coach Martin St. Louis also got a name Finalist for the Jack Adams AwardWho eventually went to Spencer Carbery from the Capitals of Washington as the best bank boss of the competition. It should be of little surprise, both make this list of the most likely Canadiens to win NHL Awards next season, then … a separate completely in the case of Hutson:
5) Cole Caufield (Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy)
Selected as a Potential top-20 wing player This season by NHL.com (together with Linemate Juraj Slafkovsky) Cole Caufield scored a career-high 37 goals in 2024-25 to arrange 13th in the entire competition. A Richard Trophy victory from Maurice is still probably a longshot, with Edmonton Oilers Vooruit Leon Draisaitl who records it as the top scorer of the competition with 52 last season. That is not further statistical progression of Caufield, because he has raised his production every year. At the very least he should give the team his first 40-think scorer since Vincent Damphousse in 1993-94.
4) Kirby Dach (Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy)
Kirby Dach does not need a great season to get attention to the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, who is assigned to the player who is best an example of characteristics such as perseverance and dedication to the sport … Just a complete. After a second consecutive seasonal knee injury, you should believe that the opportunities he develops into the second control center that the Canadiens thought they acquired in 2022 have fallen dramatically.
It is therefore logical, as Dach, who has never played a full season in the NHL, resides back from a health position and at least quasi-statistist, he would be an almost Shoo-in here. To tell his recent struggles, Dach showed a significant potential in 2022-23 after he was first taken over by the Canadiens on the NHL Entry Draft 2022. He scored 38 points in 58 games in his age of 22 years and got some representatives in the middle with Sean Monahan). He earned the second line the center of the training camp the following season to only suffer a knee injury, in two games to miss the rest of the campaign. Coming back last season, he did not succeed in finding the same groove that he had shown before and only scored 22 points in 57 games before he sustained an injury to the same knee.
It has come to the point that the Canadiens cannot demonstrably count on Dach as No. 2 Center, although they cannot fully exclude the possibility. Although it would be fun if he realized it potential that he showed a few seasons ago, the Habs must take steps to find someone to replace him, whether it is internal or via trade or free desk (even if it all works with Dach in the end). That would be ideal, just not the most likely scenario.
3) Lane Hutson (James Norris Memorial Trophy)
It is not surprising as it sounds. A few years after debuting, PK Subban won the Norris trophy as the best defender of the competition in 2012-2013, the last time a player of Canadiens captured it. Subban would be appointed as a finalist for the prize a few other times in his career. Although it is difficult to say whether Hutson will become as successful as him in general, he has previously found more success, making his debut earlier at the age of 19 (instead of 20), and the following season broke out to a considerably greater extent (to conquer De Calder).
Subban completed sixth in his Rookie seasonFor the record. So, although he was a difference maker outside the bat, it’s just hard to say that he was just as much of it as Hutson, given the list of the praises of the latter. The head is this: Hutson ended in a draw for the sixth in score among all defenders last season. Although those are many opponents with whom he should compete to win the prize in question, he has been proven that he can be in the mix.
2) Martin St. Louis (Jack Adams Award)
These are all the Canadiens that were expected to be expected to 2024-25, to “be in the mix. “The play -offs may have been a possibility, but far from a realistic one.
It is quite possible that St. Louis no longer has a shot to shoot. Get the surprise element of the Canadiens that make the play -offs after the fifth of the previous season and he will probably just end up another head coach of a team that reaches the in the late season (16 in total). That will just not play so well in the heads of voters (broadcasters).
Nevertheless, the HABs, apart from a significant series of injuries, are about to significantly improve the fourth Straight season. It goes without saying so, St. Louis is from a coaching position. Just as this is an incredibly young team full of talent that just finds its way, St. Louis probably has much more to learn himself, this is his first Stint Coaching in the competition. What he and the Canadiens keep doing is nothing less than impressive. It is still to be seen to what extent.
1) Ivan Demidov (Calder Memorial Trophy)
There are clearly no guarantees, but on the way to 2025-26, Canadiens fans must keep the chances of the HABS that record a second consecutive Calder. After all, after all, Ivan Demidov is the favoriteBased on various factors, including the impact he immediately made after debuting last season and, far from least, his pure talent as a one-off fifth-overal pick and projected Superstar talent.
Fans of Canadiens have previously seen this story unfold (of course to a certain extent with Hutson). However, Caufield was much more favorite for the 2022 edition of the price. Under Dominique Ducharme, however, he simply did not set up the figures he needed. It took the coaching from the middle of the season to St. Louis to get a grip and scored 35 points (22 goals) in his last 37 games of the season under him (ending with 43 points in 63 games).
It is therefore quite possible that Demidov is struggling to adapt, although St. Louis is behind the couch instead of Ducharme, is probably seen as a factor in his favor. Even if Demidov does not immediately catch on, as Caufield has proven, De Calder is not the all and the end. These prizes are fun-to-haves, but at the end of the day it is more how the team as a whole performs that really matters … and a team with Caufield and Demidov, realistic on two different lines, is what really fans should pump in the opportunities of a final Stanley Cup. And that is not even about what the team as a whole looks like. Awards or no prizes, the 2025-26 season it is to be even better than the previous one.
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