Legendary Hockey Reporter Stan Fischler writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com. Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," shares his humor and insight with readers each Wednesday. This week focuses on a pair of Montreal Canadiens defensemen seven decades apart. Their common theme: turning the Canadiens into a winning team.

"Too small and too light."

That was the capsule scouting report on 18-year-old defenseman Lane Hutson 's future before he reached the NHL.

When Hutson was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round (No. 62) of the 2022 NHL Draft, he was a lighter-than-NHL-average 5-foot-9, 162 pounds, but there was a compelling postscript, a surprise award.

The native of Holland, Michigan, won the E.J. McGuire Award of Excellence presented annually to the NHL Draft prospect

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