The Canadiens’ Lane Hutson was averaging 26:27 of ice time through the team’s first seven games this season, which led the team and ranked sixth in the NHL.
Can the 5-foot-10, 163-pound defenceman maintain that type of workload all season?
That’s the question answered on this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, as The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Brian Skrudland to discuss how head coach Martin St. Louis manages his bench and ice time for players.
Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson carries the puck across the Detroit Red Wings’ blue line during the first period in Montreal on Oct. 10. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette
Nilan and Skrudland also talk about the best coaches they played for when it came to those things.
We’ll have one more bonus episode coming up ahead of a new Hockey Inside/Out Show next Wednesday.
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