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With Jackson LaCombe and Luke Hughes re-signing at $9 million per, where do you see Lane Hutson landing? -- @kavanyoung
Those contracts give Hutson more leverage in his contract negotiations with the Montreal Canadiens than he already had coming off a Calder Trophy season as NHL rookie of the year. Hutson is in the last of his entry-level contract. It makes all the sense in the world for the Canadiens to sign him long-term. His AAV in that next contract could be $9.5 million or more considering Hu